- April 26, 2018
- Choice of Games
The Road to Canterbury
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The Road to Canterbury is a single player role playing game with a historical theme. It was developed by Choice of Games and was released on April 26, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
In "The Road to Canterbury," embark on a 175,000-word interactive literary journey as a pauper on a secret mission during the Black Prince's death in 1375 London. Navigate challenges, join a pilgrimage with historical figures, and influence the course of history through your choices, in this text-based game of wit and skill. Your mission, with the powerful Philippa de Roet and her husband Geoffrey Chaucer, is to convince Philippa to alter history's path while engaging in tales and faced with moral dilemmas.
- The game is entertaining and offers a well-researched, immersive experience set in the world of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
- Character development and worldbuilding are memorable, providing a compelling narrative that encourages replayability.
- The writing is praised for its depth and ability to transport players to 14th century England, making it both educational and engaging.
- Some players felt the game lacked depth and substance, with storylines that felt rushed or underdeveloped.
- The romance options were criticized for being bland and poorly integrated, often feeling abrupt and lacking meaningful impact.
- Players reported confusion regarding how choices affected their stats, leading to a sense of frustration and a lack of clarity in decision-making.
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The story set in the Canterbury Tales world offers intriguing elements but ultimately falls short, with many plotlines lacking depth and coherence. While the character-driven tales are more engaging than the main narrative, the storytelling contest feels simplistic and disconnected from the overarching plot, leaving players wanting a more substantial and cohesive story experience. Overall, the narrative fails to deliver the richness expected from its historical and literary inspirations.
“It had more depth, more story, more humanity in it than a triple-A title.”
“I personally would have liked more of a focus on the tales themselves, but the whole palace intrigue plot surrounding the Canterbury pilgrimage was fun, and it wasn't as easy to engineer the precise outcome I wanted as it first appeared.”
“Each person on your journey tells a story and the winner gets a powerful artifact straight out of legend such as the original Balmung, Durandal, or original wood from Christ's crucifixion cross.”
“Some of the storylines you go down seem to wash out very quickly.”
“The final plot twist broke that death's significance by a fair margin.”
“Just goes to show the storytelling aspect of this story was pillow fluff for lack of real content.”
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The Road to Canterbury is a role playing game with historical theme.
The Road to Canterbury is available on PC, Web Browser, Mac OS, Phone and others.
The Road to Canterbury was released on April 26, 2018.
The Road to Canterbury was developed by Choice of Games.
The Road to Canterbury has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its emotional but disliked it for its story.
The Road to Canterbury is a single player game.
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