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arthurbdd's review
5.0
One of the series' all-time classics. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/the-reading-canary-fighting-fantasy-part-6/
captainjemima's review
4.0
'Appointment with F.E.A.R.' is a Fighting Fantasy book which is a bit like "choose your own adventure" but for adults. You play a hero going on a quest of some kind, and you photocopy an adventure sheet from the back of the book to note down your health, strength, luck, equipment and so on, and roll dice for battles against monsters.
In this particular book it is less traditionally fantasy as it is based in a modern-ish time period and you play as a superhero with one of four super powers. The idea is to stop villains in the city from doing dastardly deeds and get information out of them about a meeting that's going to take place, headed up by the most evil villain there is.
I really liked the idea of this book, because stopping evil bank robbers and shape-changers and people with enlarged brains and telekinesis is fun. I liked that you play as someone who is supposed to have a normal job and a secret identity and you have to juggle the civilian life with the superhero life.
However, I got quite annoyed at this book because there is no way of finding out which route you should take through the book in order to find out the details of the secret meeting and get there in time to stop it. Add to that the fact that you have to take a different route through the story based on which super power you choose, and it made it nearly impossible to work out. I played through four times with different super powers (taking several hours) and realised I was absolutely nowhere near figuring it out, even if I cheated and used clues from previous run-throughs. In the end I looked up a walk-through online, but it was a hollow victory. I don't know how someone is supposed to accidentally stumble upon that specific chain of events to get to the end.
Not my favourite of the bunch but it kept me entertained for quite a while and I enjoyed the genre.
In this particular book it is less traditionally fantasy as it is based in a modern-ish time period and you play as a superhero with one of four super powers. The idea is to stop villains in the city from doing dastardly deeds and get information out of them about a meeting that's going to take place, headed up by the most evil villain there is.
I really liked the idea of this book, because stopping evil bank robbers and shape-changers and people with enlarged brains and telekinesis is fun. I liked that you play as someone who is supposed to have a normal job and a secret identity and you have to juggle the civilian life with the superhero life.
However, I got quite annoyed at this book because there is no way of finding out which route you should take through the book in order to find out the details of the secret meeting and get there in time to stop it. Add to that the fact that you have to take a different route through the story based on which super power you choose, and it made it nearly impossible to work out. I played through four times with different super powers (taking several hours) and realised I was absolutely nowhere near figuring it out, even if I cheated and used clues from previous run-throughs. In the end I looked up a walk-through online, but it was a hollow victory. I don't know how someone is supposed to accidentally stumble upon that specific chain of events to get to the end.
Not my favourite of the bunch but it kept me entertained for quite a while and I enjoyed the genre.
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