ST Format


Weird Tales

Categories: Review: Software
Publisher: Interactive Technology
Machine: Atari ST

 
Published in ST Format #15

Weird Tales

These macabre stories, similar to those which HP Lovecraft made his own, have peculiar plots and tasty twists in their tails.

Weird Tales comes on three disks and consists of two full length, and one short, adventure. The first of these is Black Hand Of Death, the second is Beyond The Wall Of Sleep and the third is Frozen Beauty. The games are entirely text-based, but the descriptions are so evocative they're not to be missed.

Obviously the most important part of an adventure game is the parser (the bit that deciphers what you've typed in) and this game has a great parser which accepts long sentences and tries harder to understand you than your parents ever did.

Weird Tales takes the frustration out of adventuring. The intuitive Zen system incorporated into the game makes life easy for the hardened adventurer and the novice alike.