Item - An Assassin in Orlandes

The first of Tin Man's in-house series set in the continents of Orlandes, Rema and Drymar introduces us to the city of Orlandes itself via an initially uninteresting plot based around your having just been jilted by a lover. You begin in a bar drowning your sorrows before happening upon the far more exciting assasination of a local Noble's son. Your investigation of this leads to the discovery of a plot to overthrow the leadership of Orlandes and seize the city, at the root of which lies your ex who it transpires was just using you anyway. The plot itself is all fairly corny, but the adventure plays out decently enough, although it is very linear and certain attribute tests in the latter part can be excessively punishing. As gamebooks go, this one is relatively short and there are several sidelines to add a little variety to replays, but it will not take anyone long to beat it as it is pretty easy. Some nice black and white art accompanies the text, although it is presented from a third party perspective so you often see yourself in the images which can be slightly distancing. All things considered though, this is good and appealing enough to make you want to play more of the series and see more of Orlandes and its surroundings.

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