So, Warlock of Firetop Mountain
I was surprised. I found the game in a cheap bundle and didn't expect much. In short, the game is a digitalised "choose your own adventure" book with slightly improved combat. Now, choose your own adventure books have always had their drawbacks. They are simple and usually very branching, not allowing you to go back and fix things you did previously. Lots of times you want to do actions which are not written out and you can't do them. Sometimes these books featured meaningless deaths, just for the purpose of teaching you a lesson and those always pushed you towards a path of "cheating" the game. This game....fixes none of those problems. There is something to be said about pushing a specific older medium into digital age and staying so true to the original and all you change is QoL changes. And exactly that is what hooked me in. I have (mostly) fond memories of these games. They had this feeling of a boiled down DnD. You still had choices and winning ...