Posted on: September 5, 2019

Hameln

Spiele: 29 Rezensionen: 2

Lamplight city

There isn't any inventory puzzles. Sometimes you have to read your case files or books, but that's it. If you have the right item, it will be used automatically. Some dialoque choices are crucial. Sometimes it is the best option to NOT to say something, sometimes it is the best option to lie and sometimes it is the best option to tell the truth. It should be quite logical what to say, so if you fail the dialogue check in this game, you probably fail it in the real life too. Some reviews think that it is the design flaw, but I don't think so. If you fail the dialoque check, you have no-one but yourself to blame for it and this game do the right thing to punish you for it. Some people seems to think that this game should be solvable no matter what, but this game trusts karma. If you end up sleeping in the gutter, jail or mental hospital, you have earned it. There are 5 cases and I found them to be mostly good, except case 3. Sherlock Holmes this is not, but at least it better than Ben Jordan, paranormal investigator.

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Posted on: November 1, 2020

Aron

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Spiele: 1081 Rezensionen: 8

A unique modern classic one

A typical point and click adventure game, you would think. But while the gameplay loops are actually pretty classic p&c with emphasis on dialogues and clever combining information and items you found to solve the different cases. The twist that comes into play is, that you actually can fail at solving your cases and still progress through the game. This may not lead you to the best possible ending, but you will still get your own story. The solutions aren't that hard to find, so that solving the crimes "the right way" shouldn't be a big problem as long as you listen to everyone and talk to everyone.

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Posted on: June 18, 2019

whiter4bbit

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Spiele: 105 Rezensionen: 1

A good detective game with no puzzles

Lamplight City is a narrative-focused detective story that strives to stand out thanks to its steampunk vibes. The classic tropes of the genres have been used mildly: luddism and fear towards the new steam-based technology melds with noir vibes about a solo detective with ghosts from its past. Despite its good writing, the story is not strong enough to settle the game as a "steampunk noir" classic, but it sure is good enough to entertain the player for a few hours of above average narration. If you play for the story, this is a good mystery game with well written relationships and some introspection about love, hate, friendship and grief. Great characters and dialogues overall, but still not enough in my opinion to really stand out. The game has a decent worldbuilding, but the single detective cases can be pretty boring at times. If you play for the art and atmosphere, this is where the game really shines. Detailed scenarios, good animations, excellent lightning, outstanding voice over and background music. Tons of locations to visit, all made with love: the town is a pleasure to explore, and it's too bad that you'll visit some locations only once. If you are into steampunk and pixel art, you'll love the game aesthetics. If you play for the challenge, I'm sorry to say there isn't any here. The gameplay only consists of dialogue and exploration, with detective cases that basically solve by themselves. The main design idea of the game is punishing the player with a dead end in case they choose the wrong dialogue option in certain (few, fortunately) circumstances. I found myself cut out of gameplay just for saying "I'm a detective" instead of something else, in a situation where I had no hints about that specific answer being so dangerous. This means you'll need to save often, but overall it's not a big deal, just some frustration around the corner. The game is quite long, I'd say 10-12 hours, and that's a positive.

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Posted on: November 30, 2019

landofozGirl

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Spiele: 148 Rezensionen: 38

Good Solid Game

I liked this game. Story was good, though sometimes a bit easy. The cases were harder as they progressed. The characters were interesting. Sometimes Bill was a bit much. I noticed the homage to Gabriel Knight so that was cool. Worth buying and playing. Well done!!

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Posted on: April 5, 2022

serdia

Spiele: 247 Rezensionen: 47

Ein Adventure mit Liebe zum Detail

Der Grafikstil ist sehr stimmungsvoll, die vielen kleinen Animationen machen die Welt lebendig. Die Sprachausgabe ist hervorragend. Ich finde es ziemlich geistreich, wie die Interaktion von Miles und seinem Partner Bill abläuft, habe ich bisher in der Form noch nicht gesehen. Rätseltypen gibt es zwar eigentlich nur zwei, Dinge anschauen und mit Leuten reden, was für mich hier aber nicht störend auffiel, da das Spiel einfach atmosphärisch so gut ist. Die fünf Fälle sind abwechslungsreich und werden zwischendurch von einem alles überspannenden Handlungsbogen ergänzt. Die Story ist gut aufgezogen und spitzt sich zum Ende hin immer weiter zu, wobei ich finde, dass das Ende selber etwas zu kurz kommt. Die Spiele von Francisco González sind immer wieder gut, definitiv eine Empfehlung wert.

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