Shape of America: Episode One

This is the retro-"House of Cards"-narrative game most of us deserve. Also: a must buy for everyone loving text-based adventures.

This is episode one only. In my opinion, a waste of time until the game is complete and there is an end to the story. I wasted more than an hour to get nowhere. Games should either be released completed or with the possibility of buying the whole package at once. Quite dissapointed that I wasted 1+ hours. Seems like a nice premise, but, until is complete, do not waste your money or your time.

Surprisingly well executed and presented game. I like the retro, CRT vibe and the fact that such a small production provides choices. Although the music could've been a bit better.

I have this to say, I'm a fan of this game. I can not however in good conahence advise people to buy a game that will not be finished

This game was really fun. I dont think ive ever seen a political rpg before. Good idea to make one.

Interesting story with multiple plot lines. I like the art style. The game really sucks you in. Cant wait for the next episode.

Fun little game. Some bugs are present, but if you've got two hours to play a nice homage to 90s - early 2000s click stories, it's worth a go. There's a few too many bugs (occasional crashes, linear values can go negative, core fighting mechanic is a bit too easy) for me to say it's worth $5 in it's current state, but with updates / more episodes, it could be a good buy.

You are by far the luckiest waiter ever i’m through an incredibly implausible but barely believable’s series events. Are you were building a social network to get favors and make money. And because you are a tool of others but you’re using your connections to help others out you start to build your own network. It’s interesting game but it should be probably thought and the entire piece instead of episodic because I finished incredibly quickly. But it’s interesting how they use a conversation system to replace combat which I love.

Nice game with interesting story, lot of funny references to history and popular culture. Surprisingly deep sometime and with potential. Waiting for second part.

Episode 1 shows the promise of an innovative, engaging RPG. In all, this is an innovative concept that's very well executed. I was invested and my imagination was engaged. The 3-5 hours is definitely worth the 5 bucks. In terms of gameplay the adventure aspects of the game strongly outweigh the merits of the RPG elements, but that is largely by design. Most RPGs may have white mages, thiefs, etc. etc. this game instead has the four greek humors representing different classes. The system could stand to be refined a bit... once you figure out what class an opponent is its not hard to beat them, at least in episode 1, but again that doesn't substantially take away from the emotional investment or enjoyability of the game. I'm curious to see how designers deal with the rapid acceleration they allow for in this first part. It's not hard to gain a lot of momentum if certain choices are made. Inversely, it seems easy to miss out on some opportunities if you're not careful that could...