RAIF Interactive Fiction Reviews


As with any art form, the more interactive fiction you have played, the better your designs will be. Playing a game, then reading a review of that game can help you develop critical judgement. Occasionally on rec.arts.int-fiction, someone will post a review of a game. Below are several of the reviews which have been posted to RAIF, along with links to the games (when possible). If the link to the game is preceeded by an I, the game is an Inform game. If the link is preceeded by a T, the game is a TADS game.

N.B. Many of the reviews below contain spoilers for or information about the games they review. If you have not played the game in question, read its review at your own peril.

Review of "Jigsaw"
I: Download "Jigsaw"
Review of "The Light: Shelby's Addendum"
T: Download "The Light"
Review of Review of...
A review of the review of "The Light: Shelby's Addendum."
Review of Waystation
T: Download "Waystation"
Comments on the 1995 IF Competition Entries
In 1995, there was an IF competition. These comments cover many of the games which were entered.
Comments on the above comments
Some other opinions than those expressed above.
Review of the 1995 IF Competition TADS Entries
The competition games may be downloaded from ftp.gmd.de.
Review of "Uncle Zebulon's Will"
T: Download "Uncle Zebulon's Will"
Review of "The One That Got Away"
T: Download "The One"
Review of "Night at the Museum Forever"
I: Download "Museum"
Discussion of "Christminster"
I: Download "Christminster"
Review of "Wishbringer"
"Wishbringer" is one of Infocom's games. It is currently available in "The Masterpieces of Infocom," a collection of all of Infocom's games on CD-ROM from Activision.
"The Legend Lives!" Lessons for IF
T: Download "Legend"
Thoughts on "The Legend Lives!"
Review of "Planetfall"
"Planetfall" is also by Infocom. See the comment with the review of "Wishbringer."

Additional Reviews

As time has worn on, I've discovered other reviews which I like, though they were not posted to RAIF. Here are a few of them.

IF Competition Reviews
A collection of reviews of competition games.
Discussion of "So Far"
I: Download "So Far"


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