About This Game With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself!"A Wise Use of Time" is a thrilling 260,000-word interactive sci-fi novel by Jim Dattilo, author of "Zombie Exodus," winner of the 2011 XYZZY "Special Recognition" award for interactive fiction. Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.When you freeze time, no one can see you, hear you, or stop you, except, perhaps, a handful of mysterious time controllers like yourself. Every second you steal puts more stress on your body and mind.Will you bring justice to the mobsters who run rampant in your city? Will you steal from them to provide for those in need? Will you share your power with friends and family? Will you destroy your own powers, or will your powers destroy you first? Play as male or female; gay, straight, or bisexual. Develop relationships with one of four main romantic options (or a secret one). Track your relationships and moral stats as they change. Level up your time-control powers, or nullify them to protect yourself and others. b4d347fde0 Title: A Wise Use of TimeGenre: Indie, RPGDeveloper:Choice of GamesPublisher:Choice of GamesRelease Date: 4 Sep, 2015 A Wise Use Of Time Activation Code [addons] Let your imagination run wild!. Choice of Games consistently makes treats like this. I'm afraid I might grow fat.. Buying this game might not be a wise use of time but it sure is a fun one. I have always been a big fan of Jim Datillo since his release of "Zombie Exodus".( Which I reccomend anyone to pick up if you have available funds) What draws me to Jim is his style of writing and choices that he presesnts his reader, however I feel "A Wise Use of Time" sadly fell a bit shorter than I would have expected or liked. I am not going to say that I didn't enjoy it becasue I clearly did, it just didn't feel like it had that big of an impact on me compared to some of his other work. The characters in all of his stories are phenominal and the situations he places you in always feel real, and this can be said for this game. But in my opinion of where this game falls short is consequence. I didn't ever feel like I was doing something wrong or that a choice I made could alter the story heavily in any way a.k.a there wasn't a breaking point for me. Another issue would have to be the fact that although the characters were very well made, I didn't feel a real connection to them compared to some other reads. It also didn't have me yearning for more after it was over or during it to be honest. It was a slow ride that I went through and like a decent book I only picked up whenever I saw fit. My review however may be slightly biased becasue I am comparing this work to "Zombie Exodus" which is a completely different setting. There really is nothing wrong with this peice especially if you are into the "Choice Adventures" so I would reccomend it, but I personally just felt slightly disappointed in it. I just don't know how to share my thoughts on this piece of work correctly, so instead I will leave it at a rating. 7.75/10 P.S. He has a current sequel to Zombie Exodus in the works right now. This makes me as giddy as a school girl, also Jim-Senpai notice me.. I'm surprised by the amount of positive reviews, as this is one of the weakest CoGs I've ever played. The plot lost me very quickly, at some points it moves way too fast to be enjoyable, at others it drags terribly. At least one really impactful choice is taken away from player (basically games decides for you, even if you disagree and then criticize you for decision, that wasn't really yours to begin with). It opens up really strong, but then gets worse with every minute. Also, writing (especially during first interactions with your roommates) goes to "obvious and bad exposition" territory. Sadly, I cannot recommend it.. Remember those choose your own adventure books that you always used to keep your finger on the page before turning in case you died? Well it's one of those. Was bored so I thought i'd just have a quick look, ended up reading for an hour and a half. So if you like reading and fancy something a bit different, and a bit of nostalgia from being a kid check it out.. You must flee! Don't try to be a hero or you will end up a corpse just like me.. I personally loved this game, every choice and action I took felt like it had some long term meaning. Interesting romance system that I still haven't fully explored after several playthroughs. I would reccomend this game, especially while its on sale, to anyone with the patience to read pages of text. 8/10 as far as text based CYOA games go.
- gelkovstouchfapond
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