Dinsun Review
I grew up reading classic Choose Your Own Adventure books and playing old-school text adventures on home micros, so I have a massive soft spot for interactive fiction when it's done right. Twisted Story has the right idea on paper, offering dark, branching narratives where your decisions supposedly carry weight. But as a cynical forty-year-old who has read plenty of good literature, the actual writing quality often feels amateurish, leaning heavily on cliché tropes rather than genuine suspense.
Furthermore, many choices lead to artificial dead ends just to pad out playtime rather than meaningful narrative consequences. When the prose fails to grip you, clicking through dialogue boxes becomes a chore rather than an adventure. If you're a die-hard fan of interactive fiction, you might find a couple of entertaining hours here on a rainy afternoon. Everyone else can safely look elsewhere for compelling storytelling.
Overall Stats
Pros & Cons
- Branching narrative choices offer multiple outcomes
- Dark atmosphere appeals to fans of thriller fiction
- Uneven and often cliché writing quality
- Some choices feel arbitrary rather than impactful
- Pacing drags during exposition heavy sections
Technical Report
Performance: Stable text rendering with smooth page transitions.
- Subtitles
- Difficulty Presets
Audience Fit
Buy if: You enjoy text-based interactive fiction and dark mystery storybooks.
Skip if: You demand high literary prose, action gameplay, or deep mechanical systems.
- Lifeline
- 80 Days
Reviewer Context
- Reviewer: Dinsun, a 40-year-old veteran gamer who values depth, challenge, and mechanical integrity, and is notoriously hard to please.
- Hardware: iPhone
- Playtime: 4 hours
- Status: Finished multiple story branches
