Sorcery! 2 inkle An epic adventure in a city of thieves, traps, and magic. Begin your adventure here! (Part 1 not required.) *** Rock Pa… TouchArcade Rating: $4.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsAn epic adventure in a city of thieves, traps, and magic. Begin your adventure here! (Part 1 not required.) *** Rock Paper Shotgun's best RPG of 2016 *** "Another spectacular rendition of classic interactive fiction" - (Kotaku) "Fantastic, and you should buy it" - 5/5 (Gamezebo) "Bigger, better, stronger" - 4.5/5, Editor's Choice (148Apps) Top 20 Mobile Game of 2013, Touch Arcade Top 25 Mobile Game of 2013, Gamezebo "I love this app... It’s better than any gamebook ever was in your head when you were a kid" - 5/5, Interactive Fiction Game of the Year (Pocket Tactics) "With a seemingly endless number of outcomes, Sorcery 2 offers hours upon hours of gameplay... one of the best games of 2013, and adventure fans, you can't afford to miss it" - 5/5 (Examiner.com) Dare you journey into the Kharé: the Cityport of Traps, a town of thieves and murderers on the brink of destruction? + Fully interactive story written on fly around on your actions and choices + Plot your own path down every street of the hand-drawn 3D city map + Go down into the sewers, aboard ship, or inside buildings with new interior maps + 3D spell-casting system: cast over 48 spells, with weird and wonderful story-changing effects + New gambling game: can you outwit the citizens of Kharé at Swindlestones? + Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson + Over thirty different monsters to fight with our unique strategic combat + More than double the content of Part 1: over 300,000 words, with 10,000 choices, and every one is remembered + Play as a male or female hero + Start your adventure from here - or load your characters from Part 1 "A terrific adventure - one fraught with danger, rich in atmosphere, and pleasingly flexible in terms of how you shape its twisting, twisted narrative" - 8/10 (Pocket Gamer) "Wonderful for genre fans and novices alike" - 4.5/5 (TouchArcade) "An excellent experience" - 90% (4Players.de) Kharé is brimming with things to do and creatures to meet. Visit the Festival of Thieves, battle a ghost, escape from slavers, gamble your fortune at the Halls of Vlada, drink at the tavern, worship strange Gods, and much much more. Will you uncover the secrets of the city, overthrow the Council, destroy an invading army, or leave Kharé to burn? From legendary designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux), and Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone), and designed and adapted by inkle, the app uses inklewriter technology to tell your journey in real-time, shaping the story around your choices. The text itself changes based on how you play and what you do. In combat, the action is described on the fly based on how you play. Featuring original illustrations by John Blanche and maps by Mike Schley (Wizards of the Coast). "Kharé: Cityport of Traps" is Part 2 of 4. Part 1 is out now and Part 3, "The Seven Serpents", is coming later this year. (But while you wait, check out our new game, 80 DAYS.) Information Seller:inkle Genre:Adventure, Role Playing Release:Nov 07, 2013 Updated:Sep 21, 2019 Version:1.3.3 Size:261.8 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (18) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,971 722 113 England #2 psj3809, Nov 6, 2013 Looking forward to this. So can you buy this from the first app ? Or is it only a totally seperate app ? Either way i'll be getting this later. This was always my favourite of the Sorcery books (The third part - The Seven Serpents was even bigger if i remember right!) biokid Well-Known Member Jul 11, 2013 931 0 0 Wop Wops #3 biokid, Nov 6, 2013 It is a totally separate app. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,971 722 113 England #4 psj3809, Nov 6, 2013 Thanks, i thought at one stage it was going to be an add-on. Either way this is a '12 o clocker' for me so i'll be staying up for this one Still cant believe back in the 80's i was buying these books, 30 years later playing them on this device thevagrant Well-Known Member Jun 8, 2009 631 0 0 #5 thevagrant, Nov 6, 2013 Tomorrow can't come soon enough. Appletini Well-Known Member Jan 8, 2011 2,564 0 0 Ankh-Morpork #6 Appletini, Nov 6, 2013 Wee, finally – already downloaded and played for a bit. Kharé always felt like it was the undisputed favourite in the Sorcery! series – oddly enough, even people who didn't have the rest of the books or weren't into gamebooks in general still always seemed to own this particular one (especially odd given that this was the second book, and takes place in the middle of the story). To be honest, I can't even remember most of what happened in the other books, but several iconic moments immediately spring to mind with Kharé, among them the idol-kissing ritual and the Mantis Man. I will repeat the one request I had regarding the first book, though, which is to hide the device status bar, as having it present it is unnecessary, distracting, and just looks unprofessional, like somebody simply forgot to disable it. Lost_Deputy Well-Known Member Jan 27, 2013 1,773 0 0 Venue Manager Sydney #7 Lost_Deputy, Nov 6, 2013 I missed the boat on these back in the day. After seeing all the buzz with the 1st entry I thought I might hold off and sink my teeth into it once this released. Looking forward to it! Bool Zero Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 1,922 0 36 #8 Bool Zero, Nov 6, 2013 After a few weeks of nothing of interest to buy for me, this week is finally looking up! Roll around 11:00PM! Mysticpete Well-Known Member Nov 26, 2012 365 0 0 #9 Mysticpete, Nov 6, 2013 Are these compatible with ipod 4G? should i get first or second? biokid Well-Known Member Jul 11, 2013 931 0 0 Wop Wops #10 biokid, Nov 6, 2013 GOTW "Period" Appletini Well-Known Member Jan 8, 2011 2,564 0 0 Ankh-Morpork #11 Appletini, Nov 6, 2013 I do believe they're compatible, yes. As the Sorcery! gamebooks are four parts of one overarching story, you'd be best served by starting with the first book and playing through in sequence, especially as the decisions you make and equipment you find/buy/steal can carry over to subsequent books, changing the way the story flows. Mysticpete Well-Known Member Nov 26, 2012 365 0 0 #12 Mysticpete, Nov 6, 2013 oh ok. think the first will get a discount sale for a day since second game has just came out? Aventador Well-Known Member Jan 16, 2013 933 1 0 Student Croatia #13 Aventador, Nov 6, 2013 Khare here I come Appletini Well-Known Member Jan 8, 2011 2,564 0 0 Ankh-Morpork #14 Appletini, Nov 6, 2013 Nope. It has basically been confirmed that there will be no sale (for any of the four books, potentially). BeefJerky Well-Known Member Jun 4, 2009 392 1 0 #15 BeefJerky, Nov 6, 2013 Hugely looking forward to getting this. Sorcery, for me, is easily the best gamebook to app translation and brought more to the experience. I loved it and played through it many times. Helps that the source material is great but I bought the earlier version made by a different company ages back and barely played that one so I think Inkle deserve a ton of kudos for doing more with the material. And I remember Khare being great (although it has been a long time since I have gone through it), so just very happy it's almost here. kaibosh Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2012 582 0 16 #16 kaibosh, Nov 6, 2013 What games would a person compare this to? Is this a slow and methodical pen and paper RPG? BeefJerky Well-Known Member Jun 4, 2009 392 1 0 #17 BeefJerky, Nov 6, 2013 Well it's an adaptation of a gamebook so if you have any frame of reference there, you'll be on the right track - Fighting Fantasy or even the old Choose Your Own Adventure series. It's like a pen and paper RPG but single player so multiple choice decisions which branch the story. Inkle have taken most of the book trappings out though and so, with this, it feels like a combination of a board game and a narrative adventure and it feels really smooth. Slow and methodical? Sure, you play it pretty slowly and you're taking it area by area. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #18 ste86uk, Nov 6, 2013 How long does the first game last? Thinking of picking both up but keep seeing comments that it's short? I've played all the other brands of game books I've found on the AppStore, funnily enough I preferred the Choice of games compared to the costly others. inkle Well-Known Member Apr 30, 2013 69 0 0 Games! Cambridge, UK http://www.inklestudios.com #19 inkle, Nov 6, 2013 We've been targeting the length specifically on this one. Still waiting to see the reviews ourselves, but our testers found it to be a 4-10 hour experience (depending on how they played and what they tried to achieve). Aventador Well-Known Member Jan 16, 2013 933 1 0 Student Croatia #20 Aventador, Nov 6, 2013 Kinda sad that this thread has only 2 pages at the moment , I hope hype picks up tomorrow when people get it. 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Looking forward to this. So can you buy this from the first app ? Or is it only a totally seperate app ? Either way i'll be getting this later. This was always my favourite of the Sorcery books (The third part - The Seven Serpents was even bigger if i remember right!)
Thanks, i thought at one stage it was going to be an add-on. Either way this is a '12 o clocker' for me so i'll be staying up for this one Still cant believe back in the 80's i was buying these books, 30 years later playing them on this device
Wee, finally – already downloaded and played for a bit. Kharé always felt like it was the undisputed favourite in the Sorcery! series – oddly enough, even people who didn't have the rest of the books or weren't into gamebooks in general still always seemed to own this particular one (especially odd given that this was the second book, and takes place in the middle of the story). To be honest, I can't even remember most of what happened in the other books, but several iconic moments immediately spring to mind with Kharé, among them the idol-kissing ritual and the Mantis Man. I will repeat the one request I had regarding the first book, though, which is to hide the device status bar, as having it present it is unnecessary, distracting, and just looks unprofessional, like somebody simply forgot to disable it.
I missed the boat on these back in the day. After seeing all the buzz with the 1st entry I thought I might hold off and sink my teeth into it once this released. Looking forward to it!
After a few weeks of nothing of interest to buy for me, this week is finally looking up! Roll around 11:00PM!
I do believe they're compatible, yes. As the Sorcery! gamebooks are four parts of one overarching story, you'd be best served by starting with the first book and playing through in sequence, especially as the decisions you make and equipment you find/buy/steal can carry over to subsequent books, changing the way the story flows.
Nope. It has basically been confirmed that there will be no sale (for any of the four books, potentially).
Hugely looking forward to getting this. Sorcery, for me, is easily the best gamebook to app translation and brought more to the experience. I loved it and played through it many times. Helps that the source material is great but I bought the earlier version made by a different company ages back and barely played that one so I think Inkle deserve a ton of kudos for doing more with the material. And I remember Khare being great (although it has been a long time since I have gone through it), so just very happy it's almost here.
Well it's an adaptation of a gamebook so if you have any frame of reference there, you'll be on the right track - Fighting Fantasy or even the old Choose Your Own Adventure series. It's like a pen and paper RPG but single player so multiple choice decisions which branch the story. Inkle have taken most of the book trappings out though and so, with this, it feels like a combination of a board game and a narrative adventure and it feels really smooth. Slow and methodical? Sure, you play it pretty slowly and you're taking it area by area.
How long does the first game last? Thinking of picking both up but keep seeing comments that it's short? I've played all the other brands of game books I've found on the AppStore, funnily enough I preferred the Choice of games compared to the costly others.
We've been targeting the length specifically on this one. Still waiting to see the reviews ourselves, but our testers found it to be a 4-10 hour experience (depending on how they played and what they tried to achieve).
Kinda sad that this thread has only 2 pages at the moment , I hope hype picks up tomorrow when people get it. Youngsters nowadays aren't used to reading long text beyond school books, they prefer fast and mindless button mashing and grinding ( can't blaim them for that though, market and games nowadays promote that ).
