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Accessibilities

People like me are sensitive to the bright screens
And I’m blind asf
So I can’t see the texts
Let me make them father

most rewarding game i’ve played

i loved 100%ing this game. it was so challenging that i enjoyed it. i also loved the secrets and lore that you left us. i am patiently waiting for that one last story you wanna tell us.

The blind wanderer

I came into this world blind. I was given scraps of food and a compass that spoke to me, and the houses and people I encountered along the way changed my perception of everything. I found myself stumbling through death as part of the game; survival was the challenge. As I neared the end of my mission, I found a new respect for the world. My journey in this world is complete, yet I find myself reliving it and imagining different outcomes. Maybe one day I will return to this world with my eyes open and working, and we’ll see it for what it is. For now, it leaves me with a conflicted feeling: do I survive at the cost of others, or do I die and accept defeat?
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One of the greatest mobile games of all time

This and a dark room

Yeah

Bad app game crashes every time I try collecting loot still hasn’t been fixed never mind I was clicking the take all loot button in the app was crashing it works if I try taking items one by one

Incredible

I’ve been playing this game for years- Only when I travel. Even after so many years, and even a few wins, the game is still challenging and thought-provoking.
I’ve had dozens and dozens of games on my phone over the years, and The Ensign is the only one that has remained no matter what.
Props to the developer who has been maintaining the app for so long.
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Yeah

Bad app game crashes every time I try collecting loot still hasn’t been fixed

This review will get drowned out so whatrver

Halfway through the game stopped saving my items. Not worth the headache, the game actively mocks you. It's a shame, cause I really liked A Dark Room...

Great replay quality.

A good game, but I can’t find any contact information. The update is good as well, but it does make some things harder for voiceover users, thus why I’d like to talk to the developer.

KC

It’s a little bit too busy now. Little bit harder to navigate the screen without having single or double tabs. Liked the older version way better.

A fun challenge with fun Easter eggs

Originally I struggled with the game when a bug cleared my storeroom after one of my deaths, but I kept playing, and now I want to revise my review. I’ve finished it at 100%, completed “the impossible”, the admiral’s ritual, refused food, etc and was given the chance to play in God Mode, which was a lot of fun. I like the story in A Dark Room more but the mechanics of this were more fun I think. I liked the references to other games.

A lot of lore is packed into the game despite it being a “simple” text game. It’s a shame the developer hasn’t done more with this universe, I would love to read or play more. I like that I can picture the apocalyptic landscape for myself. The ritual in particular is cool. I wish there had been some kind of story reward/ending for when you choose not to engage in optional combat and I wish I could have done the ritual on myself but that is ok.
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One of the best games I’ve ever played

Excellent 👍👍

Awesome

Simplicity while still being complex and addicting is the holy grail. Nice work in the prequel to an awesome, original mobile game.

Great game when I first played it years ago. Great still

A game that rewards patience. Enjoy this game and creator immensely. Love how the world is built up with the barest but most effective words

Dopest dope you ever smoked

Simple yet epic and engaging

Great game

I love this game. I’ve completed of a couple of times at this point, and just finished my first refusing food run. SPOILERS ———- This could be something Im doing wrong, but I’ve *never* gotten the option to perform the ritual on the admiral. I can’t get the admiral to move past “the purging” vision. I’ve tried entering the murky swamp with the cauter, leaving it there and re-entering. I can’t think of any other combination of things to do to get the admiral to defect, I cleared the whole map. Was I supposed to fight the family for table scraps? lol But seriously I love this game, this is coming from personal frustration of not figuring out how to get the ritual as an option despite having the cauter.
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Text based greatness.

Look, with so many false reviews out there, i will say this. This game is awesome due to its story building and creative use of user built imagination. easy to use, a slight learning curve and slight grind. its a awesome story between races. must play. God damn defectors!!!

Bug in the game.

This game is great, however, there is a bug in the game which causes the game to restart the whole thing over every time you close the app and then open it again. As you can imagine, this is slightly frustrating since I made a lot of progress and then lost it all again. I hope you are reading this. Other than that this is an amazing game and you should all try it.
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Creative and Engaging

This game, much like ADR, is a unique experience and a fun creative twist on a single player version of a multi-user dungeon (MUD). Bravo to the developers for creating a fun, engaging, and creative yet simplistic mobile game.

Very engaging-be willing to push through

Great game but you have to push through a tough start