The Firebird

Player Rating6/8

"it's worth every cent"
based on 273 ratings since 04/24/2007
played 4,140 times (finished 283)

Story Difficulty2/8

"walk in the park"

Play Length6/8

"It'll be a while, better grab a Snickers®"

Maturity Level3/8

"must be at least this tall to play"
Contains content that may not be suitable for persons under age 10. If this were a movie, it would probably be between G and PG.

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Based on a Russian folk tale, this is the story of Prince Ivan and his quest for a magical creature known as the firebird.

 

Player Comments

I felt that when I made the right choices, the author forced me to do the wrong thing (like the cage, for example). It defeats the whole point of playing. It was a good idea, but the writer should have developed it further and not been so manipulative.
-- TheWhiteCountess on 5/20/2011 8:35:21 PM
Very nice!
I'm a sucker for Slavic folktales, I'll say that much--and while I would have liked a few more nods to the stylistic details of Russian fairytales, it's still very nice to see them represented here. And you did a good job of it, so all's well!
-- Trzcina on 12/23/2009 12:50:27 PM
VERY WELL DONE. yes it requires you to follow the path of the story, but I felt like I was in control of the outcome from the beginning non-the-less. Well put together, perfect for edutainment category. Congrats!
-- march5th00 on 6/18/2007 12:56:58 PM
Very good! I actually have a book that is a collection of shortstories, and this one is really similar to a story in the book. In that, it's a fox that helps the prince, and he has to get the golden bird, golden horse, and the princess. The fox turns out to be the princess's brother, who was enchanted by a witch.
-- cchoi16 on 5/4/2013 6:28:46 PM
hmm. meh
-- Drakilian on 4/19/2013 1:00:57 PM
I love all the adventures. :)
-- toni on 3/3/2013 7:27:00 PM
Doesn't sound very much like the original folktale, and the ending was confusing (I sided with the wolf on the white horse argument). It would have been a great adaptation of the story though.
-- Anon on 1/22/2013 2:35:08 PM
i loved the fire bird as a child and sadly this was a disgrace to the folktale. I'm disapointed and hope you will make a better version
-- shadowlink on 1/12/2013 4:26:11 AM
Very interesting story. It's detailed, and gives you lots of choices.
-- silverfox on 12/23/2012 2:53:54 PM
ok
-- kalun on 11/8/2012 12:37:53 AM
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