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  • Summary: Storyteller is a game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Mar 31, 2023
    95
    Overall, Storyteller is one of the most pleasant, fun, cute, and exciting puzzle games I’ve recently played. It’s for the whole family to enjoy and solve together – I actually had to pretend my Switch was dead so my six-year-old twins would stop taking it from me. I’m sorry, girls! I truly enjoyed Storyteller and I can’t recommend it enough.
  2. Feb 2, 2024
    83
    Criticism that a game is too short is also praise in its own way. It means that it is so good that it leaves you wanting more. I don’t think being short is necessarily bad. I prefer short and sweet over long and tedious. As I have gotten older and found free time becoming increasingly scarce, I’ve looked less for long epics and more for bite size experiences I know I’ll complete. Therefore, for those looking for something quick and easy to pick up, lovers of fairy tales, avid puzzle game players, and people of all ranges in experience with video games, I highly recommend Storyteller.
  3. Mar 27, 2023
    80
    Storyteller feels like the perfect game to play over a few sittings with a cup of coffee in the morning. I enjoyed seeing how various scenes I tried putting together played out with lovely animations, but hoped to see more possibilities for solutions. In its current state, Storyteller is a short but great experience that I recommend to anyone wanting to experience something only possible through games. It also has been a joy to play in handheld mode on Switch. Storyteller is great, but it would definitely benefit from an expanded release that also sees a retail version on Switch.
  4. Mar 27, 2023
    75
    Storyteller is a well made game with a strong sense of novelty which forces you to think but comes to an end too soon and sometimes isn't really clever how it should have been.
  5. Mar 22, 2023
    74
    Storyteller is a wonderful game that uses a simple mechanic in a clever way. Linking panels is addictive and due to this, you’ll want to peruse the pages and continue to the next chapter. Unfortunately, you’ll fly through and reach the end in no time at all. While there is no incentive to revisit the chapters, you’ll still thoroughly enjoy your first read-through of this charming telling tale.
  6. 70
    Storyteller makes the player a would-be narrator, with a focus on finding the correct story under the guise of narrative independence. It’s a polished experience that’s very interactive and easy to pick up. The levels pad the game’s length out nicely to create an experience that can be played in a single sitting if you don’t get stuck. It’s just a shame the replayability suffers when the player realises there isn’t room for agency in a prewritten story.
  7. Mar 22, 2023
    50
    One of the best feelings in puzzle games is that ‘Ah-ha!’ or ‘Ohhhh!’ moment when a solution that seems obvious but continually remains elusive, suddenly becomes evident. Storyteller has these moments, but altogether entirely too few of them. It tries so gallantly to keep that feeling, but it ultimately stumbles due to its short length, disappointing ending, and low difficulty. Still, there is enough charm to the game that some will seek to complete the stories that Storyteller wants to tell.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
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  1. Aug 19, 2023
    10
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  2. Mar 28, 2023
    9
    it`s a creative and different game, it's a little short game but all the levels are interesting.
  3. Apr 28, 2023
    6
    Summary: Very good game, the puzzles are amazing, I really enjoyed it, however for the price (£12), it was very short.

    I would’ve really
    Summary: Very good game, the puzzles are amazing, I really enjoyed it, however for the price (£12), it was very short.

    I would’ve really liked more puzzles, or a system where you could make your own prompts or solve other’s prompts that were made at the end of the game which could make up for its short gameplay time.

    The main issue with me is it’s price. I feel like its concept is very good, but because of how little there is and not much replayability, I have to give it a low rating.

    This game could work with larger families, having more than one person having a save on the switch.
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  4. Aug 20, 2023
    5
    Fun enough premise. Puzzles were entertaining enough and fun art style. It's double the price for what its length is however