Category: Reconstruction Series

The Reconstruction Part 60 – “The Blackening” (Guest Review)

  12/24/2014       St. Elmo's Fire      Add Comment

Last time on failheroes, our heroes gambled everything on a risky mission, then got cold feet and left before doing anything.

When they shuffle back, something seems different. Mahk confirms: Xopi has gone missing, and with the Night approaching, he fears for his safety. (more…)

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The Reconstruction Part 61 – “Herding”, “Silver Opportunity”, “Dealings In Disaster” (Guest Review)

  12/25/2014       St. Elmo's Fire      4 Comments

So. It’s taken the entire game, but things are finally heating up. NORTH KOREA THE UNSTOPPABLE is banging at the gates and the Mysterious Plot Person says there’s no time to stop it because an even more important task is at hand. When I try to continue, the game warns me that this is the point of no return. With tensions running high, the obvious thing to do is…


SIDEQUESTS!!! (more…)

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The Reconstruction Part 68 and Conclusion (Guest Review)

  02/08/2015       St. Elmo's Fire      1 Comment

I’m finally done! But there’s still quite a bit to go – sociopathy, mindblowing twists, and a bizarre intellectual elitism/anti-science combo, oh my! To start things off:


(“The initial surge of heat should destroy any remaining life on the Surface instantly… Then, the Cycle will be complete. It will send out the signal that everything’s ready. They’ll clean up the Surface, repopulate it, start a new Cycle, and… rescue me.”)

We finally get the reveal that, like everyone else, Tezkhra is a horrible person. (more…)

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I Miss the Sunrise, Episode 0 Part 1 (Guest Review)

  11/14/2015       St. Elmo's Fire      15 Comments

Reconstruction Zero: I Miss the Sunrise is the prequel to The Reconstruction, a game you may remember as the subject of my first foray into a multi-part review series. Due to the game’s extreme pacing issues and my own inexperience, that review was a messy affair I don’t wish to repeat, so I plan to do something a little different this time. Like The Reconstruction, IMTS is split into five distinct sections plus a prologue, so I figure I’ll do what I should have done with The Reconstruction and review each arc individually instead of going into the amount of depth usually reserved for books. I will, however, be covering episode 0 – the prologue – in detail, both because it’s pretty dense and because I think it’s helpful to get you established before we take off. There are some episodes I might have to split into several parts, but we’ll see how it goes.

IMTS is very different from its predecessor. The plot is totally unrelated aside from one minor subplot and, of course, thematic similarities. The setting is science fiction rather than fantasy, and I think that’s something that works in its favor, as the author only has to explain relevant divergences from the normal laws of physics instead of trying and failing to explain an entire magic system. It is overall a lot more polished and coherent, and I hope I will have more positive and enriching things to say this time.

The game is freeware, and can be downloaded here if you’d like to follow along. (more…)

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I Miss the Sunrise, Episode 1 Part 1 (Guest Review)

  11/29/2015       St. Elmo's Fire      3 Comments

Just as episode 0 was a more effective prologue, episode 1 is a more effective first arc than The Reconstruction’s chapter 1. We’re thrown into action early on, sidequests are meaningful instead of busywork, and multiple long-term plot hooks are set up instead of only one. (more…)

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