The Superlatives: Aetherfall
"The Superlatives: Aetherfall" is a 260,000-word interactive novel by Alice Ripley. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
The prestigious Society for the Advancement of Individuals of Superlative Talent and the Protection of the Queen has invited you to become their newest member! But on the very day the Society plans to initiate you, unknown Villains destroy the Society headquarters and kidnap your colleagues! As the sole remaining full member of the Superlative Society, you must initiate new recruits to investigate the abduction.
Meet your team: Nimble—faster than lightning; Wailer—a "banshee" with sharp blades and sonic shriek attacks; Arturek—the gruff Martian warrior; Tua—a Venusian who commands the power of plants; and Black Orchid—a strangely familiar new recruit. Your efforts are bolstered by your faithful Clockwork assistant, Gatsby, and your always-butting-in rival, Hallow.
Will your gain your team’s trust and convince them to work together, or will they fall apart under the pressure? Will you cut a deal with London’s Villains, or even turn the Society into Villains yourself? Will you trust the mysterious Dusk and Mr. Ink, who offer you help, or will you uncover their many secrets?
• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bisexual, asexual, or aromantic
• Draw power from your preternatural nature, alien heritage, or genius gadgets
• Protect the Earth from torrential aetherfalls
• Keep your identity secret from your nosy landlady, Mrs. Rathbone
• Negotiate with minute Mercurian monarchs (Mercurians stand only four inches tall)
• Push your teammates to transcend their origins or pursue their destiny
• Foil the Nefarious Clockwork Contraptions of Dr. Eisengeist and discover his origins
Don your mask, take to the skies, and God save the Queen!
Category : Role Playing
Reviews (26)
The story is very good, my only complain is that it was a bit too easy. I expected the last boss fight to be really hard and that you would have to pay close attention to your stats but most of the time the choices were rather easy to make. I also wished that your relationship with your teammates would have more of an impact (it certainly did, but not enough in my opinion). Other than that, very nice story that I had a lot of fun completing.
A very fun game with a number of elements that I thought could never come together but are expertly blended. Wonderful and compelling characters, a marvelous setting, and a well written story. All of the fascinating elements that make a compelling game.
great story! absolutely gripping. only problems are that gifts from beginning dont seem to come into play later and more power options would be cool. please keep all of these characters in the future games.
Interesting, complex plot- sort of a combination of superhero comic, Victorian mystery and science fiction. A lot of fun; just got to the end and I plan to go through it a few more times.
The beginning entro makes the rest of the game sound intriguing, but the story is only 260,000 words and is priced at 5.99, which for that many words is way too over the top. So unfortunately, I will not be reading the rest of it.
Excellently written! Was way more than the superhero battles I was expecting. Lots of realistic character depth. I was pleasantly surprised! Sure enough it ends on a cliffhanger. I was satisfied ad is tho.
A fantastic story with a well crafted and immersive world. Interesting and deep characters. Just an all round wondeful story to play through and immensly replayable.
Very solid game! Great story, pretty good execution from the developers! Choices might could've been a bit better, but overall a very nice game! I'm totally satisfied with the $$$ I spent.
An amazing experiance from start to finish! The characters were well written and had a depth to them not often found. 5/5
Possibly the best Choice of Game title. Simply amazing. So, so well written, excellent choice paths, gripping and engaging and striking story--fun, fun game.
Plot line is good, characters are good, but what makes it excellent is the writing. A tier above the rest of the genre
Very good story, with easy to visualise characters, enviroments and situations.
Game keeps shutting down. I'm reading the dialogue and it closes. It does this constantly.
Heads above the average text RPG. The writing and pacing were superlative.
amazingly written. The quality of content is definately better than many other of it's kind.
Great game. The plot and character development really stick with you.
great game but I cant for the life of me seem to upload my saves, it either crashes the app or just hangs forever.
This is definitely in one of my 5 fav cyoa plays out there.. Truly an epic read.. Keen to learn what apprises the 2nd book
The book was well worth the read, really interesting and engaging.
Great story, great characters. Can't wait for the second installment.
love the story! this is a fantastic game.
I love it. That's it. ps: highly recommended if you love steampunk vibes
Love it. One of the best writing. Keep up the good work
beautiful writing & the perfect steampunk atmosphere
Really well written thoroughly enjoyed it
It was one of the best interactive novels I've played so far! Choices really matter here, the writing is superb and the story was interesting. Even though I managed to achieve one of the less favorable endings, I had a great time reading the novel, and never felt like being treated unfairly. My highest recommendation!