
Guide Hamlet, Ophelia and Hamlet Sr. to hundreds of hilarious deaths in Ryan North's chooseable-path edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet!
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SteamYou are here | $4.99 | 302reviews | 90% | — | $24.2K |
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Predictable Interactive Fiction, but cheap.
又名《在哈姆雷特開無雙》 生存還是毀滅?主角生存配角毀滅√ 劇情腦洞大開,旁白詼諧有趣,對Ophelia的改編很酷 比較推薦讀過原著再玩
Ryan North's To Be Or Not To Be is an unhinged translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet to a Choose Your Own Adventure page-turning game. This is a bloody, humorous tale with odd mini-games. I supported the Kickstarter for the print version, with some of the milestones being more and more great guest artists contributing to the work.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 44 reviews with recorded playtime.
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only good for art and music. i got this because it had steam cards "checkpoint" save system forces you to read from the beginning every time. no chat log, so you have to click past each text box rather than simply scrolling. game broke art unlock and Haml-O-Meter ranking my first session. clicking too fast also put the Haml-O-Meter onscreen permanently. fixed after relaunching the game. pretentious narration will make you sleepy. constantly rambles on tangents and mocks you for choosing something different from Shakespeare. painfully linear, mostly two choices available.
Fun and weirdly wholesome despite the number of stabbings. I loved the art (particularly the Kate Beaton character portraits) and how the gallery gives bios and website addresses so you can find more of the artists' work. Maybe my sense of humour has regressed as I've aged, but as a 30 year old literature nerd who chose to willingly subject herself to reading Hamlet as a teen, I laughed a few times. The writing was tight and pleasant to read. The music and sound effects work well. It's a little annoying trying to find all the branches, since there are so many of them, but honestly that could also be a plus. There's a joyfulness to this game which was refreshing.
I had fun with this, Shakespearian shenanigans indeed! It's a lot of reading and absurdist humor. Every now and then, after the game rewarded you for a wild choice, it will punish you quickly for the next wild choice, and... well, there's a lot of death and dying involved there. I suppose death and dying is sort of its own reward in this game, though, as every time you find a new way to die, you get to see another piece of illustrated art, and if you feel like it you can try filling up the whole art gallery! (I don't feel like it, that's too much work.) You also get art pieces when you reach an end, SOMEHOW, where you don't die! The deaths definitely feel more frequent, though. I do think there is, at the base, an appreciation for the original (stolen) work of Hamlet in this. It sure refreshed my memory of what happens in that play, in a way I think I will never forget.
ซื้อเกมมาตั้งแต่มอต้น หลายปีมาก 8ปีได้มั้งถึงหยิบมาเล่นอีกครั้ง เพราะเป็นเกมที่อังกฤษล้วน ภาษาลึกนิดหน่อย ดิฉันใช้เวลาเก็บเวลภาษาตัวเองนานโข จนวันนี้หยิบมาเล่น เพราะย้อนกลับไปอ่านเชคสเปียร์พอดี เพิ่งนึกออกว่า โอ้ชั้นมีเกมนี้ในคลังนี่นา คิดว่าเป็นเกมที่เฉพาะกลุ่มในระดับหนึ่ง ถ้าจะให้สนุกก็คงต้องรู้เรื่อง hamlet มาก่อนถึงจะเก็ทมุกที่เล่น แต่ถ้าเป็นแฟนแฮมเล็ตแล้ว เกมนี้บันเทิงมาก ระบบเป็นเกมตัวเลือก หลายฉากหลายตัวเลือกเหลือเกิน แถมไม่รู้ว่าไอที่เลือกไปมันจะยังไง เลือกตามใจไปก็เกมโอเวอร์ เลยลองเลือกตามเนื้อเรื่องบวกกับตามใจตัวเองบ้าง เอ้อก็สนุกดี คิดว่าคนที่จะซื้อเกมนี้ก็ต้องชอบอ่านเชคสปียร์อยู่แล้วแหละ เกมนี้ก็แค่เป็นแฮมเล็ตอีกเวอร์ชั่นที่ไม่ใช่แปลไทย เป็นอังกฤษแบบเข้าใจง่ายกว่าของเชคสเปียร์เยอะ ราคาไม่ถึงหนังสือหนึ่งเล่มด้วยซ้ำ ซื้อๆมาเถอะ ส่วนมีเวลาเล่นมั้ยก็อีกเรื่อง เสียงพากย์สนุกดี ตัวเลือก ตอนจบหลากหลาย คุ้มราคา จำไม่ได้แล้วว่าตัวเองซื้อมาตอนราคาเท่าไหร่ แต่จะราคาเต็มหรือลดก็ได้ คุ้มสุด -(สปอยล์หนึ่งในตอนจบ ล่องเรือไปอังกฤษ)- ส่วนตัวชอบฉากจบนี้มาก เพราะในแฮมเล็ตเองก็ไม่ได้ลงรายละเอียดฉากที่แฮมเล็ตล่องเรือแล้วโดนโจรสลัดบุกเลย แบบตัดแว้บๆ แฮมมันกลับเดนมาร์ก ปล่อยเพื่อนสองคนไปตายละ แถมนี่ก็เป็นเมนโรเซนกิลเดน เพราะงั้นการที่เราสามารถทำให้เขาไม่ตายได้นั้น คุ้มค่าเงินที่อิชั้นเสียไปแล้วค่ะ
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It's not as funny as it thinks it is. Which could be okay, but the problem is that trying to get all the endings means sitting through the same dialogue trees over and over and over again, remembering to choose option C instead of B in choice 5001 after doing everything else right because for some reason it doesn't allow you to go back to specific choices, only 'chapters.' It's poorly designed and I would sit through the less than great humor if not for that.
If you're looking for a completely unique gaming experience, To Be or Not To Be is it. This is not your traditional visual novel or point-and-click – it’s a full-on choose-your-own-adventure with countless hilarious options and endings. The humor is spot-on, often irreverent, and it takes Shakespeare’s Hamlet to places I never thought possible (but always wanted to see). The illustrations by amazing artists add even more character to the already witty dialogue. There’s something so rewarding about making a decision and seeing the crazy consequences that follow. Definitely worth multiple playthroughs to explore every ridiculous outcome. Highly recommended for anyone who loves great storytelling, humor, or just plain weird fun.
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