An Odyssey: Echoes of War

[h1]作者是ftm。[/h1] Most of the stat checks happen in the first two chapters, which means it is really hard to change the story later on. [h1]Your early choices pretty much lock in your whole path. [/h1] Although the whole story tries to break traditional epic stories and add female character for players, the overall story still sticks to a male-centered narrative. Characters like Circe and Polyxena still fall into the usual roles like mysterious witch or seductive girl. They feel more like decorations than real people with their own paths. Even though I can choose to play as a woman, the whole story still follow the usual male hero's adventure. [h1]I cannot really connect with it bcs it still feels like a man's story.[/h1] [h1]Meanwhile, There are also toooooooo many conversations about sexual relationships.[/h1] It gets boring when the dialogue keeps going on and on about love, jealousy, and different women, which makes me feel like I am reading a soap opera.

Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 516: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ (9/10) Whelp. [i]An Odyssey: Echoes of War[/i] actually made me so depressed I need to take a couple days away from anything dark or serious. I lowkey let out a little tear at the ending I got. Just a little one, mind you. Written by Natalia Theodoridou, you play as *gasp* long suffering Odysseus, that kingly man as he attempts to sail home. However, this Odysseus is not the one by Homer; nope, you can play as Odyssesa or use another name entirely. Just know you'll be reliving his experiences in [i]The Odyssey[/i] but with a light modern polish. I was curious how Theodoridou would handle a linear story in a format known for its emphasis on player choice, but somehow they meld the two perfectly. In this short game, I've encountered the most beautiful, melancholy reflections on war, loss, love, glory—passages that seem plucked from Homer's [i]Odyssey[/i] itself. I've always loved [i]The Odyssey[/i] when I was studying it back in college. Yes, the battles were bloodthirsty and brilliant, but Homer's epic, I once argued, could be read as anti-war in its vivid, unflinching descriptions of death and des…

A decent game, if one knows the ways of the works of the ancient Greeks. Sometimes, small decisions beget enormous accidents. Sometimes, the world goes awry for seemingly no reason, or your actions are not your own. Sometimes all the pretty things are broken. This is the way of ancient Greek plays; the gods are petty, things go wrong, and everything is a mess. There is a character the gods expect you to play, and fighting this usually ends badly. If one keeps this in mind, the game is good. If one hasn't had to study works in a language a thousand years dead, however, it may be a challenge.

I don't usually play CYOA/Text adventure games, but the premise of this game was too good to pass up. The game's writing is excellent, and the protagonist's development over the course of the game is very well done. This is one of the few CYOA stories I've seen where the narrative itself is actually gripping. Moreover, the number and variety of endings is quite impressive. Contrary to some of the other reviews, I felt that the player has a lot of freedom in this game to do what they want to do. I will say this in part seems heavily dependent on the choices you make, and I could see how some endings (particularly the worse ones) feel more constrictive. The author is also clearly very knowledgable about the ancient world and Greek mythology. The game is more than just a retelling of the Odyssey; it also brings in features from other Greek myths and Greek tragedy. For those player's who have a good knowledge of the Classical world, these intertexts are a really nice touch. That said, the game isn't easy, and it will throw some curveballs at you at times. When playing the game, you need to be prepared to not succeed at everything. Some players might get frustrated by this, so it's g…

If you play this as an rpg, you'll probably be disappointed. But as a Choose Your Own Adventure Novel, it's phenomenal! Now, granted, I came into this a pretty big fan of ancient greek myth already, and I don't know how much fun it'd be with less background knowledge, but I just came of my third play-through and had a fantastic time - actually, a lot more fun than the previous two. The second play-through was arguably the least fun: I mostly did it to get new achievments, was focused on trying to win as many challenges as possible and utterly failed. The thing is, it's really hard to figure out what stats influence what "roll". I don't want to get into spoilers, but for some scenarios I made the same choice every time and still can't figure out why sometimes it fails and sometimes it succeeds. There are also some choices that ended in success multiple times, but had the details changed, so playing the game multiple times actually makes it seem a lot more in-depth than it appears on first play-through. In the first play-through I honestly assumed I was playing as Odysseus and made my choices in early game (such as picking my weapon) purely based on that, and surprisingly, it was my …

I enjoyed the humor in the written responses and the payoff with many of the choices. There were some unexpected escalation that surprised me. The inclusive nature was fantastic and shows a replayability that will make it fun in the future. 4/5