You and your shattered werewolf pack must save the living Earth with Rage and spirit! In this interactive novel with hundreds of choices, can you defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
"Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names" is an interactive novel by Kyle Marquis set in the World of Darkness. It's entirely text-based—1.6 million words, without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Shapeshifter. Mystic. Hero. Monster. You are a werewolf, and you are all these things. Werewolves are the living earth's last guardians, created by Gaia, given the gift of shifting between human and wolf forms, and called to stop humanity from destroying the world.
But you have failed.
Three years ago, packs of werewolves worked together as a Sept in Broad Brook, Massachusetts, battling the Wyrm, the enemy of Gaia. While other Septs fell to the Wyrm or tore themselves apart with fratricidal Rage, Broad Brook thrived. Some said they would be the ones to stop the Apocalypse.
But in one night, a Wyrm Spirit called "the Answering Tiger" destroyed the Broad Brook Sept and defiled its caern. In fact, Broad Brook had never been thriving at all. The Tiger had deceived their senses, disordered their thoughts, and turned them against one another. Where the different tribes saw trust, in truth there was resentment and growing Rage. Where the different packs saw safety, there were security flaws that could be exploited. Where they saw the Wyrm, there were innocents that they massacred, before reporting to other Septs about another glorious victory.
Their cruel pride allowed the Wyrm Spirit to deceive them, and they mostly destroyed themselves. The Answering Tiger had servants, too, monstrous Banes and fomori, and even werewolves sworn to the Wyrm. But they were only there to pick off whoever was left.
Now, the Stormcat, once the Patron Spirit of the Broad Brook Sept, has called upon you to rebuild a pack from the survivors and fight back against the Answering Tiger. In the savage woods and decaying towns of New England, you will forge your own legend.
Build Your Pack. Human and werewolf survivors haunt the woods and hide in the cities: find them to learn what happened and to rebuild the werewolf nation. But not all werewolves can be trusted: shun those wolves consumed by Rage, and pity those who have lost the Wolf and become empty shells.
Survive the Wilds. A desperate exile, shunned by those of your old pack who have abandoned their oaths to Gaia, you'll have to survive by your wits. A winter night can kill as surely as any monster: find shelter, seek allies among spirits and humans, and learn how far you'll go to survive.
Unleash Your Rage. You are one of Gaia's monsters, a living weapon, herald of horror and death. Now the Apocalypse is here: wield your Rage with savage cunning and keen discretion, or it will swallow you whole.
• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; befriend or romance werewolves and humans of all genders.
• Shapeshift among five forms to slaughter your enemies, or outwit them to take what you need.
• Choose your auspice (moon-sign) and your werewolf tribe: Bone Gnawer, Child of Gaia, Glass Walker, Shadow Lord, or Silver Fang
• Claim your territory and heal the spirits there to unlock Gifts that let you summon animals, see into the past, or enter the spirit world.
This is a good game, I enjoy the plot and I like the characters I just think its a little pricey considering this is the most I've paid for a game like this more so than the other games like this I've played, but i get it considering how long the story is and how in depth in detail it goes into.
Would be 5 stars but the game resets almost back to the beginning whenever I try to play... no spoilers but I got to the end of chapter 10 and just as I thought the book would end I got to choose a new mission. I chose to expand my packs territory. I exited out for the day and when I opened the app the next day the whole book reset back to almost the beginning. Devastating. This wasn't the first time either but that erased it all. Love the book. Beautiful. Once fixed will be 5 stars.
Amazing story, horrible programming. I played for up to 20 hours, and then everything resetted. I contacted support and I was informed it cannot be restored or prevented. Now it doesn't even open, non stop loading the first page. For the price, story was great, general experience is bad. Imagine having to play another 20 hours to get into the same point, constantly worrying if it is going to reset or break again.
It's well written, lots of world building, and memorable characters. Unfortunately the app has a terrible habit of restarting your game causing you to lose your progress...
Writing is great! Saw some reviews complaining about the price, but as a book binder, I can tell you right now the size of this thing is nothing to scoff at. If this were to be manifested into a physical book, you'd be able to see that 1.6 mil+ words is tremendously beyond the average sized book. It's literally more than all the Harry Potter books COMBINED. Imagine squishing them all into one book with an additional 1 or 2 books on top! And we're only paying for the costs of one of those books!
I've been enjoying the story so far but the game resets too many times and I don't feel like starting over again. I'm going to wait when it's fixed and update my review. Also I felt the beginning has too much information all at once.
Quality writing and a great addition to the World of Darkness collection.
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