Best of Us

Most of the reviews are fairly accurate. I've played a few of these Choice of CYOA games, and for the most part, they at least leave me satisfied. This one, however, was way too short. I've attempted multiple playthroughs, and the options are very limited, and the story more so. The major downsides: -ZERO character development -Zero meaningful interactions -Rushed plot -Excessive grammatical errors -Jarring transitions between "scenes" (Due to a seriously rushed plot) -Bland story It initially had potential, but quickly fell apart after the first couple pages. The description of the game is pretty false. It's only mildly entertaining, and I would advise only buying this if it's on sale 75% or more.

A lot of inconsistences and failure to track important choices. Here are just a few: -Escaped from an unknown person early on but later in the story that person spoke with me as if we knew each other. -Had the ability to teleport but at one point only tried to physically run away from a dangerous situation and at another point was tied up without an option to teleport away. -Avoided all fights but was scolded by someone for my murderous ways. Could use editing and an update, but don't see that as likely to happen.

This was an interesting story that honestly had a lot of potential. That's the problem though... none of the potential was used. This story was over before I knew it, and I really didn't feel like my choices mattered very much. I was just finally getting into the story whenever it was over. I'm going to have to give this a 3/10.

This piece of interactive fictions suffers badly from poor execution. That spark of interesting possibility is there but far too often the narration, dialogue and even scenes are just disjointed. The flow of reading is constantly being interrupted by these moments where you stop and recognize "Hey that moved way too fast" or "That doesn't make any sense, the characters were inside how did we get out on a roof?" I find it hard to enjoy a story when my immersion is being broken every few pages. I can't recommend Best of Us. Worse than being frustrating, I'm disappointed that time and care weren't taken in editing this together.

“Best of Us” was a bizarre mix between an interesting read and a story cut far too short. I read through it a few times and came across many interesting concepts and characters that could’ve been great to get to know, but it never amounted to much. (4/10) The story is over in a flash, and you never have time to get invested in the world, nor grow all that close to anyone. Certainly not close enough to consider anyone a love interest or even a friend. Not only that, but most of the powers or abilities never seemed to be used or checked at all, so amounted to little more than flavor text. In short, the game is not in any way a terrible read, but far more content would be needed to weave an enrapturing tale. Indeed, the excellent writing did a good job setting up the foundation of a great story, but instead of capturing my imagination and transporting me into a fantastical world brimming with superheroes and their adversaries, all I’m left with is a feeling of lost potential. (4/10)

Quite confusing. Ending is basically the same no matter what you do.