The Play's the Thing

I honestly have so many mixed feelings about this. I feel bad not recommending it, because I'm so soft for IF and I absolutely will go back and play this again to get all of the endings and achievements, and there were moments while playing through once that I genuinely enjoyed it. But I just can't think of anyone I would recommend this to. Some pros and cons: Pros: - Gender variable romance options (player...

45 found this helpful, 2021-08-27

A rather good game from the authors of The Eagle's Heir. The game keeps the theatricality and much of the tone of the earlier entries of the pair, while adding more depth and what feels like more choices to the mix. There were a few minor flaws; the game occasionally referred to an NPC or two with the wrong pronouns, and other little things like that, but nothing was egregious. There were several routes, largely...

8 found this helpful, 2021-08-27

From Choice of Games comes another entry to the choose your adventure type games. This time is the grand 'The Play's the Thing' written by Jo Graham and Amy Griswold about an aspiring playwright. It is quite fun to use your imagination in this journey as you try to make a name for yourself. There are branching choices with what you choose, with a achievements that has to do with specific events in the story which...

10 found this helpful, 2021-08-26