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.
