Choose Your Own Adventure
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ShackStream: Dead Reset on The Stevetendo Show! Episode 764
The Stevetendo Show will feature a playthrough of the spooky game Dead Reset, described as a "choose your own adventure" title reminiscent of Sega CD games. The stream will also include a look at Elden Ring later in the week, and a discussion about Nintendo's upcoming Indie World showcase.
Bargain with demons and boat with the dead in joyful RPG heist quest anthology Thousand Hells
Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists is a joyful choose-your-own-adventure RPG anthology from the designers of King of Dragon Pass. It features a witty procession of Orphic descents where players assemble a crew of four characters to tackle quest scenarios. The game offers an infectious, venturesome lightness despite dire blunders and supernatural calamities, with a variety of heists playing out against handsome paintings and drawing from Ancient Greek and Mesopotamian underworlds.
Review: Schrödinger’s Call (Nintendo Switch)
Schrödinger’s Call is a narrative-driven visual novel for the Nintendo Switch that blends point-and-click and choose-your-own-adventure elements. Players guide Mary, an amnesiac who acts as a confidant for spirits between life and death, helping them find peace. The game is praised for its emotional writing, atmospheric graphics, and focus on empathy, despite its slow pace.
Murder on the Disorient Express Review | TheXboxHub
Murder on the Disorient Express is a choose-your-own-adventure murder mystery game that draws parallels to Agatha Christie's work. While the game's structure of time-based choices and scheduling character interactions is praised, the narrative, writing quality, and robo-voiced acting are criticized for being convoluted and lacking polish. The game is available on Xbox.
Here's a choose your own adventure RPG from a former Capcom dev who spent six years in a remote Japanese mountain village making it
Former Capcom and Vanillaware developer Yoshio Nishimura has created Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle, a choose your own adventure RPG developed over six years in a remote Japanese mountain village. The game, which heavily draws inspiration from tabletop RPGs and features hand-drawn art by Nishimura, is set to release on July 9th and is available to wishlist on Steam. The soundtrack is being composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto.
All Directive 8020 endings and how to get them
This guide details the two possible endings for the choose-your-own-adventure game Directive 8020, developed by Supermassive Games. The endings, Scientist and Humanitarian, are determined by increasing specific character traits throughout the game. A major plot twist reveals the characters are clones on repeated missions to study alien matter, making the player's final choice about whether to continue or stop the program.
Directive 8020 Review | TheXboxHub
Directive 8020 is a significant evolution for Supermassive Games' narrative horror series, offering a compelling sci-fi story set on a spaceship threatened by an alien organism. While the core gameplay loop of exploration, puzzles, and Quick Time Events remains, the introduction of a 'turning point' system allowing players to rewind decisions adds a fresh layer of replayability. Despite some repetitive stealth sections, the game's strong narrative, impressive visuals, and solid voice acting make it a standout entry.
Dynasty of the Sword Is a Digital Gamebook Born from an Old Tabletop RPG
Dynasty of the Sword, an interactive gamebook RPG inspired by classic tabletop titles and novels, has been released exclusively on Android. Developed by indie French developer Lhad, the game features a sprawling narrative with branching choices, multiple endings, and RPG systems including inventory management, a quest journal, and an interactive map. It also includes a combat system and over 200 black-and-white illustrations, and is available for free with no ads or in-app purchases.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book preview: A choose-your-own-adventure even adults can love
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book offers a fresh take on the platformer genre, blending familiar Yoshi mechanics with new interactive elements and a choose-your-own-adventure structure. The game features a distinct hand-drawn, stop-motion art style and encourages exploration over linear progression, making it accessible for all ages. It is set to release on Nintendo Switch on May 21.