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First impression: Feels like a parody of things such as Men in Black. The opening scene doesn't really grab me.

There were some notes of humour in this storygame, but I did feel that they didn't all land well with me. I did have a lot of fun following all of the different choices, but ultimately, the paths in the storygame all...well, all ended the same, even if the paths to get there were marginally different.

It was interesting to learn about the world of the player character and those who inhabited it, but the only characters who I got to know were Agents 69 and 44. I don't remember the designations of the rest of the team...or the player character, for that matter. Some more detail about their different personalities, and how the player character related to each one, would have been good. Rather than having so many choices about what to do to the Bee guy, it would have been good to have some options to explore the wider world, or perhaps interact with characters and actually, you know, figure out the ending and have one that doesn't end horribly (for the player character).

The writing is fine, if a tad monotonous at times. There is humor here but I think it barely does not hit the mark. (A bit surface level, boy’s locker room style.)

The story starts strong and the world setup is intriguing but the story falls flat by the end. Also, several other stories along with this one in the lineup have a bad multiple pages with only one link to continue. I think packing pages full is better than linear links, even if your link count does not seem impressive.

Corgi is naturally a good writer with a fun style. Not sure it shines through here though.

The game was funny! It's full of old references and very ironic, with depictions of a "cool" character like The Man sending us on a super secret mission, along with the Agency's Regulations dictating every facet of its agents lives.

I like that you use repetition of a few of the same jokes for comedy. Repetition is one of my favorite comedic tools

A decent storygame with an interesting premise and crude humor. 5/8