I just finished Roadwarden the other day, my first text based game. I can say that it’s probably the most memorable and encapsulating game I’ve played in a long time. It’s about being a Roadwarden, a sort of courier who alongside delivering messages and goods, patrols the roads between villages, escorts civilians and laborers, and takes on the local monsters if they’re able. It gives you an incredible amount of choices, and an incredible amount of consequences to them. I got what I consider to be a very bad ending, but the game offers 3 classes, each with a different level of insight on the lore of the world, encouraging replays, so I’m confident that on my next run I can get a better ending. The gameplay is extremely enjoyable, like reading a great book (in my case, about being broke in fantasy Scotland) that you can interact with. The monster encounters made me feel anxious, the travel time and day counters, some very core aspects of the game, reflected the deceptively time consuming experience of playing. The amount of times this game has kept me up late and reminded me of the constant passage of time is harrowing, but an incredibly compelling experience. I could go on and on about the music and how it gives me heart palpitations but I would just recommend listening to Pelt of the North on YouTube. If any of this has sounded fun OR stressful to you, I highly recommend playing. Good luck.
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