The Girl Who Sold the World

I’m a big fan of choose-your-own-adventure text games and this one is very good. I love the voice actress playing Frances, she’s fantastic. The pros of this game are originality and believability, but most of all the ability to skip puzzles if you’re stuck. The cons, that the dialogue for the playable character usually comes across as mean and not overly sympathetic. Frances is in a pickle and sometimes she has to make hard choices, but I don’t want to be cruel about it. Another small con is that sometimes while Frances is doing something and you’re still engaged it takes slightly too long. Without giving anything away, she should have signed out a little earlier while she was moving things instead of having me hang around and then leaving anyway. I don’t mind waiting while she’s asleep/busy and disconnected, only while I’m still active. I’ll definitely recommend this game to my friends. I get the developers had to get us hooked but the ending was way too abrupt. Looking forward to the second chapter being released soon!

This game is definitely interesting and fun. The story is so unique, original, and mysterious. It’s an episodic game, where only episode 1 is out right now, so the mystery is still totally unsolved. I love discovering and finding things along with Frances. Her voice actor is also phenomenal. I love how Frances contacts you when she needs to, instead of you having to check in or wait all the time. However, when we have to wait with the app open for her to finish things, I hope that either the actions can finish quicker, or she can entertain us with little stories/side talk instead of just silence and wind. I would also hope for more choices and interactions between Frances and I. The choices could also be made clearer. I only see 1 or 2 sentences of what will be said, but then the player in game says like a whole paragraph that includes ideas that I didn’t bargain for which causes Frances to act in ways I didn’t expect. If you’re reading this review considering whether to buy, I would say definitely give it a chance. Despite the stuff I said could be improved above, I thought the game was spectacularly entertaining and totally one of a kind.

If you’re looking for a mindless game that you can just pick up whenever and waste time on, this isn’t for you. The game decides when you can play it, which adds to the realism. And I think that’s what the developers were trying to achieve. It has a very professional feel. The actress did a wonderful job, the background sounds are perfect, and the story is intriguing. The puzzles were very challenging, but can be skipped. The only downside was the story is too linear. Would love to have more interactions, and branches based off of choices. I’m guessing that’s the plan for future chapters... Hopefully they get around to making more. I want to know what is going on!!!

I like the voice actress and the story is interesting but to play is very tedious...there is no way to fast forward and there are many times you would want to a little. You can’t go back and change an answer you gave if you know it’s wrong, and the outcome doesn’t play out for a while so you have to just wait for it. And a lot of the answer options you are given are terrible. And the ticking lock...the most annoying thing in the world. Way too long of a little challenge that is nearly impossible not to get wrong a few times. Very frustrating. I would like to play it to the end but I don’t think I’ll make it. Sorry to be so harsh but this is not a free app so it needs to be better

Has something been left out of this game when it opened in US? I played all the way thru. Which took quite a while as the game will periodically disconnect u while Frances does something. It usually takes several hrs till it will reconnect. If ur gonna try it I'm not gonna ruin it only say it ends abruptly, credits come on thanking you & I know absolutely nothing about Frances, how she came to be there, who she is, nothing. I'm very disappointed. Reply to Developer: Hi & thank u for responding. Where r the other chapters or r they not out yet? I understood there were to be more chapters but could not find them. I'm sure it doesn't feel good to hear your work negatively critiqued & hope I haven't heard anyone's feelings. When I see Chapter 2 I will try it & change my review appropriately.