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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Forest of Doom is the third book in the Fighting Fantasy series; written entirely by Ian Livingstone. You play the part of a 'Sword-for-Hire' adventurer, wandering around Allansia. One night, while you're settling down by your camp fire, you stumble across a dying Dwarf. With his last, dying words, the Dwarf tells you about the theft of the Dwarf King's great Warhammer and his quest to retrieve it. While being flown south from Stonebridge, the Hammer was accidently dropped into the sinister Darkwood Forest.
The stage is set for you to enter Darkwood Forest, attempt to rescue the Warhammer; saving the Dwarven town of Stonebridge from disaster and raking in a huge 'collect fee' for your trouble. The only clue you have to it's whereabouts, is that the Hammer was divided in two by two Goblins, who then went their separate ways. This only adds to your difficulties!
This book is quite well written. Being Ian's first solo attempt at a FF book, it is original, exciting and interesting. Also, it's the first FF book to feature that old softy we've all come to love/hate: Yaztromo the Wizard. The only criticism I have is with the general ease of the book. The Monsters that (frequently) try to maim you could of been slightly stronger. The object of your quest could also of been made harder to find.
Saying this, the book is good. The puzzles, traps and creatures you encounter are engaging and varied. You get to explore lots of different places above as well as below ground. You uniquely get the option of entering the forest again if you fail your quest first time around (but look out for Hill Trolls), making the book a satisfying read.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is another of those game books where you jump from numbered text passage to passage to complete a mission like a novel version of a Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game.
Being easy to pick up, you start at the beginning at reference number one and then you're directed to different parts of the book, depending on which paths or decisions you take in your adventure. The goal is to win and get to reference 400, which is the end. It's quite clever really.
The 'Forest of Doom' is a good book but is just too easy. As the other reviewers have pointed out, this one is set in an open forest, rather than the usual underground maze explorer adventure that many other books follow.
You're given the mission of having to find an important object that's disappeared into a dangerous forest called Darkwood. This means that you have to enter the forest and explore around, moving from reference to reference within the 400 passages in total.
I think that this book is good, but it isn't the best in the whole series of books overall. It's interesting, but when compared to other books like Deathtrap Dungeon, Island of the Lizard King or Return to Firetop Mountain, it's just average.
The main reason for this is that it's far too easy. Some other books are hard and I think this could've been better if the writer had made it tougher and more unforgiving than it is. I think the easiness of this book is the only real weakness; the rest is a good idea.
If it were harder and more of a challenge that could keep your attention longer, I'd give it four stars. But I'll give it 3 instead.
My favourite bit is the crypt, it's quite spooky!
Being easy to pick up, you start at the beginning at reference number one and then you're directed to different parts of the book, depending on which paths or decisions you take in your adventure. The goal is to win and get to reference 400, which is the end. It's quite clever really.
The 'Forest of Doom' is a good book but is just too easy. As the other reviewers have pointed out, this one is set in an open forest, rather than the usual underground maze explorer adventure that many other books follow.
You're given the mission of having to find an important object that's disappeared into a dangerous forest called Darkwood. This means that you have to enter the forest and explore around, moving from reference to reference within the 400 passages in total.
I think that this book is good, but it isn't the best in the whole series of books overall. It's interesting, but when compared to other books like Deathtrap Dungeon, Island of the Lizard King or Return to Firetop Mountain, it's just average.
The main reason for this is that it's far too easy. Some other books are hard and I think this could've been better if the writer had made it tougher and more unforgiving than it is. I think the easiness of this book is the only real weakness; the rest is a good idea.
If it were harder and more of a challenge that could keep your attention longer, I'd give it four stars. But I'll give it 3 instead.
My favourite bit is the crypt, it's quite spooky!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Forest of Doom is the third Fighting Fantasy book, and Ian Livingstone's first solo book as an author. Unfortunately though it's inferior to both The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Citadel of Chaos. The one good aspect about Forest of Doom is that by setting it in the open air of a forest Livingstone has manages to break away from the 'dungeon quest' format of the first two books, but in almost every other aspect the book is weak. Firstly it's far too easy (this one took me only 5 attempts to complete), most of the options are limited to using a certain magical item or not, and the book lacks the multiple red herrings and opportunities for sudden death that made The Citadel of Chaos so tough to complete. It also has few memorable encounters and is badly structured, entirely lacking any big climactic villain to confront. Mediocre Fighting Fantasy by numbers, The Forest of Doom hasn't stood the test of time very well...
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Absolutely fantastic adventure.
These books are a wonderful and enchanting way to pass the hours (and I do mean hours!). Just hope that you start with a high skill score. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Shreya
One of the best early Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.
In this Fighting Fantasy Gamebook your task is to enter Darkwood Forest, THE FOREST OF DOOM, and collect the Head and Handle of the infamous Warhammer of the Dwarves of Stonebridge... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Caramon
A great first FF book
This was the first FF book I ever bought back in the early 80s. At the time I didn't realise it was a game as well as a book but after reading a few pages I was hooked. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mark o Twain
This is the one where you draw a map as you go round
As other reviewers have pointed out, this one was a bit easy (at the other end of the spectrum were the rock-hard Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Creature of Havoc) but the idea of... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2007 by Greshon
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