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The problems some others who said "not recommended" had with it didn't really bother me. I liked the story enough; I've always been a sucker for ones that mess with time and clearly have a lot of branching paths, even if it's linear and very obvious when there's an intended final move. It was incredibly easy for me to overlook the flaws, including the ones detailed below and the ones listed by others, just due to the original concept and narrative execution. The typos are not that egregious; they don't show up enough that the game is any harder to play, and they aren't bad enough that a word is too warped to understand. While stats do exist and a degree of career customization that in theory affects your moves, it didn't ultimately affect my decisions much and served more as headcanon. That said, I found it somewhat hard to engage in, mainly because there isn't a core character base. The only real constant is you - that is, the two main characters you create - and Alex, your client, and even he doesn't show up much because he spends much of the game waiting for you to figure stuff out on your own. This makes it so that none of the characters feel real, as if they're just cardboard cutouts that exist for you to ask questions of before disappearing. And as someone who likes Choicescript games for stories and narrative rather than actual intelligence, I don't really like events that require meticulous thought and have wrong answers (as is with the deduction tasks here). This is just personal preference; I can understand why someone would think differently. I also didn't really like that there wasn't an option to turn photos off, meaning I got jumpscared a couple times, but that's a minor gripe and worth basically nothing. And the ending was very unsatisfying. The first one I got was where I killed the leader of the story's antagonists. In theory it's a huge victory, but I didn't actually realize this person was the leader until the story told me at the last page. I didn't care because it wasn't set up that this person was of any significance whatsoever; I don't even think I read his name once before that final scene. I ended it feeling rather underwhelmed. I would still recommend it if you're looking for a good journey, and despite that disappointment I will probably replay it sometime in the future.

For the Lovers of H.P. Lovecrafts 's Books this text game will be a fitting choice to play. This story take place in Scotland in a little old fishing town and lapse between two time periods the middle of the 2000s and the 2016 following a private investigation: The man who hired you think there is more behind the murder of his sister and ask you to find the truth behind her death as the police already closed the case, The player could choose between 3 distinct background: A true Private Investigator (start with a Gun) , Criminal (more able in lockpicking some doors you will otherwise have to avoid) , Scholar (have more knowledge on occult subjects). Each role give some perks and I noticed will lock you on some route of investigation: You will visit more than one place and meet different people who you could talk to but there just so much you could do (after enough choices picked you will have to go back your hotel) and this will prevent you to get all the informations you need to understand what truly is going on. You could have a "Buddy" or informant you could call who is specialized in a different "class" than yours (I didn't really used much this help as is aviable only when you are at the hotel but I think will allow you to reach information otherwise unaviable in the role you picked). I have to give credits to the author as his writing is really good and make you really feel like you have a investigation going on (To the player is given a case folder where you could review the stats (Sanity of course is an important factor and will be determined by the facts you will uncover and how much paranoid you will act, in some cases in the story is good to be it ;-), you will have autopsy reports, diagram of the house, newspaper clips on the accident and plenty of ways to solve the case and there will be times where your "deductions" are called on by the game asking you for the right answers and the answer you gives will determine on how much credibility you have by the end (or even if you can survive, in the prologue you're given a easy time but later you will not know if you given the right answer until you die or go mad) also you will be given the choice to call the man who hired you and give him reports on your findings (Or you could keep what you uncover all for yourself). In the End aside the cover who made me refrain from playing it early this is really a good immersive dark-horror story and extremely enjoyable to play (If you are into lovecraft horror of course =). would rate it 10/10 as one of the best in the Hosted games library I played so far.

Really enjoyed this one! It's different from the other Choice-titles I've read, telling a much darker and more sinister story. The writing is good, atmosphere dark and foreboding with the general sense of Lovecraftian terror. Enjoyable read, but definitely a different type of experience.

One of the best CYOA games I have played. If you like Lovecraftian horror you'll love this, and it has insane value for the price tag.

pretty decent, mentioned keanu reeves. did my best to re enact john wick in the most minimalistic of actions. curious story, i liked it. though i guess its more because of how a friend introduced me to lovecraftian fiction.

Couldn't get through this one. I found it to be a very slow game. The people you talk to won't say much or give mundane answers. Some of the locations you go to you find nothing. I just got bored with it, and decided to play something else.

This is some creepy ♥♥♥♥. I loved it. Do yourself a favour and play through the prologue. Keep a brief note on each named person you come across. It starts slow, but ramps up faster and faster.

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Great story

Clearly written by an American with next to no understanding of Scottish village life, this includes the shocking way they have shown the "accent" in text which doesn't match up with where the story is set