A brief game that entertainingly spoofs the conventions of the scottish/historical romance genre. It features a unique conversation system in which your statements can be modified with adverbs (it is the only game I know of in which WHISPER HUSKILY is actually a meaningful action), and the first scene features an amusing puzzle with a number of solutions. The game also turns the multimedia abilities of TADS 3 to excellent if limited effect with the inventively decorated status line. Unfortunately, the second scene is more finicky than the first and plays less smoothly -- but the overall effect is still excellent.

Rating: ****

Reviewed by Emily Short (07 May 2003)

forever.sit (214.80 KB)

Macintosh executable (version: 3)

rncomp.sit (240.77 KB)

TADS 3 executable (original minicomp entry, does not work with current TADS 3 interpreter)

rncomp.zip (239.56 KB)

TADS 3 executable (original minicomp entry, does not work with current TADS 3 interpreter)

forever.zip (230.18 KB)

TADS executable (version: 3)