Fatehaven App Reviews

By far one of the best interactive novels on the app store, Id do anything for yet another one of these- maybe a sequel of sorts. It has an amazing story, exciting plot twists, and adds emotion to every choice. Kudos to the creator, and I really do hope you continue to be amazing and create more of these for us to enjoy. (:

The story has an interesting premise and concept, but sloppy execution both from a gameplay and story side. The story itself, while intriguing, does not give any proper hints or foreshadowing to the shocker at the end, which is very shamilanesque. There are several bits of foreshadowing that are limited in scale and understanding, and while they can offer you a bit of information, they needed to be refined. The humor is what will ruin the emersion and ruin suspension of disbelief. The humor is rather juvenile throughout, which would be fine if it did not make modern references and use current slang so frequently. These jokes work to date the game and frustrate anyone attempting to become invested in the plot or characters. It simply ruins the illusion of a medieval world. This also refers to the narrators tone. Perhaps if it was not so modernized it would have fit better, or perhaps it would have fit better in a modern fantasy. However, even in a modern tale, the humor would date the work. The characters are all right. I wont spoil too much, but you have three main romantic interests(though I honestly wish one of them had more time in the story), and an overall dynamic cast of characters. Some are more interesting than others, and overall they will be useful to your goals regardless. In addition, some aspects of the game - which initially appear creative - are not original in the slightest. The entire concept for the eradication of magic in the human population through the "War of the Magi" is ripped straight from Final Fantasy VI. I do not know if the writer knew of these similarities, but once again they serve to break realism and make the player who knows of these tales will be frustrated by this. Where this game shines is through emotion. There are moments, such as Aphids moment of passing or the initial movement which forced the player away from home, which are masterful and emotional. These moments are the writers strongest points, and I would recommend they focus on these in the future above humor. Moving on to gameplay, it is also decent. The stats and choices allow the player to customize their Mage how they wish, and it is generally easy to create a balanced character. However, the game only has this dynamic character for its initial stages, for after the first major turning point of the game, stats are checked to ensure the player has the skill to do tasks, but do not grow or change. The only exceptions are renown and corruption, though they are not the most important aspects of your character. I understand why this choice was made, but it forces the player to make certain choices and does not allow their character room to grow and change over the course of the novel, ruining their dynamic nature. Overall, it is an okay game. It has shinning moments and a decent gameplay system. If you can stand the juvenile and modern humor, I would recommend it for a free weekend.

While I have played many other games by Hosted Games and Choice of Games, this is by far my favorite. Engrossing, with characters that you actually care about, I hope that they make a sequel to this amazing novel

Plz make some more that have similar elements like this one!

This game is probably choice of games best game published. It took me 7 hours to play for only around $3 while other games have given me 4 hours of gameplay for close to $5. The quality of writing is strong and overall this game has given me the most rewarding experience compared to the other games. A strong 10/10.

Fun, whimsical, and will leave you on the edge of your seat. Itll be a quick read cause you wont want to put it down! An excellent writer that has a great imagination. Ive read all of the cog and hosted games. Aside from the Heroes trilogy, this is my favorite CoG so far. Definitely worth the read!

But it was to short and that ending was just so out of nowhere and ridiculous that it alone changed my score from a five to a two

I really liked this game. It was fun and entertaining. One of my favorite "choice" games.

I play a lot of these games and this one was fairly good. At first it starts off good and simple. But in the middle its a little confusing because a big shift happens and it kinda messes everything up. Then its all good and you think, I could rate this a 5. But then a terrible and ridiculously confusing ending happens that completely ruins the story. So I give it a 3 for overall a good game, it just dropped the ball is all. But at least its fairly cheap and when you get spells the detail to what you can do is incredible. So in the end I give it a 4.

Very comical and great characters! It was cool how it also referenced some of my favorite console games! The ending felt a little strange and rushed but the character buildup and backstories are amazing! Especially how you rise up throughout the story and make such cool decisions based on your personality after your backstory.

Big twist To good for words Love it Live it This is perfection for me

The more time you invest in the game, you feel as if you live in that world and you are actually performing these amazing feats!

Good, well written story, but stats dont match choices

I dont know how you thought of This. But whoever wrote it is a goddamn genius. I loved every paragraph of this. It just seemed to jump off page I forgot I was reading it I thought I was watching it. It ended so perfectly. Please do somewhat of a sequel. That ties in with this one

One of my favorite games by Hosted

A few minutes ago, I finished my first playthrough of the Fatehaven ‘choose your own adventure’-style app. I enjoyed the experience, to my surprise. Despite a lack of lore and mythos, the writers did a fantastic job creating a framework for the story so my imagination could fill in the blanks. Even though there were a few grammatical errors, I found the world believable and the characters likeable. Overall, the first 80-90% of the story was awesome. My only issue was how my first playthrough ended. Without spoiling things, the ending I got depicts the story reaching a crescendo with the rescue of a damsel in distress, introducing an even bigger threat to the world in the story, forcing the player through an unexpectedly mind-boggling plot mechanic, then *poof* -it’s done. No facing the bigger threat, no explanation of what just happened, nothing. It’s almost like skipping the last big battle scene of ‘Return of the Jedi’: one minute Luke meets Darth Vader and the Rebel ships are heading into battle, the next minute sees the Emperor dead and the Death Star destroyed. Technically the transition might work, but it leaves way too many details and explanations out and a LOT of questions unanswered. I realize a project like this is a massive amount of work for the developers. I applaud how they were able to make the player’s choices seem to matter to the story and how they were able to create a believable world. I recommend playing this game if you have a few bucks burning in your pocket. I’m very interested in playing again, but I’m hesitant to do so if the other five endings are like that. Developers: Please, please fix the endings!