Gostak, The
Since the game's most important "puzzle" lies in "decoding" its language, I won't describe the plot lest I spoil the fun ;) Suffice it to say that if you like interactive fiction, love challenging games, and are patient enough to fill up sheet after sheet of strange-sounding words and try to translate alien vocabulary into English, The Gostak is your game. Perhaps the best testament to the game's strength is the fact that I felt a lot more fun than tortured when I tried to decode the language, and the game made "sense" in the end even if I couldn't translate many words. If you like Infocom's Nord and Bert or recent modern wordplay titles like Ad Verbum or Bad Machine, you will have a lot of fun with The Gostak. The game requires a lot of effort and patience, but once you grok it, you'll feel a sense of achievement that only the most insidious of puzzles can evoke ;) Two thumbs up!
Average Rating: | 8.18 [22 votes] |
Genre: | Interactive Fiction |
Designer: | Carl Muckenhoupt |
Developer: | Freeware |
Publisher: | Freeware |
Year: | 2001 |
Software Copyright: | Carl Muckenhoupt |
Theme: | Unique |
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More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
System Requirements: | Inform |
If you like this game, try: | Bad Machine, For A Change, t-zero |
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