Overclocked: Eine Geschichte über Gewalt

This is not a typical adventure game: There are hardly any puzzles. But "Overclocked" is a great story-game with good characters and a thrilling storyline. I enjoyed every second of it! Sadly, House of Tales doesn't exist anymore...

If you like well written psychological mystery adventures this is exactly what to get. All the characters are very interesting and the acting is amazing. The graphics look still good and the music is also very nice. It is just a well made game. There are some easy puzzles here and there but the main theme of the game is the psychological study of a sick mind.

It's a pretty predictable story, especially if you've played a few adventure games. It's not bad, but nothing superlative either. Mechanics are okay. What is annoying is the UI and search for appropriate passages on the PDA to play back. You can skip the text sequences, since they're repetitions from flashbacks and still get a confirming suggestion from main character that that was the correct one. It's a nice touch how unfair the treatment towards the main character is. There are some plot holes, and more work could have been done in all areas, but overall it's a pleasent experience.

Most of the game is walking from cell to cell to try and get information out from a group of five patients. The rest is very simple puzzles and exploration. Use a guide for the patient parts to save yourself some time, there is no satisfaction in playing recordings for them to try and find the right ones. Try it if you run out of other mystery games. Slight ending spoiler: Don't expect a clear resolution to the story, several things are never explained. And what happens afterwards is entirely unclear.

It starts interesting enough, with an unusual gameplay mechanic, but down the road, you realize that the story becomes duller until the bad ending and that the gameplay mechanics are tedious, so I advise you to play with a walkthrough. The puzzles were not hard, but speaking to patients can be annoying.