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Afflicted
| Author: | Doug Egan | | Released: | 2008 | | Review: | You're in a sleazy bar (OK, that's a rip-off from Softporn Adventure)... But you didn't come here to have a drink or entertain yourself - you are a health inspector on duty.
The game has its highs; in particular, I enjoyed the seemingly unending train of health code violations the protagonist can note. But there are pretty many lows, as well - mainly "what a moron" moments regarding the main villain, occasional glitches in writing, and minor bugs. The aforementioned... uhm... not the brightest behaviour of the NPCs considerably spoils the otherwise interesting and not unoriginal plot idea. Still, Afflicted gets its four stars, albeit at a little stretch.
Rating: ****
Reviewed by Valentine Kopteltsev (15 Dec 2008)
| Competitions/ Awards: | 4th place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 2008
Finalist, Best Story, Xyzzy Awards 2008
Finalist, Best Individual Puzzle, Xyzzy Awards 2008
Finalist, Best Use of Medium, Xyzzy Awards 2008
| | Downloads: | - Afflicted walkthru.txt (1.13 KB)
- walkthrough
- afflicted.z8 (319.00 KB)
- Z-code 8 executable (version: 1)
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