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Hearing that one of my favorite podcasts (Retro Encounter) will be doing an episode soon, I knew I had to play it and I am glad I did.
This is not an easy game, it expects a lot of the player, but it is fair. The weird occult stuff going on in the background and all the back stabbing and politicking was grand
There are certain categories of words to fill in (name, verb, location, object typically) and they are color coded to help with your deductions of who did what. (Green only goes in green slots, yellow in yellow, etc.) This helps remove a lot of potential frustration.
There are a few UI things though that drove me nuts. The graphics are charming, I know it is indie, but I had a hard time keeping track of who was who over multiple cases. I wish there was a court record equivalent (ace attorney) for people we have met.
Speaking of court record this is where the game really aggravated me. There is no way to look at the evidence in one spot, you have to go back to the person or object. The chapters are small and there are usually only a couple screens, but I wish I could just pull up everything I saw and cycle through it. I ended up taking pictures of most things when I played.
Overall this is fun, it will push you. There is a nice quality of life feature where you can have clickable things marked with a star, and they turn from yellow to red when you have finished investigating it. But it can be frustrating. I never used the hint system, maybe I should have tried, but when filling in the deductions it just tells you multiple things are wrong, or two or fewer, so you could have 3 things wrong or 6 things and have no idea how close you are, and it wont highlight them.
I do highly recommend anyone who loves point in click games that make them work their brain. I have complaints, but it's still a very wonderful experience, best played with a notepad and a phone so you can easily look at evidence.
This is not an easy game, it expects a lot of the player, but it is fair. The weird occult stuff going on in the background and all the back stabbing and politicking was grand
There are certain categories of words to fill in (name, verb, location, object typically) and they are color coded to help with your deductions of who did what. (Green only goes in green slots, yellow in yellow, etc.) This helps remove a lot of potential frustration.
There are a few UI things though that drove me nuts. The graphics are charming, I know it is indie, but I had a hard time keeping track of who was who over multiple cases. I wish there was a court record equivalent (ace attorney) for people we have met.
Speaking of court record this is where the game really aggravated me. There is no way to look at the evidence in one spot, you have to go back to the person or object. The chapters are small and there are usually only a couple screens, but I wish I could just pull up everything I saw and cycle through it. I ended up taking pictures of most things when I played.
Overall this is fun, it will push you. There is a nice quality of life feature where you can have clickable things marked with a star, and they turn from yellow to red when you have finished investigating it. But it can be frustrating. I never used the hint system, maybe I should have tried, but when filling in the deductions it just tells you multiple things are wrong, or two or fewer, so you could have 3 things wrong or 6 things and have no idea how close you are, and it wont highlight them.
I do highly recommend anyone who loves point in click games that make them work their brain. I have complaints, but it's still a very wonderful experience, best played with a notepad and a phone so you can easily look at evidence.
