Runt of the Litter

this game is very cute and fun. i love the idea of raising something and caring for it, depending on the choices you make regarding your gryphon it will change its personality and the ending which cool. the characters are all amazing except for that one keeper >.>. its a little short for me but is definitely worth it as are all their other games. i hope they make a sequal to this or something ^.^

I loved every minute of it, the story is amazing, the choices are great, it's very emotional at times to! great game if you like choose-your-own-adventure novels, and gryphons. ps: wyrms are 2spooky4me.

*Before starting the game.(To myself) This looks like a fun game, i get to raise my own little gryphon. (10Minutes into the game) I want to kill all these Fledglings. (After getting an egg) This is mine, there is many like it but this is mine! (After hatching) Omg Omg Omg Omg. SO ADDORABLE, You shall be called Stormspark, my Precious. (Rougly 15 minutes later) I don't need to highborn bastards, just me and Stormspark together forever. (Last 2 minutes) I died sacrificing myself to protect Stormspark and my Lover from a Drake. (End note) I now have more emotional trauma never knowing if Stormspark or my lover got away........... I am sad now :( 9.5/10 Highly recomended

I really enjoyed this game, very worth it if you enjoy visual novels that allow you to fully choose your own destiny! Plus, beautiful, beautiful gryphons.

Well written and engaging, but very short. I would have liked more chances to interact with the other characters and learn about the world, and couldn't help wishing that I could have played out the events covered in the epilogue. [b]6/10[/b]

Runt of the Litter é o primeiro jogo que eu joguei da Choice of Games, e é um incrivel rpg baseado em texto. O mais importante daqui é a história, onde tudo que você faz pode ter um grande impacto mais pra frente, desde as suas interações com o seu grifo quanto as suas interações com outros cuidadores. Na minha primeira gameplay, eu consegui o final Bridge Between Worlds, em que eu consigui juntar os Keepers e os Thralls. Conquistas: Stalwart Ally: Came to Eini's aid. (10 points) Hatchling: Hatched a gryphon. (10 points) Back Roads: Snuck out of Aerie unseen. (20 points) Wyrm Slayer: Killed a wyrm. (20 points) Willing Messenger: Got a guard to help you without resorting to bribery. (20 points) Impressive Beast: Impressed the High Council with your gryphon. (25 points) Gryphon Killer: Killed a gryphon. (10 points) Wild Blood: Stole a wild gryphon egg. (10 points) Welcome Back: Earned the High Council's forgiveness. (25 points) Undeniable: Had Nistarii vote in your favor. (50 points) Rise Up: Convinced the High Council to allow thralls to be fledglings. (25 points) Bridge Between Worlds: Became fully trusted by both gryphon keepers and thralls. (100 points) Nota: 9/10, unica coisa ruim que achei é que poderia ter cenas de batalhas mais complexas, em que voce poderia fazer escolhas que ditariam a luta, mas isso não acontece tanto.

I feel the need to preface this review with the fact that I own most of the COG/HOG games, and have played them multiple times in most cases. So I am well versed in Runt's peers. I must say, that despite this game having an intriguing world and interesting characters, I wasn't able to really feel immersed. Your "Friends" are mostly expounded upon by the short introductions your character gives them and maybe 1-2 conversations you have with them 1 on 1 and only when you choose to sacrifice the conversations with the others. The options for romance are sparse but not wholly unsatisfactory. However I can't say I actually knew any of my friends/love interests/rivals. Where most games would cultivate a sense of character Runt of the Litter goes for a broader story. More like being actually read a fairy tale then actually playing and living one. My friends seemed to be either one note or just there. Same with the Council, you have the ♥♥♥♥♥, the Reasonable one who everyone calls weak, and the unfeeling swing vote. Your rival is that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ everyone knew in highschool. Just mean for no real reason, even when you help him he's an ass. Now with all I've said I know you'd think me to give this game a poor recommendation. However, I will say that this is a solid C+. The world is interesting, I did love my Griffon and did all I could in order to protect them. I was very close to actually caring about my friends. But... none of it felt like it had weight. I never found myself anxious in a fight, never doubted what choice I made, and never really got to breath in this story. I feel there's a great game here, just itching to be written. All in all, I can recomend this game to people who are cool playing it once or twice, and being satisfied that you've seen it all. I hope maybe one day there can be something more to this. I've never seen a COG/HOG game with a DLC story but I think this game could use one.

Cute story to read with average lenght. Short, but not too short. It is well written and thought and it fullfill its thematics really well all the while giving a large amount of choices possible with a lot of narrative changes and interactions. The stats systems seems a bit clumsy to me and sometimes it doesn't seems clear as to why a choice impact that stats but in my opinion it's not completely illogical and random, just a little awkward. The interactions between those stats and the story are awkard as well. Even then the story adapts really well to what you do and it makes up for that bit of blurriness once you start to grasp how things go, it can take numerous trys though. The characters are interesting but never really developped, they do have personnalities of their own though. Overall it's a well rounded choice novel and you can feel the author cared about the thematic just by seeing how many species of gryphins you can choose from and that each one impacts the narration.

It's definitely one of the beeter choice of games in a while. One of the things it does well is giving you a good sense of the world your in from the very beginning without being lazy and just using a few pages for exposition at the start. The other thing it does well in the gryphon its self doing a fairly good job making it fell like an actual animal which you would hope going into this. Finally for positives is that the supporting character are well written giving you a good sense of who they are though it is easy to skip over them without meaning to if you focus on your gryphon which i did As for cons there aren't too many and they tend to not to be two bad. The first is probably the most jaring is the end without going into spoilers its rather abrupt it ends right when it feels like it should be getting into the meat of it but the journey up to that pont is still worth it. Finally this one isnt to bad and that is the stats as can be kind of unclear what choices increase what stats particular with the griffon but its not to bad and once you figure it out its fine but it can kind of screw you on your first playthrough this might have just been a me problem (Sorry if its not the best review it is my first)