Fatehaven

Good interface, reasonably clear choices, cute romances, and a... surprise at the end that I particularly liked. Only complaint is that, while the choices did make some difference to the narration, there was little room for divergence. The romances were the significant options. I'd have liked my element/weapon choice to make a bit more difference to my choices. I'm also not sure what difference Corruption made. Nonetheless, these issues are common to most Choices of Games, and this was cleverer than most (in a surprisingly meta way). Highly recommended.

I LOVED this game the characters are unique and funny, extreme replay value ( have fun finding all of the dialogue variations), and the story line is rather intriguing if I say so myself; however, I think that the stat mechanic is to basic. At 55% resourcefulness I passed every single resourceful test I had, ( conversely I failed every single faithful test at 45%) I think that the stat system needs to be more complex than just is it above 50%. A different problem ( more of a personal thought really) is the romance subplot, I see this in every single choice of games release a lack of a multiple partners option. I want to feel as if I am the protagonist and I want to deal with the effects of my actions, in the world or in my character's personal relationships. I would like to see an option where I could convince Brigid AND patch AND Silvia to date my character ( not an easy brain-dead dialogue option mind you, but a grueling drawn out process that takes surgical precision to accomplish or a social hand grenade goes off in your face.) in summary this is an awesome game that has some very human flaws, but is a gem that any role-playing fan would enjoy.

Despite it minor flaws, which in the main include far less choice and a lot more reading than in other games of the sort, all in all this one deserves five stars due to its fantastic writing, moving story, and excellent pacing. Pretty much the only game of this type where I felt like the way your character grew in power was natural and earned. The characters and settings are also flawless. All in all, I heavily recommend this game.

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I went into this novel really optimistic and by the end was completely let down. The ending might as well have been, "and you wake from your dream, glance around and nothing has changed", because that's sure as hell how it made me feel. Replay on this to me is abysmal, every playthrough generates the exact same ending, pointless. Characters? Spoiler alert, everyone that isn't holding a sword wants to have sex with you. In fact the player and your buddy are really the only ones with a detailed back story, kind of like everyone else just crawled out of the woods into a vacant town. It's not the worst COG game by any means, that title is reserved for that awful Mermaid game they have available, laughably, for purchase.

Many people complain about the nit picky things in stories and ends up making the story seem worse than it really is. The story is great and if you’re not into what the author is selling, then try another! All I’m saying is, this is definitely one of the better stories in choice of games, even if other people claim it to be worse off than it really is.