Random Phoenix Wright + RPG
The Magister is a procedurally generated RPG mixed with the logic games of Phoenix Wright.
You play a traveling judge for a fantasy steampunk empire investigating the murder of a fellow judge. Like a game of Clue, the city layout and cast of suspects is the same every time, but the details of the murder and the motivations of the suspects changes every time.
At first the suspects give you the run-around, but as you finish various RPG quests for them and gain their trust, they start opening up about the details, giving you opportunities to catch them in logical inconsistencies and forcing them to give more info. You have 14 days to figure out the murderer and gather sufficient evidence to make an airtight case.
Carrying out the various quests to loosen suspects' lips is done through a variety of minigames like an old Microprose game ala. Pirates! or Sword of the Samurai. Combat is grid-based tactical battles with action cards based on your equipment and skills, negotiation is done by an abstract deck-builder game, stealth takes place in real-time as you avoid vision cones, and so on.
Your character is randomly generated each run with skills in either a physical, mental, or cunning skill tree. You also start out with a serious character flaw that limits certain options. Even if you stick to a single skill tree, you will not be able to unlock every skill in a single run.
The main downside of the game is the incredibly rough graphics. Especially combat on maps with gorges and other large impassible obstacles where it's hard to tell where exactly the gaps to squeeze through actually are. I hope this is successful enough to release an HD version with cleaned up graphics in the future
It's a game that's more than the sum of its parts, something I didn't know I needed in my game collection but now I'm thankful to have it. If you like RPGs, deck-building, and Clue, you'll love The Magister.
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