Community College Hero: Knowledge is Power

A decent enough game, though not as good as the first, and certainly not the best offered by Choice of Games/Hosted Games. The two biggest issues are that it makes the mistake of assuming that one perfectly remembers the events of the first game, and that it very much suffers from "Middle game syndrome", with most of the threads throughout it being started, but not finished. In all, think the second Pirates of the...

31 found this helpful, 2018-05-18

I felt like I had no agency in this game. Anything I did felt shoe-horned into the pre-written plot. And when I did do anything that felt like I was going to accomplish something and really make my playthrough feel different and impactful, the game didn't reward me. At the beginning of the game, I was given the options on how I wanted to pursue boosting my "powers". I decided on finding dad's old suit of armor. All...

33 found this helpful, 2019-01-05

I haven't finished my first playthrough yet, but I saw enough to say that while I recommend it to everyone who played and enjoyed the first book, something really annoys me and makes me enjoy this COG much less than I would otherwise. Every decision you make is basically "Which one of your friends do you side with?" and if it's not that, it's about siding with one of the schools or your group vs yourself. Instead of...

9 found this helpful, 2018-05-24