DETECTIVE - Rainy night

The Demo was very promising at first so I was looking forward to play the whole game. The story is short and the game environment overall is in a small sphere. Currently there are some annoying bugs which are destroying a fluent gameplay. In my opinion a fluent experience should be mandatory for a game with this concept. I'd like to see some improvements for the future. Some dialogues are very stiff and suddenly mid-game the game rushes you into some political discussions with the npcs. Also the notebook 'feature' doesn't seem to work very well. I for example had only two clues written down - where other players had a lot of entries in their notebooks. Also some translations are extremly weird. I was wondering wth "Sacales" was. Some questions in day 4 refer with "it" and then with "he" to the creature - very odd. I saw a lot potential in this game, as of today I can't recommend it. K148, I appeal to you - please do some QoL changes to this game.

I have no idea why this game has mixed reviews. I loved it. The game was beautiful. The dialogue was better than a lot of other games I have played. I don’t think that the game got weirdly political as some other others have written in their reviews. The characters were simply having a conversation and we were learning more about them in the process. To me it felt like a lot of love went into this game. As a result, I will give their other games a try as well despite the fact that the reviews are not great.

I first came across Detective: Rainy Night when I played the demo last year, and I remember being genuinely excited about the premise. The atmosphere, the rainy noir setting, and the idea of solving a mystery had a lot of promise. It felt like the kind of small indie detective story that could really lean into its mood and storytelling. Unfortunately, after playing the full release, it didn’t quite live up to the expectations that the demo set. One of the biggest surprises was just how short the game is. I went in expecting a bit more depth to the mystery and the world, but the experience ended much sooner than anticipated. Because of that, the story never really has time to properly develop, and it ends up feeling a little surface level. The narrative itself also felt a bit robotic at times. Conversations tend to be very direct and matter of fact, with very little emotional weight behind them. In a game that relies heavily on story and atmosphere, that lack of emotion makes the characters and events feel less impactful than they probably should. Another thing that stood out was the lack of actual gameplay. The experience often feels more like being guided step by step through the story rather than truly investigating anything yourself. Handholding isn’t always a bad thing, especially in narrative driven games, but here it takes away from the eerie detective vibe the game was so close to achieving. It feels like it wanted to create that tense investigative atmosphere but never quite gave the player the freedom to engage with it. I picked the game up on sale, and even then I still felt that the price point was a little high for what’s actually there. Personally, it feels more like a £1 to £3 experience based on the length and depth of the content. That said, it’s not something I wouldn’t recommend. If you can grab it at a steep discount and you’re just looking for a short, quick playthrough with a moody rainy atmosphere, it might still be worth a look. Just go in with the expectation that it’s a very brief and fairly simple experience rather than a deep detective mystery.

>>> IT SEEMS THAT STEAM REVIEWS ARE RENDERING WEIRDLY ON THE GAME PAGE, PRESS THE RATING TO SEE THE REVIEW PROPERLY FORMATTED<<< [code]This game was [b]NOT[/b] provided by the publisher. [code]This review is brought to you by the Steam Curator [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45134176-Indie-hideout/]Indie hideout[/url].[/code] [table] [tr] [th]👾 Played till completion, will keep playing or dropped?[/th] [th]Played till completion[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]🗒️ English quality[/th] [th]10/10[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]💬 Is there a discord?[/th] [th]Yes, link on the right side of the store page.[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]🛠️ Modding capability?[/th] [th]No[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]🎮 Gameplay[/th] [th]Walking simulator with a supernatural mystery vibe[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]😖 Who might be interested in this game?[/th] [th]You want a short story packaged in some simple straight forward gameplay.[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]🙎 Art/3D Asset quality[/th] [th]4/10[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]🧍 Protagonist gender[/th] [th]Male[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]🐛 Bugs experienced during gameplay[/th] [th]None, disregarding some weird door clipping[/th] [/tr] [/table] [h1]Overview[/h1] You're a police officer, checking in at a motel for the night. Little do you know you're in for a very unsettling five days. [h1]Technical[/h1] Unreal Engine. Doesn't really do much with the engine, everything here can pretty easily be put together with any engine. It's competent at what it sets out to do, so don't have any criticism to put on the technical side aside from the cursor remaining on screen after using the notebook (press esc to open the game menu, then press esc again, and the cursor should go away) [h1]Voicework[/h1] NA - None [h1]Overall Review[/h1] This one is a bit tricky. It does what it sets out to, it tells a story, and it doesn't let the gameplay get in the way of said story. I'll avoid spoiling much of the story, as that's really what this game comes to the table with, but it's a similar feel to 'Until Dawn', though the production quality is quite a bit lower, and wearing the skin of a detective game, though it doesn't do much with it. All objectives are clearly laid out, you won't be confused about what to do as it always says EXACTLY what you need to do in the upper right, down to eating instructions. At the end of the day, this is a charming indie horror game. It's simple, not very scary, it could do with a bit more polish, but it's very charming, and interesting enough that I'm happy I gave it a spin. At 85 minutes for the playthrough, it's a decently interesting distraction. The main tipping point here is the price. At 10,79€ it's way too expensive for what it is... 5 or so would be more reasonable, and probably boost sales a bit. I'll give it a recommendation, but only if you can get it with at least 40% discount, preferably 50 or more. [/code]

[h1]汽车旅馆闹鬼杀人事件 [/h1] [h2]前言： [/h2] 一个篇幅不长的恐怖推理悬疑游戏，建模相对来说没有那么精细，操作基本都是靠键盘和鼠标，其中鼠标右键可以做很多事情，遇到一些线索就可以记在自己的笔记本上，很多对话里可能就藏着细节。 [h2]剧情： [/h2] 玩家扮演的主角是一名警察，调查案子途中路过一家汽车旅馆过夜住宿，结果第二天却发现楼下住客正在讨论着这座小镇现在被暴雨封锁无法出去，经典的暴风雪山庄开局，没电没信号汽车启动不了，然后我们就和另外几个客人一起被困在了这座汽车旅馆里。 后续就是通过和各种客人对话、跑腿然后推进剧情，慢慢地发现每个人似乎都有点隐瞒的事情，而这个被困事件似乎也并不简单，更多灵异的事情也发生了。 [h2]游玩感想：[/h2] 开局经典的氛围感拉满，被封锁的汽车旅馆、昏暗的走廊尽头、各有秘密的住客，整体感觉像是一部悬疑恐怖片，但是推理方面感觉还是偏弱了，比起用线索推理更多的是奇怪的充填时间的送东西任务。 然后这个动画和配音还有建模确实是拉跨了一些，有时候还会有穿模和平移的情况出现。 另外当使用中文字幕时，有些地方的字幕里会有半句话没翻译、另外半句话又翻译了的情况出现。 [h2]总结： [/h2] 《DETECTIVE - Rainy night》是一款恐怖推理悬疑游戏，推理成分相对较少。玩家需要扮演一名警察，路过汽车旅馆住宿却意外被大雨困住，同时被困住的还有另外几名住客，每个人似乎都心怀鬼胎。同时灵异和死亡事件开始出现，玩家需要通过审问调查来拼凑线索，然后推进剧情。游戏的建模、动画、配音的成本较低，操作手感一般，会有一些莫名其妙的任务环节，当作恐怖小品游戏对待还可以。 [quote]关注「[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/45531088] 鸢尾花 [/url]」[/quote] [u][b] 致那一朵未至鸢尾花 [/b][/u]

It was just ok. No detective work was made. the demo was started interesting but it was just ok....

My husband lied to me.... he said this wasnt scary ( i cant play scary or horror games at all) so to my surprised it is... but I loved it. Really hope you guys come out with another one to know the lore.

Куча багов, не страшно, плохая история

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This was a really good game I will be recommending it to others.