More opinions on the game -- this guy in particular you may have heard of:
<blockquote><i>"Spirit of the Century is by a wide margin the best pulp game I've yet read, and yes, I do include the one I co-developed in that. Spirit builds with flair and intelligence on its predecessors, including Adventure, transmuting good intentions into brilliantly smooth execution. It is a beautiful little volume, well-written, entertainingly illustrated, and full of the fun. If you like to play pulp adventure roleplaying, then you want to check this out. Trust me on this: I repeatedly had the thought, 'I wish I'd done it that way', 'I wish I'd had that idea', and so on. It's great stuff."</i>
<div align="right">— Bruce Baugh, author of <b>Adventure</b></div></blockquote>
Source:
http://bruceb.livejournal.com/223975.html