Heavy Metal Thunder - The Interactive SciFi Gamebook App Reviews

Fun mix of story and game. Four stars rather than five because the past few chapters had fewer and fewer choices--felt like it was rushed. I will look for the sequel when it comes out, though.

So good that i cant wait for the next book

If you enjoy the choose your own ending kind of book then this is something you have to try. My only complain is that its kind of short and ended too early. I do enjoy the artwork aspect, but why do my character and most others look so zombie-ish...

Reminds me of those books that you had to make decisions and it told you what page to go based on what you chooses!!! Love it!

Though not completed yet I am thoroughly enjoying this intuitive blend of "choose your ending", strategy, planning, and chance with what seems like a strong replay ability! I plan on writing a full review when Im done. Good times!

Completed the second chapter. Really awesome so far. Cant say more, need to get back to playing.

*Updated Review: Glitch* I am on chapter 4, section 22, and there is a glitch which is preventing me from continuing. The options are "your spacesuit has been damaged", or "your spacesuit is intact". I cant click either. My character stats show I have 4/3 durability for my suit. Please fix this. I hate to take one of my stars away, but this is a very annoying glitch, and theres no work around other than restarting from a much earlier point in the game. Review: If you like sci-fi novels, game books, or both, then you will enjoy this. It finds the protagonist, floating in space next to a ruined space station. You dont have any options besides hoping to find a means of escape in the station. But your space suit is running out of oxygen, and your jet pack is nearly out of fuel. From there, things just seem to get worse. But if you are smart (and a bit lucky), you may just be able to stay alive. And, along the way you will learn more about what happened to you, as well as to the station, and be forced to make some interesting and thoughtful decisions along the way. As for the writing, it is very well written for a phone game. I actually found it more engrossing than some of the paperbacks Ive read recently. My only complaint is that the characters seem a bit off at times (the protagonist is a real "macho" man, but apparently he had a very odd sense of humor before he was left floating in space). This detracted from the seriousness of the story a little. But overall, its quite well done, and best of all, I have yet to notice any typos! Definitely recommended!

Awesome game I love the story and the writing even the play however my choices have little bearing on if I want to be a good guy in the game most choices still lead you to killing the person I wanted to save. I would like to see that my choices matter and effect who the character is.

Im hooked.

I have played many of the old text games and this one is well done indeed. Great story, fun music, and interesting choices. But sandwich coming. Some of the dialog is not in line with the choices. For example, when you deny one choice, there is a really nasty reply you give that is uncharacteristic to how you are playing. Also, bug STUCK with no blue choices in the ship sniper part as my suit is undamaged and with the armor, I am at 4/3 on suit so this bug stops my progress. Still very interesting to this part.

I love to see more books like this. I find myself thoroughly enjoying this game.

The could benefit from some editing / review, but its still a really fun adventure. The ambient music sets the mood and the mix of RPG elements with Choose-your-own-adventure style reading makes for a great game that is easily replayable. If you think you might like this game then you definitely will!

100% immersion. I became the main character for the time I read/played this game book. I loved the feeling of isolation in space.

Reads like an excellent sci-fi novel-but with the added fun of a choose your own choose-your-own-adventure-storyline - for grown-ups!

Which is unusual for these games

It has come to a point where my space suit is over the usual limit and I cannot select an option related to my suit and so I am stuck at a point in the story

This is a very good game. Its kind of similar to the choose your own adventure books except it is superior in every way. I have trouble playing for short amounts of time.

I only made it through chapter 1 so far but its fun.

It was somewhat hard to get into but once I got past the intro and somewhat into the first chapter it seemed to get far more interesting. The way the story unfolds with help of your own choices blends really well, far better than most other choice driven stories Ive played. Its a fun game/story and its quite compelling to keep playing.

This game has a decent amount of content going for it. Good and somewhat engaging writing along with acceptable illustrations. The stupid "dice" game has me rail-roaded down certain paths because I lose EVERY time, right in the beginning where stat-play shouldnt be such a factor. Why offer a choice? Plus you have to slog through all the crap (more fixed dice games) to get to where you were after death, only to get predictably unreasonably rolls, even after investing in the skills that SHOULD give you a leg up. Tiresome and monotonously repetitively boring. Suppose Ill give it a few more goes... :/ this has potential but the dice are rigged...update: five more losses in a row, using the only skills I added points too. Story is good but random/ continuous losing streaks call for an uninstall.