#Fabled lands text game series#

Glad to hear you really liked this app though! You got enjoyment out of it, so good for you.The Fabled Lands Core Rule Book and source books are based on the game books written by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson. We give you our own personal honest opinions. We aren’t a mainstream media source that has it’s opinions shifted by advertising or money. That is what a review is… personal opinions of people who played the game. Oh… and no review you will ever read will be impartial/unbiased. However, he does mention several times that if you are into such a game, then you should check it out for yourself. His argument against the app, from my read, is that it’s out of his tastes and feels outdated. There are still fans of those games, but that is far from being universal in today’s gaming environment. Sorry, but text-based RPGs faded away like Mist-adventure games and Pong. He stated that this is an odd game in the modern RPG era. I’m sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about, and hopefully I am not misinterpreting what you are saying but: Posted on February 15th, 2011 at 2:00 am by rolender To be short, this is a game as I’d like to see more often. I don’t think this is really important in a game and this game is a good proof of that : You recognize you dislike gamebook genre and your critic has a lack of impartiality.įinally your alone argument against the game is there is no animation and 3D as “modern” game. I just want to say this note is unfair and unjustified. Win a new iPhone game every day » 3 Comments to “Fabled Lands HD” If you have no fond memories of this style of gameplay, then this is probably not for you, especially for $8.99.

#Fabled lands text game series#

The actual gameplay follows the books very closely, so if you love the gamebook style of play and especially if you are fan of the Fabled Lands series of books you’ll probably love this. A series of static images is on every “page” with text below either describing the scenario or presenting a series of choices – much like a Choose Your Own Adventure book. Gameplay is incredibly text heavy, with lots of (some might say too much) exposition.

Whichever character you choose, you can join forces with the king to restore his throne – or look for profit in the pay of the dictator, Grieve Marlock

In THE WAR-TORN KINGDOM, which this game is based on revolution rages in Sokara. Very little is added too the digital version of the game, mostly static images and a simple MIDI soundtrack, all of which add a lot to the retro/authentic feel of the game.Īt the start of the game you are presented with a range of characters – Mage, Troubadour, Priest, Warrior, Wayfarer or Rogue – each with a different backstory and set of stats for things like Charisma, Combat and Magic. The first app, based on The War-Torn Kingdom, included new colour art from Russ Nicholson and captures the feel of a gamebook incredibly well.

However, if you love the series, then this release has probably got you hot under the collar. It’s like playing a cutting edge RPG … for the Atari 1040ST. Sat in the RPG folder on my iPad and next to my Final Fantasy, Broken Sword HD and Monkey Island apps, as a non-devotee of the series, Fabled Lands seems a little out of place in the modern gaming landscape. Knowing my antipathy to the gamebook genre in as a whole do you:ġ) Ignore this review and proceed directly to to purchase a copy of Fabled Lands HDĢ) Cast a level 6 cynicism defense and seek and audience with the provost marshalģ) Acknowledge my witty parody of the game book genre and read the rest of the review, regardless.īilled as THE ULTIMATE 2D ADVENTURE, Fabled Lands HD is an odd beast – an RPG in the traditional sense, but on the new hotness that is the iPad. I should probably flag straight away that I didn’t read those books in the mid 90s and, as my time with Fabled Lands HD failed to pique my interest, I won’t be reading them in the foreseeable future either. Based on the Fabled Lands HD series of gamebooks from the mid 90s, Fabled Lands HD brings Choose Your Own Adventure style gamebook play to the iPad.