House Of Hell
"Taking refuge in the infamous House of Hell has to be the worst mistake of your life! The dangers of the torrential storm outside are nothing compared to the blood-curdling adventures that await you inside. Who knows how many hapless wanderers like yourself have perished within its gruesome walls? Be warned! Tonight is going to be a night to remember..."
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* REVIEWS **
"This is a faithful port to an electronic format, and it is also packed with features. Old fans will love the nostalgia, and those who have never played this sort of thing before are in for a treat."
- STARBURST
- 9/10
"If you have any appreciation for choose-your-own adventure games, you’ll love this app."
- PADGADGET
- 4.5/5
"All the other hallmarks of the Tin Man treatment are also to be found in House of Hell, including an atmospheric soundtrack, good use of multimedia and smooth and easy usability."
- GAMEZEBO
- 4/5
"The extras, like the achievements, art gallery, background material, and the retro look, are features that the developer didn’t have to do, but went that extra mile."
- BOARD GAME GEEK
- 4/5
"House of Hell is very engaging; it manages to produce a compelling story that transcends the realm of young adult fantasy game books. It’s also a trip down memory lane for gamers who grew up reading the Fighting Fantasy paperback series. Here’s to Tin Man Games for a job well done."
- PIXEL PERFECT GAMING
- 5/5
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* FEATURES *
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House of Hell is a digital Fighting Fantasy gamebook, an interactive adventure in which YOU are the hero! You can only win through by choosing the correct path, finding equipment, avoiding traps and surviving combat.
Exclusive new features in the app:
• Make the gamebook as easy or hard as you like and even turn on a special cheat mode to read it old-school!
• Atmospheric new visuals which can be turned off to make the gamebook look like it came off the printing press in the 80s!
• Tim Sell’s classic illustrations colorised for the app
• Fantastic new cover artwork to unlock!
• Works great on tablets and phones!
House of Hell has been brought to Android using Tin Man Games’ critically acclaimed Gamebook Adventures Engine featuring:
• An automated Adventure Sheet to keep track of stats and inventory.
• Realistic physics based dice rolling. Shake your device!
• Artwork gallery. Find an illustration in the gamebook and be able to access it full-screen forever.
• Bookmarking system which saves your position in the gamebook, much like putting your fingers between the pages to remember your previous page when reading the paperback!
• Specially composed soundtrack and sound effects.
Tin Man Games have signed a licensing deal to release the Fighting Fantasy series on Android, so expect to see more of your favourite adventure role-playing gamebooks appearing soon!
Category : Role Playing
Reviews (23)
PSA: The intro has lots of flashing "lightning" strobe effects, for those who may be sensitive to flashing lights. You can really see how Tin Man has evolved from their first releases by looking at this gamebook. While the story itself wasnt one of my favs back in the day and still isnt, it has been beautifully rendered into electronic format.
Boy, this app sure does bring back memories. I read all these books back when I was a kid and am delighted to enjoy them again in this modern format. "House of Hell" was definitely a classic, and very difficult. Looking forward to "Deathtrap Dungeon" and others and would love to see the Lone Wolf series from these guys. Well worth the money. Brilliant implementation. Thank you!
I spent a lot of time playing these books in junior high but never have they come to life like this. The software adds another dimension and is very well executed. The fact that you can decide to play fair makes it all the better!
I personally didn't enjoy it but I can see how some people love it, if it's your personal style. I agree with other reviewers who said the game is unbalanced. If you roll a certain amount of fear or less at the start of the game, there is literally no possible path through the game where you don't die. The fact that you can be doomed from the start without even having played for a second doesn't sit right with me. It's less about making educated and logical decisions and rather, finding the one path through the game that works, which is tedious and detracts from the story.
Brilliant adaptation but very hard to beat legit (although I think city of thieves was the only one I cleared legit back in the day!) Also it's a pity they didn't keep the same technique in finding the secrets (subtracting from page number etc) Anyway does anyone know how to get the alternative cover artwork?! Roll on next ff title. Ps you still have images of the iPhone and ipad in game. Please change!!!
This is actually really well written. It has been a long time since I had this much fun. In short this got me back into gamebooks and I can't wait to see more fighting fantasy games in the future!
I like the game a lot, but the fear mechanics are stupid. I mean, its a fear based game, yea, but the things you gain fear points from aren't even that mentally jarring. You practically gain fear points almost every scene, regardless of how frightening something like that actually would be.
When results are not based upon logic but chance, we deserve some respite.
I've been waiting for the FF books I so enjoyed when I was young to make it to an electronic form. This is an amazing port of the book sticking to the original material and allowing the option to experience improvements or not.
You've done it again Tin Man, another brilliant gamebook brought to our devices, I seriously like your work and that of the authors
This was the book I read as a child, fell asleep, dreamt about the room of darkness with flying head coming screaming at me... ran to parents room crying. The main story still creeps me out, because I have over active imagination.
Love the whole series and if there on offer I will buy them but the full price is a bit to expensive for me.
This is the third Fighting Fantasy adaptation that I have purchased from Tin Man Games. If you keep making them, I'll keep buying them. I'll also check out some of your non - Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, too.
Wow...great to see the old school rpg books back.I love this one it really took me back.I thought it was the 80s again...lol...great job on bringing this back looking forward to getting more titles.
Great nostalgic fun, i used to own the original book when i was young. I hope to see more FF books converted to mobile games!
This book still gives me the chills as it did when I was 10 years old. Probably one of the hardest FF books to complete!
If I'm to recommend a gamebook to my friend, this would be my first choice.
Thanks TM games for making these books available to a new generation. Another awesome addition to the FF series and a challenge to beat. I hope to see more soon. Keep up the fantastic work :)
I would love to see the option to roll your own dice and enter the results. I never trust computer rolls. Other than that, excellent adaptation!
Takes me back to the books still have some on the bookshelf Creature of Havoc was always my favourite. Made the font to small and can't turn it back up again
Fighting fantasy, so much fun Carnot wait for city of thieves.
Hard book to beat, please add maps in the future. That would have made it more interesting
You can remove it from the play store, but not from my account.. I don't agree with having to buy them again.. I own this one and Blood of the Zombies...now I'd settle for at least 1 of them to transfer, but I can't justify buying them twice...hook a ninja up guys...