"A great detective game, it's not for the faint-hearted. Well-written and with multiple character paths to choose from, Lamplight City isn't for puzzle seekers but will satisfy those looking for a great mystery. - Tech Raptor
The Gateway to Vespuccia, the City of Air and Light, Lamplight City - th...
"A great detective game, it's not for the faint-hearted. Well-written and with multiple character paths to choose from, Lamplight City isn't for puzzle seekers but will satisfy those looking for a great mystery. - Tech Raptor
The Gateway to Vespuccia, the City of Air and Light, Lamplight City - the thriving port city of New Bretagne is a beacon of progress and industrial advancement in the New World. Yet beneath the promises of a shining 19th-century future, the city rests upon foundations of poverty, class struggle, and crime.
For police detective turned private investigator Miles Fordham, Lamplight City's shadowy corners are just part of the territory. But with his former partner constantly speaking to him from beyond the grave, his grip on sanity is slowly loosening. Can Miles find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Lamplight City is a detective adventure set in an alternate steampunk-ish "Victorian" past.
Be the detective you want to be. But prepare to face the consequences.
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, get information by any means necessary. Follow the law or make your own rules, but how you choose to act will affect people's attitudes towards you.
Five cases to solve, with multiple suspects, false leads, and different outcomes.
Never find yourself stuck in a dead-end situation. If the case becomes unsolvable, simply move on to the next one. The story will adapt based on your choices.
Single click interface with no inventory.
Gather clues and documents in your casebook for review. Item manipulation is handled via a context-sensitive cursor.
A fictional city with four boroughs to explore, each with their own unique flavor.
Players will visit each of these boroughs throughout the game, exploring themes such as class divide and the public's fear of emerging steam tech.
Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens.
I'll say it again: if you like politics out of your games, this is NOT the game for you.
If you want a game that tells a good story just like Gabriel Knight, well, this game is NOT for you.
If you're looking for intelligent puzzles, then this game definitely is NOT for you.
That's it. I only posted this because that's something I'd want someone to tell me before I buy a game. I have 250 games here on GOG and this doesn't seem to break any rule, so I will happily buy my games elsewhere if my honest reviews keep being deleted.
...I would advice to deactivate the text, as the game got problems with storing the language selection and it's mixing languages sometimes.
Besides of that it's a brilliant game!
Absolutely fantastic! This game has everything I can ask and imagine for a truly indy game, made by a man who always brings all his passion and craftship and personal vision to the adventure genre, this time in a new and deep neo vectorian setting. Remarkable!
I was immediately captivated by this Victorian Steampunk detective game. The retro low-res graphics brought me back to the golden era of point and click adventures. I had a smile on my face when I started playing it, being totally immersed into the story.
That was... until it started to unfold. Very early on, I was being preached on critical race theory, LGBT+, feminism, Marxism, virtue signaling, and the whole 9-yards of woke propaganda that completely broke game immersion. If this is a Victorian story, none of these things belong there. Your disembodied companion keeps preaching modern Marxist activism the entire game, as a constant immersion breaker.
I had to make a mental block to be able to keep playing because the game was beautiful, and the protagonist was likable. I have enjoyed solving all of the 5 murder mysteries - kudos for how some of the stories had intertwined, which was an extra nice touch. However, some dialog choices WILL block investigations, forcing us to declare them unsolvable. Is that what they call replayability?
In the final chapter, it became obvious where the story was going, which was rather disappointing. The writers have injected the maximum wokeness into the conclusion to make sure we won't miss their political message. To me, that made the ending rather cheesy for the wokeness sake.
All in all, I was only able to keep playing and enjoy the game by making an effort to ignore the modern Marxist preaching embedded into the story and characters. I don't regret playing the game, as long as I was able to stomach the mandatory preaching. Much love was put into this game, and it had all the elements to become a CLASSIC, but instead, they chose to turn it into a political propaganda outlet, and not in a subtle way.
It's a beautifully made game, and I love its Victorian Steampunk atmosphere, but I recommend this game with hesitation. Play it if you are not easily offended by those subjects.
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