Posted on: November 6, 2018

dan1138

Игр: 230 Отзывов: 7

Fun, but a bit rough

If you're a fan of logic puzzles or murder mysteries, this is a must-buy. I enjoyed the hell out of it. The core of the game is great; name the sailor, name their method of death, and who killed them. I've got a few issues/nitpicks, though, mostly with the tension between the narrative and the game design: One, the graphical conceit doesn't really work. I get why it's there, the game is very much in line with the barely-disguised logic textbooks that used to be all PC games were, and it trims down on distractions, but it doesn't quite jibe with the more modern mechanics. I wish it were an option instead of a default. Two, the structure is a bit pushy, with a countdown on exploring the environment followed with you being locked in place to move on to the next corpse in many chapters. This makes game design sense but considering the game is built on careful observation (and taking your time), and since you don't get the very useful audio/subtitles openings played back for you after the first time, it can feel like you're being shoved through the story. Finally, the "fates answered in threes" conceit makes brute-forcing every third fate, and thus breaking the narrative, way too easy. It's clear we're supposed to follow the narrative, as the game tells us when we can conclude the fates of certain people by putting them into "focus," but as early as the opening chapter, that falls apart. In short, great game, a lot of fun, but the narrative and the game design are sometimes at odds in ways one or the other needed to be tweaked to be resolved.

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Posted on: November 7, 2018

Hogget

Владелец игры

Игр: 206 Отзывов: 1

What a complete package.

Everything from atmosphere, character design, puzzle design, voice acting and background music to Graphic style, controls, pacing of the game and sense of achievement is crafted to perfection. No follow-up episodes or DLC everything is delivered as intended in the amazing puzzle. I found myself flipping through maps and crew rosters while walking a ship at sea discovering amazing mysteries in a non chronological pace. The pieces of the puzzle gives you just enough hint to keep going while keeping you interested in solving this mystery, As the narrative unfolds you get to know the implicated people and understand the motives and affairs that took place during this interesting voyage. As said it is a complete package where the sequence is up to the details you perceive the overarching narrative is a very controlled experience. There is no moving people in this game. You do not meet 1 other person that is not completely still. Think about it. Its anti physical action/strobelights in your face and more a creeping experience that unfolds into grand scale. Thank you Lucas Pope - this was an amazing experience. Learned a lot about old ships, crews etc. along the way. Pretty cool too :)

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Posted on: November 7, 2018

Tazoika

Владелец игры

Игр: 131 Отзывов: 3

Murder puzzle with 60 moving pieces

A ship lost at sea, now found again, void of life. You're an insurance agent who's job is to investigate what happened to every single crew member and passenger on the ship. To help you on your way, your employer has given you a magical pocketwatch that allows you to see the moment of a person's death. And so you explore a number of scenes trying to figure out, who is who and what happened to them. The gameplay involves mainly looking around and making connections (in your head) and looking at your little book and making more connections. You need to fill out the victim's name and the way they died, and - if they were murdered - who killed them. Wild guesses won't get you too far, since the game only confirms correct answers after every three correct guesses. It does help a bit, though, since that means all your other guesses at the time must be incorrect. I took about 5 hours to find all scenes and I got about half the crew correct. After you unlock all scenes, you have the option to leave and end the game, but you can rewind the save and come back to complete your book. The story of the ship has huge gaps, but that's by design. The game *is* filling out those gaps with deduction, intuition and imagination. You start from the final chapter (of the ship) and it's pretty straight forward since there's just a handful of people left on the ship. As you continue, the scenes become more complex with ten or more characters in almost every chapter. Each chapter is a short story or a scene and you get to investigate the 3D image of each death that happens in that time. I recommend this game if you enjoy gathering information and making deductions. And you'll need a bit of patience if you want to fully compete it.

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Posted on: December 16, 2018

h_bobbletoff

Владелец игры

Игр: 155 Отзывов: 1

A gigantic, wonderful logic puzzle

I picked this up because I like mystery/puzzle games, and it satisfied my urge perfectly. The presentation is wonderful, using old-school computer graphics that evoke 19th century ink prints, and atmospheric music, especially the plucky stings that accompany screen changes and pop ups. The voice acting is also great. The puzzle itself is reminiscent of grid or table-based logic puzzles, with the main thrust of this game being the identification of its protagonists. The big difference is that there are no logic statements to combine and compare - instead you are given a series of still-shot tableaus to walk around and examine, together with some dialogue. Very little is spelled out for you - the only things you are given are the location of the bodies, the continuity of characters between different scenes, and some info on their jobs and nationality. Despite the similarity to a logic puzzle, you cannot, in fact, use pure logic to work everything out. You will need to use contextual clues and a sometimes a bit of constrained guesswork to find some of the answers. The answers themselves are validated in sets of threes to discourage brute forcing, but also to avoid the complete uncertainty of no validation, which I found to be a nice balance. In reaction to some of the reviews here, I never needed to completely brute force an answer, but there were times I need to cycle through a couple of options to find the right one. At the risk of spoilers, I will also say there isn't much in the way of big twists or sudden reveals. That isn't to say the ending isn't clever or a little bit funny, but the reveal is gradual, the story getting clearer as you solve the puzzle. I also got invested in some of the characters, including some that have very little dialogue, just from seeing how they reacted to the events as they unfolded. This game manages to be a fresh take on puzzle games despite using some old ideas, and it is executed close to perfection. Fully recommended.

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Posted on: November 6, 2018

lasalace

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Игр: 42 Отзывов: 1

A must have

Your brain will boil. Your eyes will bleed. Your hands will pull your hair out of your head. but in the end you will know what satifaction means.

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