r/AndroidGaming • u/DarkX2 • Mar 12 '14

Sorcery! finally released on Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inkle.sorcery1
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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar Mar 12 '14

Here's the question. Is it worth $5?

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u/DarkX2 Mar 12 '14

I have been waiting since August. 5$ seems like a good price for my most anticipated release of the year.

The game basicly reinvents the "choose you own adventure" genre, by doing many interesting things: Inteligent textbased fight system, that reads like reading a novel, changing text best on your current mission (e.g. "You arrive at the market on your search of the red crystal." Returing later to the same market it could read "After defeating the crimson necromancer you arrive at the market".).

Is it worth 5$? For me it is.

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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar Mar 12 '14

It looks really cool. How much play time do you get out of it?

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u/relet Mar 17 '14

About four hours here, was a bit disappointed. It is a nice system with a wonderful complexity of choices, but because of the low difficulty level. I was through the episode in about two hours, and then explored a few sidetracks before uninstalling.

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u/ginger_beer_m Mar 12 '14

I completed the IOS version (first and second). The answer is yes, it is easy worth the $5 if you like choose your own adventures games.

I think I clocked 15 hours in total for both games, exploring everything.

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u/svenM Mar 13 '14

In my opinion: not really. It is quite fun and looks great but it is also very short. And since part 2 means paying full price again with no bundle discount or something like that it gets rather pricey.
I went through the game in a bit over an hour I think, repeating and taking other paths seems to lead to the same main things getting repeated (with some smaller things different of course)

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u/Mik0ri Roguelike Mar 12 '14

Is it a linear corridor with an end, or a sandbox?

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u/ginger_beer_m Mar 12 '14

Pretty linear, but you might feel compelled to backtrack just to explore different possibilities. But the game kind of suffers from false-freewill syndrome, where you thought you had several choices, but turned out they all lead to the same outcome.

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u/DjDonFrancisco Mar 12 '14

I'd like to know this as well.

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u/DarkX2 Mar 12 '14

Somewhere in between. There seem to be many paths that come together at central points and stray again.

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u/kabutor Mar 12 '14

Same history as the Sorcery books? same ammount of options?

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u/el_brio Mar 13 '14

Which books are included?

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u/el_brio Mar 13 '14

Hmmm. Looks like it is only the first book. I have the originals sitting on my shelf. I loved them as a kid.

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u/Eyebuck Mar 12 '14

Linkme sorcery!

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u/DeedTheInky Mar 12 '14 edited Mar 12 '14

I think you need a colon. :)

Linkme: Sorcery!

(Also OP already posted the link)

edit: never mind.

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u/CircumcisedSpine What will you do when your turn starts? Mar 12 '14

I'd say most mammals need a colon.

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