Tin Man Games are responsible for the recent Fighting Fantasy gamebook adaptations which have been turning up on Steam, and unless I'm mistaken this is the fifth "book" in a series of their very own devising called...wait for it...Gamebook Adventures! And for better or for worse, there's no denying that they've succeeded deftly in their aim to "recapture" the spirit of those ye-olde Fighting Fantasy books...thereby inheriting both the good AND bad aspects thereof. Read on, brave adventurer... Thus far I've only played one other Tin Man game, and that is the classic FF book entitled "The Forest of Doom". The book in question, perhaps even more so than many of its kin, is infamous for the "oops, just happened to go left when I apparently should have gone right, now I don't have the object I need to complete my quest, THE END" syndrome. Add to this the expected "RNG" die-rolling antics - and combat almost entirely devoid of any tactics, and thereby suspense - and you do end up w...

This was the first "gamebook" I've ever played, and I like it! It combines a virtual novel, a choose your own adventure, and D&D dice rolling based on your characters stats in order to determine the story you get, and this will certainly very every time you play it! This creates a huge replayability in the game, and it is also pretty well written to create a fun fantasy to imagine yourself in. Here's my "First Play on Launch day" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1f_S-hhXUE

Its "Choose your own adventure" with skill checks and difficult to understand combat. I died on my first save. Pretty sure this game doesn't require skill, pure luck. GREAT WRITING, Gameplay, well, its lacking. Good thing I bought this with a coupon! Fun isn't the word to describe, more like, kills time :P IF ITS LESS THAN 5$, GO FOR IT, GET THE BADGES, ENJOY A BIT OF STORY, BEFORE YOU INEVITABLY, ALWAYS, DIE.

This game is not disappointing. It's utter garbage. I've played every conceivable RPG for 35 years and I've never, ever played anything so poorly constructed. It's so bad that it asks you for a character name, then doesn't use it - it calls you The Tin Man for no reason given. Oh it pretends that there are options for you to choose from, but they are all false. There is only one real path. The others all kill you immediately. This is truly trash.

Not much different to most Tin Man versions of Fighting Fantasy books. If you've read and played the books, this game will be nothing surprising. However, there's not enough game here to warrant paying more than $5 really. A 60/100 effort. [u]The good[/u] Sticks to the book faithfully Lots of gruesome ways to die Fun for a few hours Easy to get all achievements, if that's your thing [u]The bad[/u] Dice rolls would fail most probability tests. There's a RNG at work here Minimal replay value Not worth full price

I'm avid reader of Gamebooks, and tried other stories by this author, but this one didn't click for me. The combat system is still a mysterious mess, where you can slay with ease a humanoid opponent and be beaten to death by two measly ratlings. Sure, the old systems (like in Fighting Fantasy) were flawed and made many fights pointless if you had a high enough Skill score, but here, it appears random at times. Plus combats in such a setting are not as lively as in "classic" videogames, and this basically being a dungeon crawler in Gamebook format, the sheer number of fights is a pit of frustration and unfairness. Admiteddly I didn't get very far, but when you are easily killed even with perfect stats, one is not enticed to try again and again. I would have persevered, but the storyline is not very attractive : you're thrown into a nasty underworld and have, of course, to make your escape. It's not worth 5€, buy on sale if you really want to try- or try out An Assassin in Orlande...

its a fun little game with awsome writing but wait for it to go on sale like it is when i post this for $6 its a good game better than some of the crap on steam

Another entry in the Gamebook Adventure series, this game sees you wrongly accused of crimes and shoved thru a deep void into the catacombs below Orlandes. (Imagine something like the sewers in "Neverwhere" and you get the idea.) You have to battle thru the dark, slimy underworld defeating evil monsters and gaining help from the occasional, less malevolent creature. Sewer or later, if you survive that long, you reach the actual Undercity and can start on escape and revenge. The plot is rather more limited this time round, altho it does become a bit more lively towards the end. The dice roll system used in combat can seem a bit harsh at times, but overall the game is really well designed and nicely set-out on the screen. The game has three difficulty settings and it is long enough and challenging enough to provide a good amount of replay value. There is a series of excellent b&w artworks to collect, as well as a set of nineteen achievements to complete. Steam trading cards are also avai...

What is a storybook adventure? It plays like reading a choose your own adventure book where you do dice rolls to decide the outcomes of events. It is fun for a bit, and my wife and I like to play these occasionally (this is the 3rd one we've played) where I read them out loud while she's doing something else. It's kind of a fun thing to do together, but they really boil down to getting dice rolls, so even in my most patient and "follow the rules" mood, I eventually want to just retry a fight or a roll to see a better outcome. Good for what it is, and we did finish the story this weekend. I give it a [b]3/5[/b]

It's fun.