And then it all fades away, the fog comes rolling over my memory like a morning on Tantus 7.
And here we have a device I never want to see again in writing. No, not the comma splice, but the sci-fi simile. "Like a morning on Tantus 7"? If there's a lamer cop-out than referring the reader to something neither he nor the author can imagine, then I don't know it. Come up with a proper simile or don't bother.
This is not the only failure of the imagination in Orion. After a brief amnesia section (ended by typing >REMEMBER -- if only all amnesia games were so easy!), I'm dumped in a space station which the author simply can't be arsed implementing properly. Object descriptions, like the description of the PC's bed, are generally variations of "As with most standard-issue things, it is generic and uninteresting" -- though I suppose I should be grateful that these uninteresting objects were mentioned at all. Look at this:
Low-G Gym
This large room is used by the station personnel to keep in shape while spending time in space. The gravity is intentionally kept lower here for playing some sports, such as low-g target ball. This room is also used by the General to hold station-wide meetings. It looks like no one is using the gym, currently. The exit back to the cafeteria is west.
Five lines of description that don't mention a single thing in the room! Truly Shermanesque in its level of evasion. Also, a low-g gym would surely defeat the purpose of working out ("Look! I can bench 3000!"), even if it is useful for low-g target ball, whatever that is. (I suspect it's the Tantus 7 of ball games.)
Otherwise, generally dire. There's a promise of a relationship with an NPC, but she doesn't say much, and her few responses are followed by "I think Rebecca liked that", which makes the conversation seem like AIF foreplay. I got stuck in the station, and the walkthrough told me I had to solve an underclued puzzle and then go to the dock to enter a shuttle which wasn't mentioned in the dock description. So I quit.
Bonus point for "Orionions", though.
Rating: 2