The Play's the Thing

This one was enjoyable, would recommend

I wish there were more 'right' or 'wrong' interactions with other characters, like if the different things you said impacted them more significantly instead of just differently.

My mom was very much into theater.

This is ... to short. And this is not necessarly a compliment. The game is well written with a careful constructed plot that touches some great themes, a welldone stat-managment and a fitting thematic. And then it just ends. You are left wondering about all the buildup (wich feels a bit out of place in a game about a playwright, expacially the thing with the queen) and a lot of questions are unanswered and a lot of themes are not very well explored. Its to well done to get a downvote but it left me rather unsatisfied.

Preface: I am recommending this game with the caveat that this is indeed an earlier work from the creator. As such it has quirks; your actions have limited consequences compared to their newer titles. The work itself is a bit quieter and toned down comparatively, but it does lean into the more lighthearted genre and I think that it's meant to be this way. While there is some mystery and intrigue interconnected within the games lore itself its rudamentary, however I'm grading it based on how it would appear as someone playing it back during its release rather than in comparison to their current games (which I have now played VtM: Night City which this pales in comparison by). However, I would still wholeheartedly recommend this as a Text Based RPG. Why? Because it's light, it's fluffy and gentle. It has an air of gentle romance that I think is nice and can be seen more as a means of light reading similar to a "light novel" genre as opposed to an "epic fantasy" that VtM provides in their more recent works. If you're looking for something that leans into that category to dip your toes into Text Based RPGs then I would recommend giving this a try as it won't impede your enjoyment if y…

The Play's the Thing, Having finished my first run, not really sure what to say about this one. Would i recommend it? Yes, although i can't help but feel like their is a SEVERE lack consequences to your actions. Like i managed to get a character locked in the royal Dungeon, only the brake them out of said Dungeon a few paragraphs and prompts later IN THE EXACT SAME CHAPTER! Ok so your a Playwright in a Renaissance era world with magic (referred to as enchantment in game), you get to put on several plays over the course of the story, and you have plenty of options to choose from and how they are portrayed. As is the way of show business not everything goes perfectly so you have to improve scenes and take action to make the plays work out well, or at least not fall flat. The underlaying plot however, while interesting and shows its face at a regular pace, it just kinda existed in the background. Without spoiling much, a Curse has been placed on the ruler of the city you reside and preform plays. As the story progresses you can find out more Information, such as to how the Curse works and why it happened in the first place, then armed with this information you can deal with the cur…