Posted on: December 8, 2024

alexanhu

Spiele: 79 Rezensionen: 4

It can't keep me interested

I've played about one third of the game, ocassionally over a period of 10 months. That says quite much about my level of investment, and I don't see myself ever finishing it. When I feel that way about a game, it's either because I don't understand it, or because I don't get to do anything interesting. Lacuna checks both these boxes. The gameplay is all about walking around, finding the next person to talk to or the next object to interact with. You don't get to do anything particularily interesting. And the story doesn't really hook me either. Then comes the part that I don't understand... The game itself. During the game you gather clues, and I've found them all so far (I think). One thing I don't understand is whether you can fail to find them all, of if there is some system in place that doesn't allow you to proceed before you have done so. Either way, it feels quite much out of my control. The second thing I don't understand is what you are supposed to do with those clues. At one point you are asked to submit forms where you describe the murderer, and all you have to go on are those clues. So I did, and I filled in everything, and submitted them... I used all the data I had available and was pretty confident that I had a correct description of the murderer. Then a cutscene played out, and it turned out I got it all wrong. Fantastic. Do you get to retry? No, of course not. You cannot choose where to save. The game does so for you. Did it matter? Not at all. The murderer was found despite my failure. The whole game just feels like nonsense. I don't know what matters and what doesn't. The story continues anyway, and your action doen't seem to affect the outcome. But I will never know...

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Posted on: August 23, 2024

rogue_planet

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Spiele: 180 Rezensionen: 11

A worthy retro detective game

A pretty clever detective adventure with a short runtime and some decent (albeit simplistic) investigative mechanics. In many ways it reminded me of the play style and attractive retro look of Tales Noir (fka Backbone), which was released around the same time. The choices you're presented with here do actually have effects on the rest of the game and the story, with some areas and interactions only available if you do things one way or another. It's interesting enough to warrant at least one replay. There's a lot of running around, but the nice pixel look (and ability to sprint) makes the repetition less tedious. Saves are strictly automatic and they overwrite each other. They tend to happen after you've made decisions, so there's not a lot of opportunity to quit and reload just to "see what would happen" without having to do a full replay. That's a little unfortunate, but in a way it makes sense since you may not know the effects of something until further down the line. You can rush through a replay in probably 3.5 hours, but after that you'll probably just accept that there are some things you'll never know.

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Posted on: March 9, 2025

karskimies

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Spiele: 220 Rezensionen: 2

Worth of your time

If you like reading and making informed decisions, this game is for you

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Posted on: May 23, 2021

Hustlefan

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Spiele: 1601 Rezensionen: 4

An immersive experience

This is definitely not a classic adventure game, it's something completely different. The suspense-packed story is not stopping at any time and depends heavily on the decisions you make. And these decisions are hard, especially by the end of the game. On top of that you have a lot of detective work to do to solve the different files you get during your walkthrough. The pixel art graphics are very nice and the soundtrack generates a fantastic atmosphere. If you haven't already, you should try the free prologue which can be found on GOG as well. Thanks to the developers for such a great experience! Dies ist definitiv kein klassisches Adventurespiel, sondern etwas ganz anderes. Die Geschichte, welche äußerst spannend ist, bleibt zu keiner Zeit stehen und der Verlauf hängt stark von den getroffenen Entscheidungen ab. Und die sind ,vor allem gegen Ende des Spiels, alles andere als einfach. Dazu gibt es noch ne Menge an Detektivarbeit zu verrichten, um die verschiedenen Akten lösen zu können. Die Pixel Art Grafik finde ich sehr gelungen und der Soundtrack sorgt für eine großartige Atmosphäre. Die deutsche Vertonung, welche aus Off-Kommentaren der Hauptfigur besteht, wurde hervorragend von Tom Vogt (Deutsche Stimme von Colin Firth und Clive Owen) gesprochen. Ich empfehle in jedem Fall, den kostenlosen Prolog zu spielen. (Gibts auch hier bei GOG) Ein herzliches Dankeschön an die Entwickler für ein so großartiges Erlebnis!

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Posted on: December 14, 2022

CremeBrutal

Spiele: 93 Rezensionen: 58

Give this a try

Very unique and interesting, I have only played through the game once but it hints at branching possibilities and endings which I have not investigated. Quite short and a little nitpick that I have is backtracking to your apartment/train stations. The detective work is quite cool, you really have to pay attention when drawing conclusions. The setting is also quite intriguing, not very elaborated in this short game but I wouldn't mind exploring more of it in future installments.

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