As a fan of the old Choose Your Own Adventure books, I picked this up because it sounded intriguing. 200 years in the future, the Earth is experiencing a second ice age due to a Terminator-esque computer takeover of some weather satellites by an A.I. known as Gaia.
I have to say, it was pretty solid. The recording of inventory, weapons, and even hit points on a character sheet brought me straight back to my Dungeons & Dragons days, but the story still kept to the simplicity of what it actually is: a CYOA book. Having written a series of CYOA books myself, called Ultimate Ending, I was glad to see other authors working just as hard to keep this genre alive!
I liked the setting, the story, and the gameplay. The book flowed well, and the characters were interesting. I even feel like there was an "ultimate" winning ending mixed in there somewhere, although I think I just missed it. I went back quite a few times to try and find out what I was missing, but the best ending I could come up with was bittersweet at best. And that's totally okay. The story is set in a pretty grim and gristly world to begin with.
Anyway, this was a lot of fun and it took me back to some really great nostalgia. The artwork was very detailed and reminded me of the stuff you'd see Omni magazine. Overall fantastic job. Are there any more of these? 5-stars!
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