“Teacher said I had to finish the book.”
Speedrun any %
Thats the point. They are pretty fun
OP discovers the “choose” part of “choose your own adventure”
Does this even work?
Every “Choose your own adventure book” I ever read had the correct path, and every wrong choice had a 5 page “And then you died… go back to (page x).”.
No intertwining anything.
You read bad ones then. I picked up a huge stack at a book fair called Lone Wolf circa 1985 about a psychic warrior monk. Each book has multiple paths that can lead to victory.
Sounds nice. So Lone Wolf is the title of the books?
https://lonewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Lone_Wolf
First book is called Flight From the Dark
Thanks!
I found out the books can also be read online, printed out, or downloaded for ereaders through this project with blessings from the author:
Ah, good stuff. There was an android app that allowed you to read them and automatically kept track of your items and health. I just looked and I think the project is dead now unfortunately, but it got me through some boring days at work.
Notepad app and dice roller for me. Great books for flights since the books themselves were small enough to fit in my pocket
Many books have a more complex structure than simply an acyclic directed graph; an ending often has multiple ways of being reached.
Quicksave immediately after getting a new offensive power so you can try it out ASAP on the NPC that gave it to you.
the most fun ones were the author basically chastising you for being so stupid to pick the option they put in the book themselves lmao. i miss adventure books they were fun.
You begin to slide down the slope. You scrabble for purchase but there’s no way to stop yourself. You eventually die of thirst, sliding down the endless slope
I’m not kidding this is literally a death sequence I ran into in one of these books.
Basically there was an option to go a small distance down an ice slope for some reason.
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Sometimes when I play a new video game I do the same thing where I figure out how quickly it allows you to die. Very rarely do they let you die in the tutorial.
I remember at the beginning of KC:D, there’s a bit where you’re fleeing headlong down a rocky path. I stopped at one point to look behind me, and was immediately struck down by a soldier who’d been chasing me. It definitely heightened the tension; it would have been totally immersion-breaking if the urgency was contrived, and so many games fall into this trap (and not just in the intro). Now, depending on the genre, immersion is going to be a different priority; it’s hardly the ultimate yardstick for gaming. But I do love a game that pays attention to it, and KC:D was great at that. Apparently I’m pretty hyped for the sequel.
I’m playing through it for the first time currently. Tips? I’m not super far. Basically through the tutorial, then I accidentally did the “a woman’s lot” quest and slogged through that for a few hours.
Yeah, I thought that DLC was well-written, but it is a bit of a slog, especially doing it right off the bat. I would say training with Bernard is very helpful for learning to fight. Lots of people took issue with how difficult the archery is, but I kinda love it—YMMV, obvs. There are lots of mods for it if you want a reticle.
You definitely don’t need to master weapon combos to win (although they’re pretty fun when you can pull 'em off), but you’ll want to unlock Perfect Blocking asap. You can unlock it training with Bernard, and it lets you block without losing stamina, if you time it right.
A lot depends on how you want to rp Henry, but I’d recommend heading to Uzhitz, and learning to read from the scribe there. Once you’re literate, you can take advantage of skill books that you’ll find here and there. The combat is pretty difficult until both you and Henry know what you’re doing.
Pay attention to the stats on gear, and build a set of low-vis, low-noise armor for skullduggery. Also a suit of fancy clothes for impressing people (try and keep it clean!). If you’re feeling undergeared, do some treasure hunting; you can find good gear in most of the various buried chests.
Alchemy is super useful, and once you skill it up a bit you can auto-brew potions. Hope you have as much fun with it as I did!
Thanks! Yeah I wouldn’t say I didn’t enjoy the writing of the DLC, but, after doing 2 hours of fetch quests, another 2 hours of fetch quests was a bit rough. Though, I don’t think I would have liked Theresa as much as I do without it. So there’s that.
Glad to hear about the weapon combos.
combat is difficult until you and Henry know what they’re doing.
So I shouldn’t be that upset that 1v1 bandits are very hard and anything more is actually impossible for me?
I’m definitely enjoying it, though, now that I feel that the world has opened up, I don’t feel like I can progress the main story(killing bandits after ginger) so I’m sorta just treading water, not sure how to progress lol
Yes, if you’re at that point in the main story, it’s a great time to take a break and do a bunch of side quests. Come back to it when you’re better prepared.
So I shouldn’t be that upset that 1v1 bandits are very hard and anything more is actually impossible for me?
Nope, totally in line with my experience. It takes a fair amount of practice before Henry can consistently beat anybody, and you always have to be careful fighting groups of enemies. I would suggest picking a weapon type you like, and training with Bernard until you can consistently execute a perfect block. That’s a real game-changer in any fight. If you run out of stamina, you’re going to die.
Mace or axe paired with a shield is probably the most forgiving style. You can bash your way through any fight, provided you keep your guard up, and don’t let anyone get behind you. For taking on groups, you have a few options, but you’ll generally want to string out the enemy so you’re not taking on more than one or two at a time.
Archery is very powerful if you get good at it, but it takes a fair bit of practice just to get to competent. Get yourself a decent pair of gloves or bracers that you like, and you can use the contours to help line up where your arrow will go. Don’t try to use a bow that you’re not strong or dextrous enough to draw yet. Once you can hit the bullseye at the Rattay archery range pretty consistently, work on hitting the moving targets on the river up in Ledetchko. Hunting game in the woods is also a good way to practice. Just make sure you bring plenty of arrows!
Stealth is often very handy, and once you skill it up a bit, you can do silent takedowns with a dagger. In this way, you can carefully clear out bandit and Cuman camps at night, and scoop up lots of gear to sell. Several of the millers will be able to train you in stealth and lockpicking.
If you steal anything expensive, your best bet is to stash it in your chest at home until it no longer appears stolen. This will take longer for more valuable objects. If you’re desperate for cash, the millers will fence it for you at a steep discount. Invest in some good saddlebags as soon as you can—you can find them at the stables in Merhojed, Neuhof, and Uzhitz.
Be especially careful in the western part of the map; some of the bandits you’ll encounter there will be very well-equipped and well-trained mercenaries. Sometimes you’ll stumble upon a small battle between bandits, cumans, and/or local guardsmen. These can be opportunities to scoop up some loot without doing the fighting. Just be careful; guards won’t look kindly on you stripping their comrades’ bodies. This can also be a good way to deal with groups of enemies; make them chase you into a guarded settlement.
All I can think of at the moment—hope it helps!
ETA: just remembered one thing I wish I’d known early on. While the vast majority of quests aren’t time-sensitive, some are, so pay attention to the quest text. Also, minor oblique spoiler: >!a few quests related to your friends from Skalitz will turn out differently depending on how long you put them off.!< The game doesn’t really tell you this, and it can be a real gut-punch down the line.
In Elden Ring, one could argue jumping into the tutorial was the first wrong choice altogether.
(dunno, I skipped it accidentally and came back a short time later. I did not need that roadblock…)
Is his thumb on the old page to go back to it quickly?
Watching some modern shows is like reading these books from first page to last page instead of following the instructions. The only difference is that every ending in the book becomes a dream sequence in the show.
I can’t do that! I would feel so bad.
Y’all ever read that one about “the worst day of your life?” I think that was the actual title. That one had a bunch of weirdly hardcore shit. It’s like George R. R. Martin wrote that shit, under an alternate name.
At least half the choices in the book would cause you to die horribly.
Did anyone else read those books from start to end? Like a normal book?
I did it with dictonaries, too…
Is that Shaq? How old is this? I don’t remember him ever looking this young and slim.
Shaq was a baby once
V - I sure hope this works for someone.
Walking dead
Saw this on TT
