Another obvious first attempt. Although it's billed as a mystery, the only
real goal in this game is to travel from your starting location to the
location where you win, without wandering into any of the locations that
automatically kill you. The room descriptions contain plot events (which
seldom makes sense the second time you visit a room), and connections between
rooms are often mishandled. It's pretty clear that the author has only a
vague understanding of what adventure games are, and would probably be more
comfortable writing hyperfiction.
However, fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 should check out MST3K Presents Detective
, an Inform port with adaptive heckling.
Rating: *
Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)
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