The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain

UPDATED REVIEW: Per the developer's advice, I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, as well as verified the files. This seemed to resolve the crashing issue and I was able to complete Episode One without any further issues. Overall I enjoyed the first episode, and look forward to seeing how the story develops. I'm greatly enjoying the conceited, self-interested version of Magnus I've managed to craft through my responses, and am curious as to what, if anything, will change with a different set of responses. If you've played the other Test series of games, the question-and-answer game style will feel familiar, if a touch more roleplay-ish this time around. Interested to see what's next! My word is Fame, and I think Magnus should stay at Haralt's kingdom. (Original Review): The game crashed on me twice. Once right before the question session began, which wasn't so bad to restart. But the second time was about halfway or so through the Assassinations question set. The screen froze up in both instances (sconces in the background stopped flickering, couldn't click to continue questions, hitting escape did absolutely nothing). There is no mid-session save point, so restarting would mean doing the ENTIRE thing over, and there's just no way I'm going to waste my time again and hope THIS time it will make it all the way through. Super disappointing, since I like the other Test games in the series, and this one looked to have more meat on the bone.

My Word: Mercenary I have mixed feelings. When you like quizzes and Fantasy/Medieval then go for it. if you feel bored easily then rather not pick this up.

My Codeword was: Fortune

Secret Word: Morale Holy smokes, you've done it again. Magnus is such an incredibly written and complex character that I both love and hate in equal measure, haha. Still, I found out that I can be a "fantastic" advisor! I think it would be in character for Magnus to try to get the staff, but not for him to truly put his loyalty and trust in the king's brother. He's got a good thing going in his current advisor position--why would he toss that away permanently if he's so focused on looking out for number one? Still, he is quite calculating. I could see him playing the long game and temporarily "joining" the other side, only to turn on them shortly after he has the staff in his possession. Magnus would probably receive an even greater reward from the king if he managed to foil his brother's plans and recover a priceless artifact in one fell swoop. Seems the most logical to me, anyway.

Morale

Bard. Idk if Magnus should defect or not. There's not enough to go on.

Barbarian but game is a tad boring.

Secrate word: Mercenary Was somne very interesting moral choices! I want to play a full game of story around this so badly! Would recommend for a short interesting self evealuation.