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Winter Wonderland - Review

Review by Denk

Ratings

Parser/Vocabulary
9
Atmosphere
10
Cruelty
Merciful
Puzzles
10
Overall
10
Written:
13-12-2021
Last edited:
Platform:
Z-Machine

This game won the IFComp in 1999. It is a pretty good Infocom-like game written with Inform with lots of good puzzles. It mostly takes place in a magical, positive winterland. The plot is nothing special but the great writing, and very good, original puzzles makes this a great game.




Parser/Vocabulary (Rating: 9/10)

A few special verbs are needed here and there. However, they were the first verbs that I thought of, as soon I had the right idea.

Atmosphere (Rating: 10/10)

Really good writing sets the atmosphere, without being "too much".

Cruelty (Rating: Merciful)

The game cannot become unwinnable.

Puzzles (Rating: 10/10)

Some really fun puzzles, ranging from easy to hard.

Overall (Rating: 10/10)

This is an excellent game: great writing, great puzzles, great implementation.