Excellent (but missing some critical features)

Let me begin by saying that I am a huge Fighting Fantasy fan and hope that Tin Man Games is able to inject new life into the entire series. I would especially love to see them do a faithful adaptation of Steve Jacksons Sorcery series as these books were always the crowning achievement of Fighting Fantasy.

On to the book at hand. Despite my overall enjoyment of House of Hell, I will say that it is missing features that I hope will be added in future upgrades. I play the roll of Gamemaster for my kids, meaning that I read the book to them and allow them to make all of the characters choices. In order to be a more effective GM, I need the following features to be added:

1. Ability to modify the stats on the Adventure Sheet at any time

2. Ability to roll your own dice. My kids are very tactile and enjoy the participatory thrill of chucking dice. Players should be allowed to enter the numbers generated by their real dice into the combat screen.

3. Ability to enter the name of your character onto your Adventure Sheet

4. Ability to run multiple games on the same device. Each game could be represented by a different profile. A nice feature would be a leader board showing the progress of each profile, including number of achievements unlocked and total number of enemies killed.

5. Ability to modify the stats of your enemies during combat

6. The ability to play in game music from your iPod. The games soundtrack is decent but repetitive. Id love to up the creepiness factor by playing classic horror film soundtracks like "Halloween."
UPDATE: I have discovered that you can play music from your iPod if you turn off the game music using settings.

If these demands are met in a future upgrade, then I will enthusiastically change my rating to an emphatic five!

Oz 2.0 about Fighting Fantasy: House of Hell