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Lamplight City

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Lamplight City
Description
"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...
Genre:
Adventure - Point-and-click - Detective-mystery
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D, show 10 more... Puzzle, Dark, Great Soundtrack, Pixel Graphics, Point&Click, Third Person, Mystery, Investigation, Detective-mystery, Noir
Critics reviews
63 %
Recommend
Gameplanet
9/10
RPG Fan
82%
TrustedReviews
3.5/5 stars
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4/5

( 63 Reviews )

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Product details
2018, Grundislav Games, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 or later, Pentium or higher, 1 GB RAM, 640x400, 32-bit colour, Version 5.2, 2 GB available...
DLCs
Lamplight City Original Soundtrack
Time to beat
10.5 hMain
12.5 h Main + Sides
14.5 h Completionist
12 h All Styles

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"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.
  • Meet over 50 professionally voiced characters.
  • Original score by Mark Benis

© 2017/2018 Grundislav Games © 2017/2018 Application Systems Heidelberg Software GmbH All Rights Reserved.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
10.5 hMain
12.5 h Main + Sides
14.5 h Completionist
12 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - Point-and-click - Detective-mystery
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D, show 10 more... Puzzle, Dark, Great Soundtrack, Pixel Graphics, Point&Click, Third Person, Mystery, Investigation, Detective-mystery, Noir
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.11+)
Release date:
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Company:
Grundislav Games / Application Systems Heidelberg
Size:
1.3 GB
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Lamplight City Original Soundtrack
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Critics reviews
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Top Critic Average
63 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
Gameplanetby Ben Wilson
9/10
Do you want to feel like a detective? Do other games keep giving you ‘all-seeing vision'? Do you wish you could actually solve problems on your own (more-or-less)? Look no further.
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RPG Fanby Tina Olah
82%
A great Sierra-style mystery game. Very enjoyable despite the lack of some major point-and-click gameplay features.
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TrustedReviewsby Trusted Reviews
3.5/5 stars
Lamplight City is a satisfying, point-and-click adventure, which tells a compelling detective story. While there are some issues that clearly take away from the overall experience, I was genuinely surprised by how much it gets right.
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Posted on: October 7, 2018

docEbrown

Verified owner

Games: 11 Reviews: 1

Great story very interesting gameplay

A really enjoyable adventure mystery game with a great storyline. I have finished once and am back playing it again. The gameplay is unique in that your actions have consequences. Your line of questioning may open a new clue to solve a case or it may lock out a witness closing one avenue of exploration. Unlike many games of this genre you are not simply following a single linear path to completion.

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Posted on: October 3, 2018

betweenthebees

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 3

Intriguing story in an intriguing world

A detective story with 5 different intriguing cases to solve, I felt immediately drawer to this game, not only because of the story and the characters, but because of the dark, victorian setting in which the game is set. The comparison to Gabriel Knight 1 is understandable, partly because of the way the dialogue functions in the game and also because the fictional city of New Bretagne reminded me of some kind of Victorian-era New Orleans. The beautiful graphics and music play a bit part in setting the mood, and I was surprised by the length of the gameplay for such an indie game. I thoroughly enjoyed this game, and hope to get more stories about Miles and his ghostly sidekick in the future :)

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Posted on: September 23, 2018

EnbyKaiju

Verified owner

Games: 310 Reviews: 2

Old skool adventure with added class

Lamplight City is everything I love from point and click detective games: convoluted crimes, obscure clues, twisted morality and deep characters full of personality. Harsher in tone than say the Sherlock Holmes games of yore Lamplight city twists and turns through moral grey areas and occasional devastating brutality as it leads you through a path to save your own sanity, your relationship, and many lives you touch along the way. I loved it, sat down and finished it in one long sitting as I couldn't stop until I was done. Like the best detective novels Lamplight City will stay with me forever.

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Posted on: July 25, 2019

ungerbunger

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Games: 225 Reviews: 4

Brilliant game

I wasn't sure how a puzzle game without object puzzles would go but consider me converted! It was really refreshing playing a game where you don't feel like you need to randomly click on everything but instead have to think more logically about what people are saying and how objects fit into the scenario. I have read there are some major roadblocks if you do the wrong thing but this wasn't my experience, I solved all of the cases correctly and felt really satisfied by the logic found in the games puzzle system. Awesome game and I really hope they make a sequel.

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Posted on: May 11, 2021

dengog

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Games: Reviews: 7

Strongly recommended!

One of the best adventure games I've played in a while!

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