A nicely done dystopia, with plenty of atmosphere and some well-executed twists. Rather linear--about halfway through, the game sort of locks you onto a certain track, and there's really never more than one thing to do from that point on. The game does justify the linearity, however, and the puzzles are good enough that the player doesn't feel like he's just pushing the story along. The music and graphics enhance the game experience considerably, so be sure to use an HTML-TADS runtime. A worthy heir to the tradition of dystopian IF.

Rating: ****

Reviewed by Duncan Stevens (05 Feb 2001)

kaged.gam (647.92 KB)

TADS executable (version: Release 1)

kaged.rs1 (335.82 KB)

Multimedia file

kaged.rs2 (6.19 MB)

Multimedia file

kaged.rs3 (5.03 MB)

Multimedia file

khint.txt (9.39 KB)

Hints

kwalk.txt (1.44 KB)

Walkthrough

kaged_s.exe (1.88 MB)

TADS executable (version: Release 2, Post-competition shareware release, with images but no music)

kaged_s.gam (1,007.69 KB)

TADS executable (version: Release 2, post-competition shareware release, with images but no music)