Cavalary: See in a review that it contains just six stories and supposedly takes about six hours.

And, for those who want the more important sections without clicking:

"Just about all of the puzzles have solutions that are easy to solve. Some of the solutions are laid out via the choices presented when interacting with something, while a majority of the others rely on actual logic versus something that only makes sense in the point-and-click format. Your choices also don't lead to dead ends, so there's no way to get yourself into a situation where the solution escapes you, making this a game where even non-puzzle fans will be able to easily figure out what to do in every scenario.

A purely puzzle-based focus would've been fine, but the game also adds in some turn-based battles to spice things up. It works just like an RPG in that you select your attack, pick the target, and let the command go through before the enemy does the same to you. Your attacks range from one simple hit to a stomp that stuns everyone, but what makes this different is the reliance on ink for your moves. Everything costs ink, and while you can replenish ink with items, you'll rely on one of your moves that targets one enemy and delivers damage in exchange for a partial refill of your ink meter. Since that move costs nothing, it ensures that you aren't left helpless if you're bad at managing ink levels in a fight.

Don't expect the combat system to be too deep. You don't have any XP system, so your ink and health reserves never increase. You get one new move until the very end of the game, and those moves only get one upgrade from beginning to end. The combat doesn't get very deep, and while there is a good chance that you'll die, jumping back into the book and trying again simply places you back in the fight, with the enemy having kept all of their damage from the previous fight. Those expecting to get some challenge from the combat won't find it here, but it remains a nice feature to have since it still performs its basic functions without much difficulty.

There's not too much else to grouse about that wasn't touched on earlier. While there appear to be instances where choices matter, it's more superficial, as it only changes some of the dialogue and whether you get locked out of some Achievements instead of drastically changing the story outcome."

Ice_Mage: Yet another game that launches without achievements. If the look of this didn't remind of Sanitarium so much, I'd immediately delete it from my wishlist.

Doc0075: Hi, I'm posting to let you know that someone on my friends list (greyhat) has just started playing The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales and looking at my activity feed, he has just unlocked 3 achievements in the game.

sbaylus: Sounds like Jasper Fforde

dyscode: yet, they gave it an 8/10