Very short and simple/straightforward/easy adventure that doesn't take itself too seriously but doesn't crack into parody. Big plus is the stylish hand drawn graphics that reminds of 90's adventures and of course the exotic voodoo theme taken from the different point of view than Gabriel Knight - in a way it's a kind of post-colonial take but don't wory, it doesn't rub your nose in it. Light game for one afternoon - if you're ready for this, you will enjoy - at least I did. But don't expect some hard core puzzles or rich story. It workes with noir tropes and does it good.
BS5 has the feeling of the old adventure games, jet it is very accesible for uskilled and casual players. The game is very linear and problems are almost allways solvable in one screen, but the game is written so well it mostly doesn't matter (in contrary with ABC murders or most of the Sherlock Holmes series) + Nice handdrawn graphics, good voice acting, adeqaute lenght and difficulty, serious theme, hint system, well-written - The humour is too childish and some problems have too unrealistic solutions for the grown-up theme, George behaves like a dick, everyone moves sooo sloooweeelyyy it actually hurts
It's more like an interactive movie - all is set, all is linear, there is no room to get stuck, and most of the game is, well, unnecessary - that counts for inspecting suspect that tells you, what you allready knew, all the "ego points", you will never use, "moustaches" and other archievement gained for things you have to do to progress... I think the game could be best descibed by the "riddle" where you compare letters - it is a nice idea, but it is very easy and you have to do it multiple times for no reason. Same goes for the mind net. If you do not know the story - the game could be interesting for you, because it follows the book with just little to none changes. But if you do know it, there is like no reason for you to play - there is not even an alternative ending like in the previous Agatha Christie games. The Good: Story (if you do not know is allready), subtle background music, atmosphere, voices (mostly), background graphics The Bad: Too easy, not really a game, no challenges, artificially prolonged content, hollow, constant annoying pop-ups The Ugly: Face animations, voices (some)
