Too Different

Hosted Games

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About this game

Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands! As you travel, you may discover friendship, love, or things better left unknown...But whatever you decide, you will change the world forever, or understand what it means to truly be too different.

Too Different is a 200,000 word interactive science-fantasy novel by Andrew Kenneth Specter, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, asexual, or straight.
• Choose the origin of your mother from one of four familiar species.
• Romance a childhood frenemy, quiet classmate, sassy A.I. helper, forgetful priest, human-obsessed romance novelist, slam poet, or hacktivist.
• Complete a secret poem and discover the surprising history behind the Second Capital.
• Work with the oppressive Board or end their tyranny forever!

Ratings and reviews

Feels very railroaded, the endings seemed to written to extremes, giving the player no real choice between endings. While it could be an intentional choice by the author, it just seems like a jarringly sudden event that happens. The story was also rather simple and repetitive. While it is a decent short read I would not recommend this story to other readers.

Having only the first chapter free means that you don't have any time to care for the characters or plot. The text itself is alright from what I've seen but sadly, I did not feel compelled to purchase the rest. The choices seem bland, and you have to sit through lengthy exposition you don't care about without any truly meaningful decisions. The races you can choose from aren't explained well in-game at first, but the stat entries tell you outright how boring/typical they are. Try it though.

The first scenes were interesting, and my interest was piqued. However, all of a sudden, the game throws the MC in wild, fast-paced, albeit repetitive scenarios. As a reader, I love mystery, but too much of it to the point that I lose track of the main plot is off-putting.

What’s new

Fixed a bug (for real, this time) where the app could lose progress when the app goes into the background. If you enjoy "Too Different", please leave us a written review. It really helps!