Best Served Cold

侦探角色塑造得也太差了……

단서 결합하는 게 약간 노가다지만 추리게임 좋아하면 취향에 잘 맞을 것 같아요! 재밌습니다

처음에는 흥미로웠는데 하면 할수록 지루해서 여기서 포기함 단서 조합 눌러가면서 새로운 단서 있나 없나 보는 거 진짜 심각하게 재미없음. 추리 게임이라고 샀는데 추리하는 맛도 안 남 그냥 포인트 앤 클릭이랑 다를 바가 없음

I initially played the demo for Last Night, Last Call before playing this but decided to give this ago because the demo was so good and to get to know the general setting and some characters who return in LNLC. This is incredibly charming. The crimes you solve are interesting and characters feel like fleshed out people with nuance and depth, many of whom even change over time. Given that I played the new game demo I did have a slight edge when solving some of the cases by presuming that if a suspect appeared in the LNLC demo they'd be innocent. Still, this did nothing to make me enjoy this game or the process any less. I think the game is well-paced and the mechanics are solid. It's not impossible to lock yourself into failing to solve a case but I think it's pretty hard. Personally, I play these types of games for story over challenge but felt there was a good balance between directing or giving me subtle hints and leaving me to make connections myself. I think the cases were all interesting but did find the last case to be a bit more bare than the rest. BUT it did connect beautifully to the tutorial case at the start so for that alone I can't complain. It's minor, but I wish the save system was slightly tweaked. The game does often quicksave and you can manually save but I wish once you solved a crime it was just unlocked and you could start fresh from there without having to rely on saving on day 1 yourself. Overall this isn't a long game (especially if you marathon your games like I do) but it's incredibly fun, has oodles of charm, and does make you want to keep going to really make sure you figured out the who, how, and why.

A very fun mystery game! All the characters have dimension and each case requires some solid thought to connect clues. The artwork and music are also phenominal

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Detective games are my thing. I love having to think things through and not be handed the answer when it comes to puzzles. Sadly, this game is relatively rinse and repeat each case and you literally ARE handed the answers. HOWEVER, I DID enjoy playing this game. It was very very repetitive and you do the same thing the entire game. The only thing that changes are the cases themselves. I did enjoy each character and they were all very different which was refreshing. I did love that your relationship with them grows over time and conversations are manipulated by how intoxicated you get them. I did wish the drink mixing aspect of the game was a little more actually bartend-y and not a 2 second mini game. I did like each case and how the stories flow. If you are into actual detective style games like Golden Idol, Obra Dinn, Roottrees, etc, this game might bore you a bit. Overall, it was a good game, not bad or awful by any means, just not what I look for in a detective game. 7/10 because it was enjoyable, just not a game where I had to use much brainpower.

Игра более интересная чем я предполагал изначально. Признаюсь ожидал небольшой детектив на одну главу, одно дело - как это обычно бывает с большинством детективных игр в стиме. Но игра приятно удивила. Когда выполнял первое дело, честно, подумал что кроме атмосферы ничего прям особенного нет. Преступник очевидный (Даже слишком, думал что это ложный след), персонажи на половину зацепок особенно ничего не говорят, ну атмосфера приятная и ладно, закончу и начну что-то другое. На деле же оказалось, что первое дело - чисто туториал, возможно прочувствовать атмосферу и как всё будет работать. И туториал это хороший на самом деле, плавно и глубоко вплетается в последующую историю, даёт экспозицию мира и персонажей, впринципе, спокойно мог бы быть отдельной небольшой игрой, почему собственно у меня в начале и сложилось обманчивое впечатление об игре. Говоря об персонажах кратко - они весьма на высоте. Я конечно немного предвзят, так как мне изначально понравилась и рисовка, и атмосфера временного периода, но я получил даже больше чем ожидал. Персонажи достаточно хорошо прописаны и что, для меня лично, было даже более интересно - это то что они меняются по мере повествования. И не в смысле что приходят другие персонажи, хотя и такое тоже происходит, но и уже имеющиеся персонажи сильно меняются в характере и поведении из-за событий происходящих в основном сюжете. Учитывая что основной геймплей игры это общение и дедукция, я считаю что тот факт что персонажей получилось сделать интересными - наиболее важен. В целом абсолютно могу порекомендовать, особенно если нравится сам жанр детективных игр или было желание попробовать.