Detective Worden

Ставлю плюс игре за идею. А так я назвала бы это не игрой, а её демоверсией. Очень коротенькая история. Сама идея мне понравилась: заставило пошевелить мозгами, вспомнить английский. Очень классная идея для того, у кого английский иностранный язык. Формально русский перевод есть, но переводили, видимо, с онлайн переводчиком. Слова-отгадки все на английском, поэтому, человеку, не владеющим языком, покупать игру не стоит. Очень жаль, что по сути, детектив раскрыл только одно дело и по итогу только и задаешься вопросом: и что, а дальше что, а сюжет-то будет? Игра на пару часов максимум, и то, если будешь постоянно отвлекаться на домашние дела. Жаль, что идею не развили, я бы поиграла в полноценную версию.

Нескладний пазл на відгадування слів побудований як детективна історія, є нова гра плюс, щоденний челенж та вільний режим. Якщо фанати жанру - забирайте, якщо просто шукаєте якусь нескладну гру для ачівок/статистики - беріть на знижках.

If you hope this will be a detective game because of the name, you will be sorely disappointed. It's wordle set to the rhythm of a relatively tropey detective story, where the context of what's presently being discussed in the case is (usually) a clue to the word you're trying to guess. If you fail enough during the story, you get a bad ending. It starts out with 4 letter words, and goes up to 7. I'll be honest, I don't really care for Wordles with over 5 letters, and actively dislike 7+. That said, predicting the answer based on the context of a case feels pretty satisfying, and adds a dimension to the wordle puzzle style that helps offset this game from the work it derives from.

🔹 EXPECTATIONS: a narrative Wordle/Mastermind game. 🔹 REALITY: a Wordle/Mastermind game with a separate narrative. 🔶 Detective Worden takes the gameplay mechanics of Mastermind (aka Wordle) and adds a narrative to it. If you're unfamiliar, you need to guess a 4-7 letters long word only knowing if letters are present in the final word and if they're in the right position or not, from previous guesses. 🔸 You start with a blind guess, then a letter is marked grey if it's not in the secret word, orange if it is but it's in the incorrect position, or green if it is correctly placed. You can use the keyboard or the in-game typewriter, which also comes with a handy button to remove all unused letter. 🔸 And then there is the narrative part. I was expecting the secret words to be key words for developing the plot, so that there is a purpose to the gameplay, but it's not the case. The words are loosely connected to the crime topic at best, giving a sense of disconnection between gameplay and story. 🔸 The story itself is compelling in the beginning but quickly starts to jump from suspect to suspect, never focusing on one thread, involving people of whom you don't have their images (which personally gives me a hard time) and crossing with another case from the past. It was hard to follow. 🔸 The game 4 chapters, for a total of 33 words to find, but I didn't play it in one session, so by the time I returned, I was completely lost. The game keeps past evidence on a side screen, but it doesn't include a full summary of events or characters' profiles. 🔸 Detective Worden is a glorified version of Mastermind/Wordle in the good sense. Exact same mechanics but with a story to accompany you while you guess the words, although the two don't go hand in hand. If you like the original, this is the same with a noir style. POSITIVES: 🙂+ 😄+ 😍+ NEGATIVES: 🙁- 😠- no summary of events 😡- [quote]For more puzzle game reviews, news and everything puzzle-related, follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/25928931-Puzzle-Lovers/]Puzzle Lovers[/url] and check out our [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/puzzlelovers]Steam group[/url].[/quote]

玩法比较有新意，即通过字母颜色、位置在字数限制中推测单词还原案件。可惜联想范围限定的很窄，推理性也不强，比起悬疑解谜更倾向于字谜推论 联想词举例: 刘易斯尸检查出镇静剂成分，我想到的：有计划的谋杀（SLAIN），答案：布置（SETUP）； 西蒙被证实有动机但是有不在场证明，我想到的：共犯（ABETS）/子嗣（CHILD），答案：不在场证明（ALIBI）; 查到理查德和刘易斯关系后，我想到的：西蒙是清白的（CLEAN），答案：被栽赃的（PLANT） 案件流程比较短，不过推下来确实挺顺的，人物关系也都很明确，感兴趣的可以一试 PS：虽然有官中，但游戏本身是纯英文填词，中翻其实影响了一些英文自带的提示。如果中文推不明白可以试试英文

brilliant idea that 100% fumbles it in the first step. supposedly, the wordle gameplay is related to the "clues" they give you about the case, but it really isn't. every answer feels either cheap or out of left field. does it want me to talk about the body in the picture? or the wine bottle in the back of the picture? in no way would I ever have guessed "pose" was supposed to be about the body, because he does indeed look like a guy who got stabbed and fell to the ground dead. I have no idea where this detective is going in even one of his thought processes. the tapes are meandering and boring and then nothing's written down or left on the screen after they end; if I wasn't listening, I have to listen to the entire tape again. there could 100% be a written log of what's on the tape instead, and I get that they're going for drama, but the detective story seems like it's being told to me in the background of me trying to play wordle, entirely unrelated to my surroundings. the UI is neat & the sounds of the typewriter are crisp and pleasing, but holy cats batman I get better luck 100% guessing random words than trying to play with the detective on a case angle.

字谜太扯淡了，和题目几乎没有任何关系，完全靠wordle技能在猜。 但wordle挺好玩的。

Great game, good use of puzzles. No dumb supernatural story about how the puzzles save the world, it's just a fun puzzle game with a mystery story. Mechanics of the game work great, the typewriter that lets you remove invalid letters is exceptional, better than any similar puzzle game I've played