Review: Suffer the Children

Forum; SMF

Institute for troubled youths.

This RPG puts a new spin on the idea of an institute for troubled young people. Beneath the helpful exterior of the institute is a conspiracy; the place is lead by major pharmaceutical companies who are using the inmates as human guinea pigs for unapproved drugs.

16 +, the RPG uses a different type of rating but provides visitors with a detailed but succint explaination.

Over 100.

October 2010.

Intermediate to Advanced, a minimum of 300 words per post required.

3-5 Paragraphs.

Approx. 1-3 posts every few days.

Original Characters and Pre-made/adoptable staff members.

The text of the website is a little on the small size, I wear glasses and I'm having to squint to read it properly. I know that there are other people who use the web and would not be able to read the text at all.

Both the website and the forum are easy to navigate, and I was able to find everything quickly.

The index page of the website explains the plot, and gives a good overview of what the RPG is about. Perhaps though it would be better to have a summary of the plot somewhere, rather than expecting a visitor to initially read through a page of text. As an RPG Admin your aim is to catch a visitor's attention first and then lead them onto the more indepth information. There is also no plot summary on the forum, and it would probably be beneficial to add one because even if you intend for all visitors to enter via the website there will always be some who don't. I've always found it's best to cover all the bases.

The information is easy to find, and there is quite a lot of it. I am a fan of having a lot of information at my disposal as a roleplayer, but it is possible to be going into too much thought. The point of roleplay is that it is fun, and I do find that this game just takes things a little too seriously in some aspects. Examples of this is players submitting in character homework, using dice and a formula to work out the side affects of the drugs, and class rosters. I am sure there are some roleplayers out there that like this much strufture, but personally I like freedom to create and play inside the universe the Admin has created, and games like this just feel more like work than fun to me.

I do not see a chat box and I also don't see a place for visitors (or even members) to contact the admin or even ask questions.

Choose either a student or staff application template depending on what your character is and submit it in the applications section.

I'm not sure if this is intentional but the 'Support Hadley' page of the website is just a copy of the index page.