A Midsummer Night's Choice

Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 529: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ (8/10) RIP Shakespeare, you would have loved Interactive Fiction. Well, at least you would have loved [i]A Midsummer Night's Choice[/i], a play (literally!) on [i]A Midsummer Night's Dream[/i]. I've been a huge fan of Kreg Segall, and I'm not surprised this game is so enjoyable. I can see so much of his later style in his first work: his emphasis on humor, wordplay, an ending chapter that branches, and Shakespearean allusions. Of course, there are so many allusions to Shakespeare, and I loved each and every one of them. A word of warning, though: I don't think someone unfamiliar with Shakespeare will be so enthused. I genuinely think [i]A Midsummer Night's Choice[/i] stands on its own two feet, yet much of my delight came from meta knowledge about Shakespeare's plays, life, and language. [b][h2]Pros:[/h2][/b] ✅ [b]Shakespearean allusions.[/b] There are so many I could only scratch the service! But the allusions go far beyond surface-level references to [i]A Midsummer Night’s Dream.[/i] Segall pulls from Shakespeare’s broader comedic toolbox: mismatched lovers, secret identities, nature as liminal…

Standard Interactive Fiction.

There are so few well thought out video games that adapt Shakespeare, and Kreg Segall's A Midsummer Night's Choice is certainly one of them. The way that he effortlessly draws from a variety of Shakespeare's texts while also giving the player power and autonomy to shape the narrative themselves is really well balanced here. The game is also quite charming and hearkens back to the origins of text-based adventure games. A delight.

A fairy good interactive fiction game. :)

another review I know wrote, that went missing,.. really really makes me wish I could reach out to who ever is pulling them and have a discussion. SIGH, anyways this game is a lot nonsensical fun. It really is entertaining and gives you alot of different ways to go through it, with endings that match your choices. I have alot of fond memories of it, and still cant decide if my favorite LI is the one who gets transformed or myself ( yeah no spoilers there but omg its a funny funny situation if you follow up on that one, though it end rather sadly of course ) Anyway, I highly recommend this one for when you want some nonserious fluff to make you smile and laugh.

A short, (playtime is yet again me forgetting to close out these games) silly, enjoyable experience.