Ironheart

One of the best COG title I read in the past two years. Story is nicely written overall if not a bit short, very interesting concepts here mixing the Third Crusade, time travel, and Mech together. (Also if you happen to be a fan of Assassin's Creed, you are in for a treat)

A lot of these choose your own adventure games lately have failed to hold my attention, thankfully this is not one of them my first read through took me about 5hrs but then again I tend to leave it open and think about my choices longer than other people that probably added up a bit. Its an interesting read, likeable characters, if you have an interested in the Medieval period crusades etc.. or enjoyed the movie Kingdom of Heaven and don't mind the idea of every major lord having their horse replaced by a primitive giant mech in the shape of a suit of armor. If you like the concept buy it, its hardly going to break the bank.

One of the best. A lot of recent releases have been a bit teen focused or superhero focused from COG and Hosted - but this one is mature, choices matter and it has a lot of heart and humour (Tonzo is one of the funniest characters in COG game history). Going back and doing other choices is a joy, and investment into characters is excellently rewarded. The first two endings I played to genuinely had me getting misty eyed - of course, you can go through being less than honorable.... If you like medieval, alternate history, mechs, COG games or just a solid choice and consequence story - you'll find what your're after here.

It does have a magic moment where the reporter bumps her head and goes "Ouch, I blame you for that." It's cute, but alas.. There are some interesting topics like the degradation of social skills with the advent of cheap literature, and the decline of hour-long dinners in modern society, but they are mostly in the reader's mind; what the game offers stays superficial. There is a fool/jester type of character with some good writing and dialogue, but players who aren't into fart jokes and getting force-hugged by dirty drunk people will likely write that off as a nuisance or casual harassment. Possible expectations of being able to change the course of history are thwarted in the way that the parallel universe is a fait accompli without need or ambition to include player choices in that. There is no way to hunt enemy 'Mechs for lodestones and outfit a 'Mech army, or implement a technology that will be instrumental in shaping a new future with player in charge. The reader is expected...

This game could be perfect if the writer put more efforts into it. The saga and the story line is riveting. And the game often reminded of the 2005 movie Kingdom of Heaven. But unfortunately, there is not much developments of characters and the plot just gets increasingly shallower in latter half of the game, which makes it fall short of realizing its potential of becoming a fantasy masterpiece. Such a shame. If there were more intrigues and moral struggles in the war and more chances to make in-depth connections with other characters (be it romance or otherwise), it would make a truly memorable experience, but now it's simply a meh game I could do without.

Among what I played from Choice of Games this is one of the best, no doubt. Positives: - Writing: I enjoyed it throughout the entire game, very engaging style, just loved it. - Characters: some characters may start as annoying and a little out of place, but they grown on you as you read on. - PC Culture doesn't get in the way here at all. Choice of Games titles are PC for sure, but it seems to me that good authors can work with it, and the end result is perfectly enjoyable even for people such as myself who might be a bit more on the conservative side. - The character creation part was done really well in the beginning. - Author knows how to write strong female characters. The one I encountered in my playthrough reminded me of the like of Ellen Ripley from the aliens. - Romance with said strong female character was thorough, it went on like a journey. I guess the writers can't go too deep into the love-making, but even just scratching the surface it was actually hot. - Overall stor...

This is a good sized story and more important it have several good endings, a couple of "secret" ones and your choices really matter and WILL lead you on different paths. What else you expect from a good gamebook?

Really really good nothing is rail roaded join a side or not it is all up to you one of the best i choice games i have ever gotten.

This is a truly well written, atmospheric choose your own adventure story. I'm pretty picky about my fiction and usually hate about half of the books I start but this thing grabbed me right away and I had a hard time putting it down. The author does a nice job of setting a scene and although you never truly know how much weight your choices have in a story like this, the whole time I really did *feel* like I was guiding the story and that's the important thing. Given that I finished having only completed 2 of the 19 achievements I've got a pretty strong feeling that there's a lot of this story that I didn't see even though the story I DID see felt like a complete experience. Usually if I play through one of these once and got a good story of it I consider it a win, but this one I suspect I'll come back to to try to see what I missed. Definite recommendation if you like choose your own adventure text stories.

This was one of the most satisfying CYOA games I've had the pleasure of playing/reading. The description does not do this one justice, truly. Yes, you pilot a giant mech and engage in mech-on-mech mayhem. But you are also involved in kingdom building and management, intrigue, diplomacy, and everything else you'd expect of a traditional medieval adventure. Here's what you want to know; -the choices are vast and impactful and their intentions are clear -you alter your character stats through the choices you make THROUGHOUT the entire story, not just the start -the writing is very well done and reads more like a novella than a game in terms of quality -no 'hard stops' where the game abruptly ends due to not choosing according to the author's whims -great depth, length, and characterizations The ONLY complaint I could lodge at this one is occasionally you'll read ABOUT your feelings/thoughts instead of dictating them. It isn't a huge issue and serves mostly as flavor, but I would prefer...