Playbook Review!

“Our team is bringing you a brand new interactive story game – Playbook! What makes us different is the fact that we’re offering you a unique playing experience with REAL CHOICES and fun PUZZLE GAMEPLAYS. Instead of a simple tap-based visual novel, you will get compelling interactive stories about the supernatural, betrayal, love, and friendship which will take you to MANY DIFFERENT ENDINGS. Make decisions that really matter and along the way, find hidden objects, assemble torn pictures, look for differences between pictures, or pick a lock to open the secret drawer. The best collection of story games with choices is waiting for you! Download Playbook: Interactive Story Games today and enjoy a storytelling masterpiece.

Try out Playbook: Interactive Story Games and become the creator of your own destiny. Make real choices that branch the story to many different paths, each taking the protagonist on a different adventure. CHOOSE WISELY because the fate of other characters also depends on you. Play our game with episodes and choose what to say, who to hang out with, what to do, and where to go. Party with your best friends, meet a cute guy, fall in love with a vampire, discover the dark underworld, fight crime, find the killer. Puzzle games for adults combined with the best love story games is just what you need to chase away boredom.

CHOOSE YOUR LOOK and DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS in your favorite interactive stories. While you’re reading the narrative and making crucial decisions, play puzzle games to find what’s hidden behind the secret doors, swipe tiles to discover what happened or assemble the pieces of a torn photo to see who’s in it. Enjoy the BREATHTAKING VISUALS while your leading character participates in an adventure of a lifetime. Play this amazing visual romantic adventure and CHOOSE THE BEST PATH! Enjoy well-developed characters and scenarios which will keep you at the edge of your seat.”

iOS Link: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/playbook-stories-with-choices/id1448857428

Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.midva.playbook&hl=en_GB

Company: Midva Games

Genre: Simulation

Rated: 12+

Offers in-app Purchases

Gameplay

We’ve reviewed Episode and we’ve reviewed Choices, now we have Playbook. And as they were both a delight, we thought we’d give another one a go. Playbook is a story game where you can decide the future, although, it has an unseen twist, there are mini puzzle games included. Unlike Choices and Episode, this is a lot more than just reading and deciding the future of your character.

There was a choice of 3 stories: Awakening, CHASE, and I Am Sarah. I went with CHASE as that looked like it might have the most interesting storyline. Upon entering, you are introduced to a character and you then get to pick out her look. To be completely honest, I didn’t find the storyline that great and it seemed to be all over the place. When I’ve played other story games, they’ve always had riveting storylines where I can’t help but purchase more energy, just not this time.

Graphics

Putting aside the disappointing gameplay, the graphics aren’t too bad. I mean, they’re not amazing by any means but they’re not bad. And in my eyes, as long as they’re not terrible, then I’m a fan.

Music & Sounds

As you play the story, there’s different music depending on the emotions of the scene you’re in and background sounds from devices and other items. However, the characters don’t have voices and you have to read it yourself but I think I can deal with this seeing as it is a story game.

Controls

Just as you would expect from a story game, the controls consist of tapping your way through the scenes, the choices, and puzzles. There’s absolutely nothing hard about the controls and is a great game if you don’t have great focus.

The Power of in-app Purchases

You can purchase diamonds, lightbulbs, and cash, however, you can’t purchase energy by itself.

Diamonds

10 diamonds for 500 cash
22 diamonds for 1000 cash
50 diamonds for 2000 cash
Special Offer: 2 energy, 200 cash, and 22 diamonds for £3.99

Lightbulbs

10 lightbulbs for 500 cash
22 lightbulbs for 10000 cash
50 lightbulb for 2000 cash

Cash

500 cash for £1.99
1200 cash for £3.99
3600 cash for £9.99

The Verdict

I’ve reviewed a lot of better story games in my time. Although Playbook isn’t completely terrible, I really wasn’t a fan of the story and I didn’t want to continue to the next chapter. However, I can see how this would appeal to others. Just a warning that it does contain swearing.

If you decide to download Playbook, let us know what you think and if you agree or disagree with any of the things we said. Happy gaming and stay casual!

Playbook Overall Rating: 2/5