DAEMON MASQUERADE

Amazing. Took me until the very end to get most of the answers and I still had to consult a walkthrough for a couple of them.

An excellent game of deduction. The way the mechanics work allow you to naturally solve at your own pace, while at the same time making it so early solvers are still able to make new connections each day. And the story has some very clever twists, and, more importantly, is very very fun! The final puzzle, in particular, is the closest I've come to feeling like that Pepe Silva red string meme. If you want a relatively short game filled with endearing characters, tragedy, and an exceptionally creative combination of fantasy with mystery, definitely check this out!

Recommended for fans of Visual Novel Mystery games, Partial Recommend for fans of Deduction Puzzle games. I gave this a positive review, because it is a well-made game with a lot of character, beautiful art, and clearly a lot of love put into it. BUT: I was looking for a Roottrees/Obra Dinn/Golden Idol type of deduction experience. This game is much more like Umineko or maybe a little Ace Attourney. So if you like those games, I am pretty sure you will love this one. If you don't care for that, or "anime"-style visual novel stuff, then I'd say maybe give it a pass. I did not particularily enjoy the decuction aspects of the game. The mechanics are just not very solid. The way you present evidence to your little owl buddy feels janky and unclear. None of the solutions made me feel very smart for figuring them out. Other games have just done these things a lot better already. I also beat the game in 6 very casual hours, which feels pretty quick for the price point (15€ atm). The parts of the game that I can only describe as "anime moments" were a bit too much for me. Also, in one of the evidence pieces there is a party where people are naked with fig leaves over their private parts, and there is a black guy there with a huge banana leaf instead. I dunno...just not my style of humor I guess? The story is pure anime-style craziness. Again, I'm definitely not the target audience here. The art is absolutely beautiful! The game looks very nice overall. Some character poses are maybe used a bit much (looking at you, little owl buddy doing the Yao Ming meme face), but for a small project the quality and quantity is already insane so no complaints! So yeah, this kind of a Visual Novel with some storytelling done via light deduction puzzle mechanics. You will probably know within the first 20 minutes if the style and humor is for you. I stuck with it, to give it a fair shot, and felt a bit disappointed by the deduction aspects. HOWEVER! There is sort of a big reveal at the end that definitely surprised me and had me laughing, so I do not regret it! And if you like visual novel mysteries that get a bit unhinged, I am sure you will find a lot to love here.

um jogo de pura dedução com mecânicas bem simples mas que mesmo assim me fez ficar preso em algumas partes por bastante tempo. a narrativa é tão envolvente que as vezes eu esquecia completamente do meu objetivo e ia explorar mais sobre os elementos que foram deixados de lado só pra preencher as lacunas na história. me deixou com um gostinho de quero mais e espero que tenha uma sequência.

玩得非常快乐，文本量很大感谢汉化！本来以为要先破解一些普通案件收集线索，没想到很快就出现了超自然展开，参加魔灵假面舞会像开始圣杯战争加变成替身使者。 串联线索的推理解密过程非常有趣，可以直接在线索上写笔记特别直观很方便（还可以给人物照片涂鸦www），百科全书里的超大量魔灵设定虽然推理的用处不大但是很丰富很有想象力看得很爽。不讨厌包汉堡结局，大家都能快乐生活挺好的而且至少没有上价值喂鸡汤。

Very well thought through! This has to be the MOST interesting detective story I've seen someone create all within the visual novel framework. It's really impressive. Story is gripping. Art is original. Puzzles are well balanced and tricky, but not obtuse. Not a waste of money in my book.

Fantastic game