A Wise Use of Time

Choice of Games / Sep 4, 2015 / Indie, RPG

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With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.

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78% positive, 105 reviews

Not recommended1 hrs played

Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 608: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆☆☆ (6/10) Mmmm. Ehhhhh. Okay? Those words are pretty much my reaction to A Wise Use of Time after finishing it. My "meh" reaction is colored by Jim Dattilo's prose. It's technically able, and I haven't seen any glaring mistakes, but (sorry to bro) I do not vibe with Dattlio's writing style at all. I loved his other work, Zombie Exodus,...

5 found this helpful, 2026-03-06

Not recommended3 hrs played

I wanted to like this game, I really did and it was starting off relatively strongly. It was going well, nothing amazing but interesting enough that I was excited to play it. That is until the second or third chapter, can't remember, where the agency for my character and previous choices were taken from me. No spoilers but I played my character trying to hide his power. I was given a choice to not admit to my power....

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-01