The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
June 22, 2023
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Critic Reviews (17)
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75.0
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86.0
"Do My Best knows how to create a great game with The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales with a lot of original ideas and combinations of elements. The world and story is super interesting. You read all the dialogues here and …"
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75.0
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70.0
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"Players will find something special here, as the stories told in the overall game and the books you dive into are rich and well written."
Read original review"The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales relies on an intriguing concept, and for the most part is quite enjoyable. The adventure sequences are immersive and motivate you to push forward and discover more. The game becomes even more remarkable if we …"
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65.0
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65.0
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80.0
"Prepare to be tossed into the narrative deep end"
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65.0
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70.0
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68.0
"The Bookwalker especially has some lofty intentions. As a narrative explicitly about the creation and exploitation of stories, it naturally has a lot of pressure on it to say something. But it doesn’t, beyond a milquetoast message of “be nice …"
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70.0
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80.0
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"The choices lose a bit of their variety as the story goes on and the combat can be a tad simplistic, but The Bookwalker is a beautiful exercise in exploring the humanity of fiction and why we, the audience, should …"
Read original review"There are a lot of cool ideas in this, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired."
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85.0
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92.0
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93.0
"The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is a refreshing combination of different genres and viewpoints with an epic story to drive everything forward. Everything from the strange but rich narrative to the characters comes together to give us something close to …"
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70.0
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65.0
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"The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is a complicated read. It&s;s got a fascinating story set in a series of engaging worlds, but actually interacting with it all is a little simpler than imagined. Its story focus is regularly undermined by …"
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85.0
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80.0
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90.0
"With a strong and engaging play structure, The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is certainly an interesting game. The story impacts and gives value to the meaning of words and the essence of books. Too bad for some bugs, because it …"
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25.0
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75.0
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"As a whole, the game looks very nice and solid. The exciting concept provides a lovely immersion into the book and allows one to experience what it is like to live its story. Switching between the two worlds is exciting …"
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72.0
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68.0
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84.0
"The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is the typical game that could be underestimated at first glance and that, without warning, captures us in a gripping way and makes us want more. If it has its shortcomings in terms of battle …"
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60.0
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40.0
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80.0
"Despite an interesting premise and an intriguing art direction, The Bookwalker fails to fully deliver its best."
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48.0
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20.0
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30.0
"The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales simply fails to deliver. It&s;s probably a better experience on PC, but should be generally avoided on console without some updates to the controls and stability of the game. It doesn&s;t take long to finish, …"
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35.0
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72.0
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86.0
"The Bookwalker truly made me feel like the driving force of a narrative, with an engaging central relationship and a mystery that kept me turning to the last page."
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65.0
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68.0
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72.0
"Despite these issues, The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales is a fun experience. Getting to know different worlds through books, and learning about their stories while solving the puzzles makes you want these stories to be available in our world for …"
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25.0
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30.0
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"Several stories in one game at once: the main one and those that are told in each individual book. Surely, it was difficult to make them all interesting, but the developers managed to do it. If you remove some technical …"
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