Desert of Vice

Desert of Vice is a horror text adventure game with inspiration of Zork, Lovecraft and even some Kafka. While the game is not completly text-based, as it got both visual design and soundtrack, the gameplay is pure text where the game responds to your input. Just like in the olden days of adventure games! The game has an interesting storyline which doesn't tell you everything in the beginning, instead it lets you...

8 found this helpful, 2020-10-09

Gives the illusion of choice but keeps dictating the one action you are allowed to take at almost all times. You must go to the motel because you are sleepy, you must clean your room despite the fact that you just said you had to sleep first, you must go to the bar now despite not having slept yet... It's all nonsense.

11 found this helpful, 2019-10-10

I wish there was a "neither recommended nor not recommended" way to review. Having played text-based games a lot in the past (I got the babel fish!) I'm used to text based games that were written to have a lot of options. Get the thing, look at the thing, open the thing, combine the thing, look at the room, etc. Lots and lots of that. Unfortunately, Desert of Vice is very limited. There are a handful of choices,...

1 found this helpful, 2021-07-21