Reviews Blow Job Drifter Review
| Blow Job Drifter Review |
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| Written by A. Bomire | |
| Tuesday, 31 January 2006 | |
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Blow Job Drifter, a review by A. Bomire Game info: Blow Job Drifter, released Nov 8, 1998 Author: Big Al Size: 155K Platform: Inform/Z-Code Content: m/f Type: Puzzle Fest Length: Medium Reviewed: February 2006 Note: When doing research for this review, I discovered that there was an existing review of the game printed in the SPAG (Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games) newsletter back in 1998. You can read this review at: http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/b.html#blow Basic Plot The opening lines of this game tell you everything you need to know about the plot: "You're really a people person: especially female people with big tits who like to suck dick. Speaking of which, let's get to work." Upon those simple terms is the game built: find girl, get a blowjob, repeat as necessary. If you are looking for an engaging storyline or well thought out characters - boy are you in the wrong game! Overall Thoughts For all of its simplistic nature (or perhaps because of it), this is not a game to be shrugged off in favor of other, more engaging, games. It is terrifically humorous, with an almost cartoonish quality. Some of the puzzles are solved in a way that is so outlandish that you find yourself laughing out loud at the sheer lunacy. Seemingly every girl you meet is practically dripping with innuendo - whether it is the girl selling popsicles or the one sitting in her car caressing the shifter. In any other game, it would be ridiculous - in this game, you expect nothing less. Puzzles/Game Play Don't be fooled by the seeming simplicity of the game. The plot may be simple - the puzzles are not! Oh, to be sure, there are several which are relatively easy. In one case, you simply walk up to the female and tell her to begin oral ministrations - and she does! But there are plenty that will have you scratching your head and reaching for the walkthrough (if you can find one, they are very tough to find since the AIF Portal shut down). Some of them use a twisted logic that only a lunatic like Big Al could follow. And yes, there are a few "guess-the-verb" problems as well. As far as game play goes, this is a pretty linear game. The basic plot of "find girl, get a blowjob" is the only plot of the game, and some may find it to be repetitive and boring. Or, frustrating if you find the girl and can’t get past her, because in several places you cannot continue until this obstacle is removed. Sex Hmm...if you like blowjobs, and lots of them, you'll love this game. If you want something more out of the game - you'll want to play something else. There are over a dozen different female characters in this game, and none of them perform any other sexual act than a blowjob. But, what did you really expect from a game titled "Blow Job Drifter"? Technical This game comes from the age of AIF when the community was just moving from the old AGT/DOS games and into what is considered the modern era of Inform/TADS/ADRIFT. As such, it carries over a lot of the restrictions of the older games. So, some of the technical flaws of this game can be forgiven as they are a product of the times. For example, each woman is completely described in her "examine" description as to body shape, clothing, hair, etc. But you won't find an examinable body part or clothing item in the entire game. The same goes true for some of the background items in the room descriptions. Other than that, the game is pretty technically sound. Final Thoughts This game is one of the first of the AIF modern era, and in fact is one of the few games that is accepted in the realm of mainstream IF. As such, it holds a place in many AIF player's hearts near such other classic games as Moist and Generic New York Apartment Building. It isn't nearly as fulfilling as these giants of the genre, but there is something somehow compelling about the single-mindedness of the game's protagonist, and the cartoonish quality of the characters. Rating: B+ |
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