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Downtown Tokyo, Present Day - Review

Review by Denk

Ratings

Parser/Vocabulary
8
Atmosphere
8
Cruelty
Cruel
Puzzles
10
Overall
9
Written:
29-06-2022
Last edited:
Platform:
Z-Machine

[z-code game played with a C64-emulator set to warp speed]

This is a fairly short but quite original, puzzly text adventure. You are at the theatre and will take control of the hero in the movie you are watching, though you can give commands to "yourself" in the theatre as well. Once you get acquainted with the game mechanics, it is quite fun to try a lot of things while you figure out how to win the game.




Parser/Vocabulary (Rating: 8/10)

This is an Inform game and a well implemented one and like most other well implemented Inform games, the parser is quite good.

Atmosphere (Rating: 8/10)

Funny, engaging writing that suits the game well.

Cruelty (Rating: Cruel)

According to the instructions, the game can be completed in four different ways. I only found two of those, but those solutions can be blocked if you loose some crucial objects. As I haven't found all four solutions, I cannot be sure that if the game can always be completed in some other way but I don't think so. Luckily, the player can quickly restart this fairly short game and try again.

Puzzles (Rating: 10/10)

The solutions I found were high quality puzzles. However, if you find the first solution very easy (it is), I highly recommend to try to find one more - there are some ingenious puzzles in there.

Overall (Rating: 9/10)

This is a well executed text adventure with great puzzles. The easiest solution might be found very quickly but the other solutions are a lot harder, so you should complete the game in at least two ways to really enjoy this game.