Masterfully built - astonishing.

Another very impressive entry in the sorcery series of games. This episode adds a few new mechanics while continuing and refining the systems that work so well from previous versions. Crisp, compelling writing and fantastic worldbuilding make this an experience not to be missed.

Please choose this adventure series, it's great

Don't listen to the 1, 2, 3, or even 4 stars. This is the best game I have ever played. The adventure and action mixed with the design is incredible. I have played and completed this game series twice already. However, get the bundle of the sworcery! games or it won't make sense.

Don't get this game unless you have countless of hours to throw away. It's not for the casual gamer that needs short and fun entertainment. Get Warlock on Firetop Mountain if you want a more balanced experienced.

Exceptional storytelling that keeps you enthralled choice after choice. An interactive fantasy narrative with all the classic ingredients you'd expect (magic, exciting swordplay, trolls, goblins, etc.) but with such a fresh uniqueness, I'm only disappointed that I've started with Sorcery 3 and not the first edition. Can't wait to go back and play the others! (And then the 4th!)

I find myself thinking about Sorcery! all the time. An amazing series that pulls you into its world and story.

Really fun, and detailed!

This is a really cool game. Very well thought out. You can tell they took the time to do it right.

Honestly, these games keep getting better and better. It's incredible how much detail is put into the Sorcery games. You can really tell that inkle worked super hard on this series. This one is harder than the first two games, but in a nicely challenging way. It's incredibly entertaining.

The game is fun, interesting, and challenges you to think. However, it crashes all the time, most of the time in the middle of a fight. I finally just gave up and continued on to game 4 without defeating all the serpents. Maybe I'll play again if they fix the bug, but until they do I'd skip this installment.

I absolutely love this series, but there currently is a bug that restricts me from crossing to Lake Illad, REALLY ANNOYING! I didnt pay $5 for only half of the game :/

Like its way diff than the other 2 but it's gooooood

But you need to think! Unfortunately some reviewers did not think through even the most basic instructions of the game. The punishment for this is built in and comes in the form of certain inabilities, such as rewinding effectively, or accessing eclectic locations. For people as these (you know who you are) the AppStore has other, more age appropriate games at competitive rates. Do check them out!

Please join me in taking stars away until these slackers give us Sorcery4. Blink - just dropped to a 4 ...

The sorcery games on iOS have been hands down my favorite games. Can't wait for sorcery 4!

I love Inkle's games. They are some of my favorites not only as mobile games, but against my all time favorite games period. Sorcery! and Sorcery! 2 are phenomenal and I love the continuity between them. This game, however, is uninteresting, frustrating, and not at all compelling. I won't go so far as to tell people not to buy it, but I will say I'm very disappointed with it and wonder if number 4 can redeem it.

Been looking for an interesting game that I can pick up on and off when I have a few minutes throughout the day and this one is perfect for that. I wasn't familiar with the series before but I tried it because it was on sale. Liked it enough that I wish I'd played the others first, but it's still enjoyable on its own.

But this really captivates me! Much better than I expected from a choose your own adventure. There are some extra flavors- battling, drawing your path, graceful music and nice image renderings.

I loved Inkle's stuff, but this one crashes a lot when you make choices. Yet to fix most of the many big problems. I waited weeks for them to fix a glitch that stranded me without a boat to finish the game with, and when they did, I couldn't kill all the dragons without it vanishing and losing all my stuff. They screwed this game up and I've lost all interest in the brand if future installments are gonna get this treatment. No idea how their previously stunning quality of product could go so sour.

Great game but definitely save it for when u can spend the day to just play through it

The game delivers a sense of desolation and adventure that few other games have managed to deliver. One of the best available on the App Store!

The object of the game is simple kill the seven serpents but I cannot pass the mountains separating you from the water serpent I have been playing the game for days (real days) and do not see any conceivable way of winning but the game is cool noneoftheless I suggest buying it after you play the first two and tip (watch out for the red eyes) 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔪💣🔫🚷🚯🚳🚱📵🔞lol I died twice also ask someone who has won how to win

It's ok otherwise

Follows the same formula of the first two games as well as adding more items and features.

@Luffpuppen There is usually an area to rewind to and you don't even have to kill any of the serpents to beat the game? You must have not played the other games and obtained items you should've had. Or your just not seeing the solution to the current puzzle.

This game was a worthy addition to the Sorcery! series, and improved on it it many ways. Interesting story, lots of different places to explore, beautiful visuals, and fun combat, lead it to be an amazing game. It is definitely worthy of your 5$, but I suggest you play all of the games in order, as they are also amazing games. Thanks inkle for this masterpiece, and I can't wait for the fourth installment!

Use the towers to help you beat the serpent of time.

This installment is a great upgrade to the first two. The time-traveling adds a great nonlinear element to the gameplay as well as making the world more evocative and immersive. Superb job by Inkle taking the original book and changing it from a meh intermediate step into a haunting place of tragedy and loss. Well done.

This is a great game. I've played all 3 installments in the series so far and have spent countless hours at work reading this and ignoring my job entirely. At $5 a pop it seems like $15 well spent in my opinion. I see a few negative reviews about not understanding the rewind mechanic, it's simple and effective, those reviews should be ignored. Bottom line 5/5.

Absolutely brilliant. I didn't get the best ending on sorcery 2 but I don't want to go back to replay it. So far this is 100% better and I loved part 1 and 2!

This game is one of the worst I have ever played. Absolutely do not waste any time or money here.

A little different style of play from the first two, but still an excellent game! Only one crash and everything recovered fine. Because it is more non-linear, the story isn't as "tight" as the others, but still holds up. When I think about the complexities involved in trying to craft a game like this, I would say they did a great job pulling things together.

If you're reading this and you have not played the first two games - stop what you are doing and get the first two games now. Just do it - they are amazing.

TLDR - buy this game, it is extremely good.

This iteration of the series adds some very cool time based gameplay. Also, the interface and interaction feel more polished than the previous games. Other reviews have said that this game feels empty compared to the prequels, but I disagree - the game just has a broader scope I think. It is an excellent game!!! If you liked the first two this one will not disappoint you.

This was a waste of money. I made a move the had me die but there isn't any option to start the game over, I'm dead and can't do anything else in the game. I want a refund.

Awesome game, ridiculously well made, incredibly well executed concepts, beautiful art. I wish there were more interactive game books like this. The end feels very anti-climactic compared to Sorcery 2, but that's not really the developers fault, just where this section of the story ends. Still, when get to the end of this beautiful, interesting story, be aware that you'll probably think: "That's it? That's the end? Well, that's lame." Regardless, highly recommended if you like this sort of thing.

I'm baffled by all the praise this installment has received and have to conclude that it is out of loyalty to the franchise rather than a sincere assessment of the game itself. Sorcery 3 is definitely one of the more tedious and aggravating games on the App Store. Did the developers test their product by actually playing it through? There's no point to anything - no point to spending gold on food as it is lost one or two turns later; no point in obtaining helpful items as they are lost or stolen one to two turns later, no point in making choices as the game will steer you where it wants you regardless. There is very little action and interaction, and much of ones times is spent walking, walking, walking, swimming.

I should reveal that I did not actually finish the game; I was wasn't able to. If you die at a place where the "rewind" feature is not an option, then you you have to start from the beginning. That means hours and days of progress utterly wasted. The story unfolds too slowly and the intermittent rewards are too underwhelming to make restarting worthwhile.

If you are on there fence about whether or not to play this latest installment, save your money.

Sorcery! 3 and the seven serpents is by far the best out of the three. However I may have to reinstall it since it won't launch anymore. Although I did get plenty of play time in 5 out of 7 serpents beat. This has added and redefined what a game book port can and should be. Also I'm fairly sure the crashes are my device not the game. (iPad 4)

Definitely one of my top five iOS games! <3

Unfortunately, the current version of this game is unplayable on an iPad mini. I'm getting a repeatable CTD every time I attempt to click on the items or spell book icons (which are vital for play).

I'll update this review if and when this issue is patched.

Updated review: Well, we got a patch promising improvements to the iPad mini performance. Unfortunately that patch made it so that the CTD happens on game start, every single time.

The game works on my 5s, so it seems to be a processor issue. The game should state up front that its incompatible with the original iPad mini.

This is a great game, but since this update, the game takes longer to process decisions and occasionally will crash. Other than that - it's great

Yay bugs be fixed

Had potential but after spending several hours of wandering in an attempt to cross the mountains, my interest has waned. Why can't this game be more accessible to first time players?

I love Sorcery! I had the pleasure of reading the actual books when I was a kid because my mother collected them when they first came out. Enjoyed every moment. They were so much more in-depth than "Choose Your Own Adventure" books and took a more mature approach to things: the story was intriguing, there was so much to explore and you got to act like an actual adventurer casting spells and battling monsters. It felt like a less complicated, single player D&D campaign. Playing this again on my iPhone has been a blast. I love having more visuals to enjoy while roaming about, while inkle still preserved the great original artwork. The "twist" of being able to change the topography with special items is particularly eye-catching. And of course the writing holds up to this day. This series is a true gem and if you're a fantasy fan you owe it to yourself to see these classics glossed up and presented in such a fun format. Something else to note, I've always appreciated that you can play an adventurer of either gender and inkle has retained this option. So often you're stuck playing as a male in other (modern!) games yet here a series decades old was bright enough to offer such a simple yet considerate choice.

Some small notes based on other reviews: yes this game eats battery like crazy.

To beat the time serpent, find the clue near the middle of the map. It's all about time after all. Trust me when you figure it out you'll find yourself wondering why you didn't think of that.

And as a side note no one asked about. I bought these games for the kindle fire also. Your passwords work across systems. Happy gaming everyone!

So the review!

Okay! After having played through twice, and poked at the beginning of a third time I figure I can leave a more detailed review.

Like another reviewer said, the game truly IS open world.

I did contact them to ask about whether it's possible to save the fractured world you travel through, and they said no as of yet no. But they said that one particular encounter was reported as a bug quite often when I mentioned i enjoyed it. There is ONE encounter where going backwards will NOT let you make new choices. Instead the person you are talking to says the equivilent of "Really? You tried to rewind time? NAH TOO BAD." When I tried this i laughed so much. Each serpent has a weakness. And you can even TRICK them sometimes. Though when I tricked the moon one he found me again later, so that's probably not the greatest idea. They introduced new mechanics. The slider to take you back in choices to help facilitate the fact that you will want to retrace your steps several times sometimes (I kept going to sleep in a particular tower that was safe because well. It was safe. Sleeeping out in the middle of nowhere isn't safe!) There's now counter spells, which actually are helpful!! You'll learn them if you talk to the right people. There's also a shop where you can make a ton of gold if you play it right. I walked out of there with over 150 gold. The ending is...something else. I was staring at the screen feeling vaguely horrified over it. But that's a tale for Sorcery! 4.

The best items to get from the first two games are the mirror, skullcap, and green haired wig. Good luck finding them (The mirror and wig i found in sorcery! 2. I BELIEVE I found the skullcap in 1...I forget.) But if you do have those items, they make a lot more options appear.

Now I never read the books back in the 80's. I didn't have the money to buy them back then. (I got $5 a month for allowance and they never showed up at the used bookstore I bought paperbacks at.) If you want an idea of how good these games are, game vloggers on youtube were playing through them. They're usually super snobby about mobile games.

I had a few crashes, nothing major. I was playing on an iphone 5s though, not an ipad mini. This game does eat battery like it's a college football team at a buffet though, and I found myself running out of battery on my phone after around four hours of play, which is something for a mostly text game. Also, I can't play my own music in the background, which does make me sad. It's not worth taking a star though, as the other two are the same way.

The depth of content and production values are fantastic!

This is the only company whose purchases I will buy without hesitation.

All of their games are original, innovative, and engaging. This one is no exception.

Buy the whole series, though!

This game is driving me crazy I can't put it down like it's sometimes gets really scary and it's challenging totally worth the money

With some unique and fun game mechanics

I cannot begin to express my awe for this game. It's level of interaction is just unparalleled. I say this because not only can you fully explore the world, but you can also manipulate the map itself with the use of 'time towers', changing the world you walk through. Incredible. My boyfriend and I cannot put the game down. We like putting it on our Apple TV and playing it from the couch. This is an amazing game, and right after I finish this review I'm going to play it through again.

How do you beat the Time Serpent?