Gamebook Adventures 1: An Assassin in Orlandes
By Tin Man Games
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Description
An interactive fantasy adventure! It's a book. It's a game. It's an RPG. It's a Gamebook Adventure!
First in the series of critically acclaimed interactive fantasy gamebooks in which you, the reader, control the direction of the story! Along with a realistic dice-based battle system to fight creatures, a great story and beautiful artwork, An Assassin in Orlandes will give you many hours of gamebook adventuring!
#1 Dice game in 13 countries!
Top #10 RPG game in 17 countries!
"Set within Orlandes City, nobles are being systematically murdered by a ruthless assassin no-one seems able to catch. Finding yourself thrust in the middle of a large conspiracy, you must make decisions that may put yourself and one other most precious to you in great danger. Can you locate the Assassin in Orlandes before it is too late?"
"Even though Fighting Fantasy books have nearly a 30 year lead on the recently released Gamebook Adventures, the team at Tin Man Games have put together an equally remarkable and entirely original virtual game book for the iPhone." - Touch Arcade
"I was both surprised and delight to find that An Assassin in Orlandes delivered one of the most engaging iOS gaming experiences I’ve had to date." - Gamezebo
"Tin Man Games has done an admirable job of recreating the experience in an electronic format. The story is top notch, the interface works quite well, and the music really gets you into the atmosphere of Orlandes. This is definitely a title worth taking a look at, especially if you’re familiar with the print version of this type of book." - iPhone Life
Gamebook Adventures 1: An Assassin in Orlandes has the following features:
•Newly written story by S.P. Osborne that twists and turns taking the reader on an exciting adventure through the land of Orlandes. We are not simply a re-print of old gamebooks with each GA story lovingly crafted by experienced gamebook authors.
•Easy to use interface with classic page turning. As easy as reading a book!
•Read in portrait or landscape. (iPad only)
•Dynamic page links that respond to your situation.
•New gamebook rules and battle system unique to Gamebook Adventures. Rules are accessible at any time during the adventure if you need to refresh yourself.
•Real-time 3D dice rolling with realistic physics. Shake the device like a dice shaker and watch the 3D dice bounce around the scene and off each other.
•Easy to change fonts, font sizes, and paper type to set up the book the way you want it.
•Accessible character sheet at all times during reading which auto updates when you pick up an item, your stats change, or you gain valuable information to help in your quest.
•Difficulty levels - Classic, Bookworm and Novice
•Use bookmarks to save your progress helping you get past tricky sections.
•Achievements to collect throughout the book for those who wish to thoroughly explore all aspects of the story.
•Beautifully illustrated by Pirkka Harvala. Once found, each illustration is framed and mounted on the achievements wall so they can be accessed full-screen.
•High resolution artwork that takes advantage of the iPhone 4 and iPad.
•Keep informed as the land of Orlandes grows. “Orlandes Uncovered” is a detailed history of the fantasy setting and will be updated at regular intervals giving you a rich and rewarding overall experience with the gamebooks.
•Interactive world map which is updated regularly.
Gamebook Adventures is brought together through the efforts of passionate and avid gamebook enthusiasts. If you are familiar with the Choose You Own Adventure, Fighting Fantasy, Sorcery, Lone Wolf or Grail Quest series then Gamebook Adventures will really appeal to you. Our aim is to give those nostalgic readers of old something new and fresh, and bring a new exciting experience to those unfamiliar with gamebooks. If you enjoy fantasy RPGs or adventure games then this is for you!
What's New in Version 3.8
Older non-retina devices running iOS 4.2.1 or less were experiencing erratic app behaviour. This has been fixed.
Customer Reviews
Engaging
I enjoyed the format and the story line once I figured out which decisions wouldnt result in my immediate demise. A few of the choices could transition more smoothly and there is a bug in the bookmark function that uses two bookmarks when you only intend to uses one.
An Excellent Gamebook
This is a well thought out and well executed game book. The UI is perfect. The story is sufficiently sweeping and covers enough unique areas to draw you in and provide a sense of exploration. Nice light RPG elements make the game much more interactive than most simple Choose Your Own Adventure books. The story drives along at a pace which would be impossible to sustain in a normal electronic RPG. Well worth the price of admission for fans of RPGs (electronic or pen and paper), Choose Your Own Adventure books, the classic gamebooks, or Fantasy fiction. If you are curious, but hesitant to buy then checking out the Lite version for a taste is strongly recommended (just make sure you play all the way through the Lite version and don't pass judgement because of an untimely early demise or bad ending).
fantastic
Finally finished without dying or living the rest of my life in disrepute. This is fantastic and unlike the old, printed, Choose Your Own Adventure books with these dying unlocks achievements!
This was frustrating at times but ultimately so much fun, I'm looking forward to the next books and replaying to unlock more achievements and have more supplies.
- $4.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Dec 03, 2011
- Version: 3.8
- Size: 95.6 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Tin Man Games Pty Ltd
- © 2010 Tin Man Games Pty Ltd
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later
