What is the rating on this game?

[Swimmin' Salmon]

By that, I mean how do people rate it in comparison to other great Vogelian scripts?

Replayable?

Engaging?

 

In short, will I care enough to make this something worth finishing, given the myriad other things to which I need to attend?

[Ess-Eschas]

Hello Salmon,

 

There's actually a pretty decent thread talking about this from shortly after the game's release. It contains quite a few contributions from a variety of posters, so you can probably learn more there than from my own comments. Take a look here:

 

http://spiderwebforums.ipbhost.com/topic/25010-reviews-do-you-like-this-game-spoilers/

 

Personally, I think Queen's Wish I is an excellent Spiderweb game. It changes the formulae in interesting ways, ways that I found quite engaging. I found the fort system enjoyable to play around with, and the world is nicely portrayed. I think there's some real potential for this series and, at least on my end, it's gotten off to a solid start. However, because of the changes, different people do react to it differently.

 

I think, in this situation, the best way to get a feeling for Queen's Wish is just to try out the demo. You'll see the differences there, and get a feeling for how well they sit with you!

[Kelandon]

For whatever it's worth, here's what I thought.

[Swimmin' Salmon]

Thanks Kel! I did play the demo, as much as I could, but then life intervened and I didn't consider purchase. Probably shouldn't think I could finish it now, but whatever. I didn't ever finish A3 (2.0) despite E3 being the hook that captured me. I do agree that Queen's Wish is pretty cool, but I wasn't  a big fan of the Ultima-like persona tests to start. I'll get to reading the reviews.