I'm not gonna go through each of these singularly, but yeah. I actually read/played the Sorcery! books a couple of years ago, and they're really fun! Some of the game-y-ers game books, with their prose being often short and to the point, a fun enough combat system and a bunch of interesting decision points.

The inkle adaptation of the books does everything that it should do. Streamlines some game-book-isms, adds some simple yet pretty visuals, and re-structures the combat system to be more video-game-y. All of the addition and changes not only still convey the source material perfectly, but actually end up elevating it somewhat.

Yeah, this is fun. The original books are pretty good and this adaptation is actually a great way to play them. (I would never suggest skipping the source material, because, remember: "True Gamers™ always play games in their original historical context, so that they can have a real and not corporately-curated knowledge of the history of the medium". But y'know, after you've read the original book once, this is the best way to replay them!)

Although I got the Steam version that technically collects the first and second one, and I'm struggling to figure out how to play the second one... that's probably just me being dumb tho.

Reviewed on Jul 06, 2023


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