Posted on: September 17, 2018

armajiro

Games: 444 Reviews: 9

Great Steampunk Adventure

A solid detective adventure with some added Steampunk spice. It lacks some of the traditional adventure game tropes like an inventory, and the rubbing of items on other items to see what sticks, but it's still a joy to play. I also like that it has the option to get the conclusion wrong, though it's fairly obvious which one is the right one (a bit like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishment). I love the mood of the game and the voice acting is solid, but if I had to pick one niggle, it would be the character portraits. There's just something off about the art style, and especially women look lumpy or have way too pronounced jaws. Either it's a conscious choice with the artist's own style, or it's something that'll get better in future games. TLDR; Great adventure game with some non-standard mechanics for point and click games.

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Posted on: December 18, 2020

Seb-gog

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Games: 197 Reviews: 82

Well made, but partly very booring

Well made adventure - very long, loads of locations to visit, and LOTS of talking! Seeing new locations isn't something you long for though, since the art/graphics is very basic. At least it isn't cluttered with small details, so you really won't ever have to go pixelhunting. Loads of talking, loads and loads, but not much inte the way of real puzzles, as you might be used to from old point-&-click classics. On the other hand I never had to use a guide while playing this, and yet it made me feel a bit smart at one or two places that were a bit tricky maybe. It starts off real exciting, and it ends pretty interresting too with the last case (you solve 5 cases in total), but in the middle there are some cases that just drag on and are very very booring. I even gave up on one of those, since you don't need to solve all cases if you don't want to. You can make mistakes and fail at a case, or just say it's unsolvable, and move on. On a sale I guess this is a good buy, if you're into slow and talky games like this, cause everything is well made, just lots of booring story here and there...

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Posted on: December 6, 2020

yreneb

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Games: 281 Reviews: 24

Good Game!

A classic point & click adventure, just the way I like it. Like most of the games Grundislav Games or Wadjeteye Games have published in recent years. The alternate world presented is fascinating and the mystery detective story is exciting. As with other games by Francisco Gonzalez, there is a progressive political undertone of justice and equality that I personally like. The technical realisation is well done, the backgrounds and characters are nicely drawn. The voice actors are well chosen (the well-known Grundislav & Wadjeteye cast) and fit the ambience of the game perfectly. And yes: like many here, I also think that the inspiration by "Gabriel Knight - Sins of the fathers" (1993 original release by Sierra) seems more than obvious. Lamplight City is perhaps to be understood as an homage to Jane Jensen...

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Posted on: December 15, 2021

Crockett

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Games: 175 Reviews: 3

A clever detective game

A very nice point and click adventure. Good voice acting, good atmosphere and interesting world and characters.

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Posted on: June 6, 2021

ArtemKomisarenko

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Games: 795 Reviews: 15

Game design issues

The game is not really bad, but gameplay issues kill all the joy from playing. Two things make me gave up the game during the first episode. First, some unnoticed dialog choices may close an entire line of a plot. And you'll understand it while you have no save games. It's not critical for a walkthrough, you may continue, but adventure / visual novel games are about atmosphere, not about speed run, and the atmosphere became boring and displeased. Second, sometimes you should do something unrelated to move things ahead. Like, continue one line to be allowed continue in second despite there is no logical connection between. It's just annoying.

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