Wizard’s Choice Review – Review Introduction
This is a review of Wizard’s Choice – text based adventure(s) for Kindle by Sam Landstrom. Released in December, 2011.
Review is based upon Wizard’s Choice Volume 1 – available for $0.99 and rated 5 stars on 2 reviews.
Also available for $0.99 are:
Wizard’s Choice Volume 2 and (brace yourself!)
Wizard’s Choice Volume 3
Available on the following Kindle versions as of 12/12/2011: Kindle 4, Kindle Keyboard (formerly Kindle 3), Kindle DX, Kindle 2nd Generation.
Wizard’s Choice Review – Main Takeaways
Wizard’s Choice is a text based adventure and starts out with you wandering through the forest. Pretty soon evil creatures are after you and you head off to hide in a crumbling castle (why can’t it be a nice castle?). The game tracks you health, manna, gold and morale and decisions made will affect these positively and negatively. I figured I messed up when I noticed my health was at -2. Next thing you know – I was dead.
Now that I have brushed myself off – it is time to start all over again. The text controls are easy to use – all you need is the 5-way controller (guess that leaves Kindle Touch in the dust).
I was just happy to see that the cover wizard (or whoever it is) from Volume 1 had a face job and lasik surgery and contact lenses on the cover of Volume 2. Volume 3 appears to be about a manicure for the wizard.
Supposedly there is a cliff hanger at the end of Volume 1 (if I survive that long) and Volume 3 is supposed to be the grand finale.
Wizard’s Choice Review – Conclusion and Overall Rating
I would give Wizard’s Choice Volume 1 a rating of 4.5 stars. The pictures are decent – but I want a map so I know where I die at. It killed me off fairly quickly – but I like the story line and am heading back for more and picking up Volumes 2 and 3 while I am at it. If you like choose your own adventure/text based adventures and are moderately mature (I think I might qualify – these might not be good to read to young children) – then check them out.
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