Right before your eyes, the picturesque, pastoral village turns into a world full of dark secrets, inexplicable events, social tensions and a hostile hush of a village that seems to hate nothing more than a stranger poking around in other peoples’ business. Can you find out who supports you and who...
Right before your eyes, the picturesque, pastoral village turns into a world full of dark secrets, inexplicable events, social tensions and a hostile hush of a village that seems to hate nothing more than a stranger poking around in other peoples’ business. Can you find out who supports you and who is trying to set you on the wrong track without risking your own life?
The most important features at a glance:
Historical crime RPG from the 3rd-person perspective
The action takes place in the Upper Bavarian State village of Wolpertshofen in 1866
Skills can be improved freely and are used in pen & paper style
Decisions influence the outcome of the story
Complete voice output in Bavarian and English
German and English subtitles
Playtime: approx. 10 hours
11 different endings
Lead intriguing conversations: use the dialogue-mechanic to collect information, find out who is hiding something from you and convince the villagers to help you out.
Make difficult decisions: your decisions have an impact on the course of the story, the world and the villagers. Will you find the right words?
Level up your skills: decide wich skills to level up and use them wisely in classic TTRPG / pen'n'paper skillchecks.
Find hidden clues: use the detective-mechanic to find clues and evidence.
Move around in the shadows unnoticed: sneak past enemies and guards to stay unnoticed. Or knock them out from behind.
Defend yourself: if your sneak-mission has failed, you can use the fight-mechanic as a last resort and defend yourself with an old fashioned fist fight.
Craft items to boost your skills: with the things you find in the world you can craft items that will allow you to succeed in difficult skillchecks
Decide how you want to solve the tasks at hand. With charisma, diplomacy, brute force, the art of stealth or strategic escape? The mission, however, is clear: solve this case!
Popular achievements
Hört! Hört!
Erster Battledialog gewonnen
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49%
Erstmal einen bauen!
Crafte die Puppe
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50.6%
Man hilft, wo man kann!
Du hast dem Jungen bei der Pilzsuche geholfen.
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59.44%
Eigentlich wollte ich doch nur noch schlafen!
Du hast den Weg in den Ort frei gemacht.
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47.79%
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Contents
Standard Edition
Collectors Edition
Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale
A Bavarian Tale Totgeschwiegen Lösungsbuch (PDF)
A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen Original Game Soundtrack (mp3)
There has maybe been a good idea behind this game, however it is so full of flaws that I had to stop it after playing about 27% of it.
Pros:
I can't think of any.
Cons:
1. Unnecessarily long and boring monologues
2. Loads of bugs
3. Graphics not sharp enough
4. More than a half of the game is at night time and very very dark. Yes, there is a lamp that last a very short time and can be filled only on a workbench, therefore if you find yourself in the forest or in the field you can't do it.
5. I played through GOG Galaxy and I had to start the game twice every time, as it kept crashing on the 1st attempt.
6. When the main protagonist gets drunk (not avoidable) it is almost impossible to navigate him in the darkness (also not avoidable). This issue made me finally stop playing it.
The game seems like being in its first stage of development, there is such amount of things that need improvement.
It is certainly not worth its full price. I even regret buying it at discount.
the game feels like in early Alpha
I can play Cyberpunk with constant 30 FPS
with this the game interface is already crawling to a hald
Ryzen 5
16 GB RAM
Windows 10 Pro
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