Avatar of the Wolf

The story is quite short and pretty straightforward: the cruel and vicious Wolf god, who inhabited your body since childhood, is gone, and you need to make a journey to find what happened to him. At first glance, there's not much room for roleplaying and choices, but despite the railroad-ness (place A, then place B, later place C, etc), it's a false impression. The games offers you tons of approaches. Will you stay on the Wolf's path or choose another? Will you keep your hands clean? Do you feel lost without your god, or enjoy your freedom? What are your thoughts on the pantheon? How do you feel about the Rising Sun, a group that intends to bring a new order to the world?.. It is a very personal story. I played it three times, and the Gentle Night ending made me drown in feelings. Highly recommended.

I am divided on this. The writting is very well done and the setting is done great. On the other Hand, the stat managment can be rather confusing, some parts seems to be lacking depth at some points in the game (plot threads beeing unresolved and not enough explanation) and the ending is rather abrupt. Im giving this a negativ review because of how abrupt the main mystery was solved. (You dont find it out yourself, you just eventually meet someone who directly tells you) Well written, but the ending of the main mystery left me disapointed.

A beautiful story, perfect in length, well-told, with the mythical cadence I'd expect from a story about gods. If you like your Gaimans or Borgeses, it's a lovely thing to play.

A nice simple story. It doesn't take long to read, but it's well written and interesting. Not many possible paths, but that's to be expected with such a low number of words.

I didn’t like my first playthrough of "Avatar Of The Wolf" one bit, but the second was far better, and the third one as well. As such, I’m glad I didn’t give up on it after getting the worst ending I’ve ever gotten. My consecutive playthroughs turned out pretty good. But all I can say without spoiling anything is that it’s very hard to tell what stats the choices will test in the final chapter which can result in bad endings that feel like they come at you right out of the blue. As for the romances, there really isn’t much of any. You can end up in bed with someone after talking to them once, and that’s pretty much it. The story follows the same trend where the narrative rushes ahead without taking the time to flesh anything out. The locations, people, lore, and circumstances all seem to blend together as a result. Indeed, each playthrough is just an hour or two, depending on how quickly you read, but loaded with enough great ideas to have been able to last for several times that, in my opinion. (5/10)

So far so good. Interesting premise and strictly for CYOA junkies.