GA2: The Siege of the Necromancer App Reviews

I am so far enjoying the second game book (my first purchase in the series). It is well written and the story is engaging. If I could make a suggestion, I think it would be nice to have a separate page showing my progress on a map. This would make good use of the iPhone and iPad. This way , I wouldn’t have to draw my own map on a piece of paper. I also noticed that the picture resolution is not as good on the iPad version (which I am using). There is the option to enlarge the picture to fit the iPad screen, but at a noticeable loss of picture quality. Nevertheless, the game is quite enjoyable and I look forward to the next installment! Francois

Excellent game/book. Reminiscent of the old "choose your own ending" books, but muchmore interactive, and with the twist of dice rolling battles. Even after I found the "ultimate ending" I went back to find alternate endings, its like several stories in one! Highly recommended!

Its hard, combat is a pain, you can get unlucky and lose huge chunk of life in early fights then you pretty much screwed for the rest of the adventure with your low hp, i wish fighting was less difficult...

Enjoyed book 1 so much that I grabbed this. I found this story a bit more challenging but when I reached the ultimate ending, it was that much more satisfying! Warning, potential spoiler...... My most memorable part of this adventure was when I found a suit of ornate chain mail and climbed a set of stairs carved into a cliff whilst it poured rain. Somehow I won every single die roll (several) and survived the whole encounter. Had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Great series so far.

Every time I load this app, it immediately sets my sound to MAX and the music starts playing. This is a terrible problem! Why does this app adjust MY sound settings! If I mute my iPad and start an app it should NOT adjust my volume settings, and it should certainly NEVER default my volume settings to MAX. Fix this problem!!

If you love choose your own adventure type books then this is for you. This series is the best that the iPhone has to offer. Well worth the price and more!

The idea is amusing enough but the implementation is shoddy enough as to make the game unplayable. Questionable balance, early fail outs, and other sloppy game mechanics (more forgiveable in books where you can cheat if the dice are WAY against you repeatedly) make this game a loser. Do not buy.

An excellent choose your own adventure game. The graphics are spectacular and everything is very polished.

Awesome new gamebook with wonderful writing and good mechanics but it a bit tough and offputting right from the go. Getting a bit tired of rereading the opening after getting slaughtered by the ogre boss or the damn crab. Still its a good read as far as Ive gone.

I really enjoy the quality of TinMan gamebooks. This second addition to the series not only meets my expectations it exceeds them. I hope the continue to keep these coming and keep up the quality work.

As high quality as fighting fantasy keep um coming!

First let me say that I have loved the two of the Gamebook adventures, #1 and #4. They were not perfect games, but they had a good balance and interesting storyline and good writing. This game book title, however, should be avoided. it has major problems. 1 BALANCE The only thing that makes this game book hard is that it lacks any balance. You encounter attack after attack with hardly any armor and then rarely find anything to bring back your vitality points. Often the correct path is through these fights. And the plot line is so narrow, you almost always have to fight the same creatures, no matter what choice you make. 2 FAKE CHOICES This book is riddled with choices that are not choices at all. No matter what you choose, you end up on exactly the same pages. Examples: No matter what choices you make for the first dozen or so decisions you will end up at the same four doors, with the exact same equipment. The only variance is how pathetically weak you are from the many battles that are impossible to avoid. At one point you are asked, do you want to get into the boat, or get under the boat for shelter. If you choose to get into the boat, you falter and end up tipping the boat over and are under the boat...and on the exact same page if you had chosen to get under the boat. This type of thing happens again and again and again. 3) OBVIOUS CHOICES MISSING At the page in the book were you are given four doors to walk through, only two of those rooms gives you the option to back up and go back through the door you came through. In the other two rooms, Nothing happens to the door you came through, it is just not one of your choices. You have entered a one way decision making tree. This feels very unnatural for this part of the story as you are supposed to be exploring and looking for anything that might help you. Sometimes the game gives you the obvious choice of exiting and trying another door, but most of the time it does not. 4) WRITNG NEEDS EDITING In one of the first pages you see basic mistakes like using the word "dark" twice in the same sentence and several more times on the same page. A good editor would catch this and suggest a few options to make the writing flow nicer. Avoid is one.

There must only 1 way thru this game book which I cant find for the life of me. Many options/choices end you up at the same locations, the book does not feel finished by any means. Some routes gain you items, and possible solves to puzzles which dead end cause you can never access the other paths. I think whom ever play tested the game should maybe do it without developer cheats. I was hoping the other negative review was wrong, but they are pretty spot on. A sin because I enjoy these games a lot.

Not for the casual user. The other books (1&3) are better. Its to easy to miss vital objects early in the game, with no way to back-track.

I was very disappointed with this gamebook. There appears to be virtually no story in this one compared to the other gamebook adventures apps I have played (1st and 3rd book). This one is all about dungeon crawling and choosing one random door over another. Also, I feel like your choices do next to nothing other than find key items that will help you get to the ultimate ending and one random choice will lead to an instant death which is really annoying. Also, it really feels like there is no story, character development, or personality to this game because youre just tossed into some dungeon for no real reason and the whole game is you just trying to get to the end. It was bland and repetitive and I would recommend the other gamebooks in this series before this one.

Represents what I want when I think of choose your own adventure for adults

Does not a good gamebook make. Love the first game but this one is too long winded. Gamebook 1 was punctual and varied this one is short of just about everything that made the first great. Get this one last if your addicted to the series

At the first glance this app sounds like tons of fun. However thanks to its current configuration it is a nightmarish to the novices. Why? Well, you will die a lot, REALLY A LOT!!! You will fight the same fight over and over and over -sometimes for hours. There are not many potions to heal you around. So, you will replay the same stuff over and over again. As a novice player - you will get annoyed and stop playing thinking that you just threw away your hard earned $5.00. If you stick to it, use pencil and paper, waist a day or so and figure out possible move combinations then start the book from beginning to finish it - I bet you will say NEVER AGAIN !!! Could developers fix it and make it more enjoyable? The answer is YES! First of all, developers remember: if I choose to play novice it means I am clueless. I am here to try it. I am here to see if I would like app like this. Second, if I play novice, put more potions around, better weapon & armor, and shield (like inside the pipe in door one). Let me play around, let me learn to love it. You can make it harder on other difficulty levels. Third, please allow players to double back to certain rooms (cave, to get more doors). Please note, I am providing creative criticism. After all, I bought the app and finished it. If developers care I got other ideas for improvement.

The selection process is buggy. i have to go to options and back to the page for the selection buttons to appear .... every time!

Although this isnt my favorite, I love all these gamebooks. This one has too many options that turn out to be the same.