
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!
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A puppy named Teddy, found dead under mysterious circumstances. Master Reed, vanished in a bustling temple fair crowd. Years of grudges festering at the Shipwreck Wharf. Scattered newspapers and handwritten notes in an unknown prison... Traverse the eclectic districts of Dark Tide City and investigate a string of bizarre cases.
Recover the city's lost memories. Piece together the truth behind the city's fracture ten years ago. Kill. Judge. Or perhaps… kiss(?) the mastermind.


It pairs 3D HD environments with 2D pixel characters, creating a striking modern-vs-retro visual style, and offers a wide range of freely explorable locations across distinct districts, including the rusting steel jungle of a long-shuttered factory, the muddy Shipwreck Wharf built on stilts, the floating slum of the Pig Cage Walled City where Chinese tradition and neon lights bleed into one another, and the bustling, crowded streets of the Old Town District.


Freely choose how to improve your abilities: Strength, Spirit, Charm. Pick your own approach to each case: Play mind games? Grease some palms? Or just beat a confession out of the suspect?
Deduction System: Gather, analyze, and connect the clues. Craft your own unique investigation trail!


Meet the people of Dark Tide City and uncover the stories behind their masks... whether it's the sanctimonious Captain Theo, the fiery young Axel Flint (son of Griff Flint), the defiant Rafe Carter, the cheerful shutterbug Kiki, the elegant Mrs. Reed, the rumored hex-casting Priestess, the warm-hearted fishmonger Auntie Bass, or the foul-mouthed little rascal Chiffon.

The Shadow: A strange creature clinging to your back. It reads memories and reconstructs the traces of the dead.
"Don't worry, Lucas. We're just using each other. You use me to find the killer, and me? I love nothing more than feasting on the bizarre tales. Hahaha—!"
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SLIGHTLY SPOILER-ISH REVIEW: This game was an amazing experience and I'm glad I gave it a chance! Your choices matter a lot, which always makes newgame+ really fun and interesting. Every single character was written extremely well. Some of my favorite scenes were from ones you could potentially never see if you forget to talk to one NPC. The scene of Rochester and Florian after the clinic debacle and before you first leave for the Wharf was heart-wrenching, more than I had ever thought it could be, and I hated them the moment I met them! The situation with Sully as well...we could help him work, have a drink with him, talk about his past and troubles, etc. I was so heartbroken during the "exposal" scene. I genuinely felt betrayed seeing that he was "involved" too. Even with him being involved, it truly never was just black and white. Every scene with Celestia and Agnes Reed killed me, especially playing as a woman. I really do hope that if we get a sequel or another game in this specific series, we get to see Celestia, her brother, and Kiki + Max again. I'm a big sucker with the main point of a revolution's purpose to want better for the future generations. Reporter Lin was amazing despite us getting very little of her. I could go on and on about every character, especially my favorites, Agnes and Lucas. Story wise this game is a solid 10/10 (albeit I am a bit biased). I'm even planning on making some fanart of them!! Gameplay wise I can't say much, I think my biggest gripe might've been not being able to run haha. The maps were small enough to where it wasn't an issue, I just backtrack a lot even when I don't need to. Finding clues and connecting them were fun as well. I'd definitely recommend giving this game a try!! I would also recommend reading every little note no matter how long, I don't think I would have cared for Rochester or Florian as much if not for their notes. Play this game for the beautiful art and endless fishing if you want to instead of story!!
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
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看到逍遥散人在玩果断入手,可以看出一些地方略显粗糙,但是整体我觉得还是很不粗的。 优点: 1. 推理的过程和反转很吸引我。尤其是工厂里知道三个帅哥的地方 2. 一些人物还是挺有特点 缺点: 1. 感觉整体世界观试图揉进去的东西太多了,有时候有点跳戏:已经是现代服装了但是是封建制度 2. 有一些小Bug,不过瑕不掩瑜,看到最后5个制作人名单和3个实习生很是敬佩了
先说优点,这种的宏大叙事的题材一般都很难写好,这里能写完,剧情能流畅写完已经吊打近十年类似题材的游戏了。结合时代背景,玩家代入感也是比较强的。立绘和像素画风比较符合我胃口。 缺点的话,在推理方面引导给的不是很够,有赶工的痕迹。然后影子作为最大的伏笔到最后也没有回收,感觉会有dlc或者第二部。支持一手
美术上参考The last night结合中式风格完成的不错, 各个案件看似独立实际上最后又都回归于主线,是设计得很用心的故事。缺点是每次到跟影子对话和最后嘴遁的时候尴尬到不行,推理方面线索顺序安排有些问题,有些核心信息在一些普通对话就早早暴露出来,导致中期有些关键解密没有什么惊喜,还有一些剧情设定上的逻辑硬伤问题,这些细节其实要修改也比较容易,因为跟主线和立意没有太强关联。总体来说瑕不掩瑜,值得一玩。
Positives: Lovely artstyle Multiple choices, multiple endings Story with so many twists. Memorable characters (I didn't mind the english VA for the most of it except for Mrs Carter/Bass) Long enough and replayable. Negatives Most of the 'action' felt a bit meaningless Only the conversations felt like they had impact Evidence links tell you when you're right so you can just link random ones until it tells you it's correct I'd definitely recommend giving it a go; it's worth the price, there's a lot to do and the game can somewhat be played your own way
1、没有玩demo,直接看推荐页奔着案件推理介绍入的,第一次在电脑上接触这类剧情推理游戏。给我一种在电脑上打剧本杀的感觉,属于变格还原本,但打完第一个场景给我的印象就是:案件不多而且过于简单。 2、“杀死影子”,我原以为男主会是双重人格,并且到最后会摆脱这个影子的束缚,可惜中后期游戏完全朝着叙事抒情的方向发展了,案件推理、还原情节大幅缩减,没有把这个影子的设定展开讲,而且案件推理实在是太简单了,可以说毫无挑战性,而且很少,与其说是推理游戏,不如说是多剧情对话游戏。我期待的电梯难题,密室杀人,延时杀人、雪地往返难题,建筑诡计,视野盲区等等,都没有,我觉得全场唯一不算亮点的亮点,只有神像后的密室那一块空间变换难题,而且它也不难。 3、但是剧情还算不错,反转和结局让人意想不到,表现力和衔接做的也比较优秀。还有多结局,多分支,再加上配音老师的感染力,看得出游戏是用心做的,也让我从一开始的失望到还不错,最后甚至在一周目通关后,我觉得这款游戏配得上优秀二字。 收尾的时候作者貌似留了一个悬念?如果有续作,我倒是希望能把这一代的坑填上,尤其是作为游戏名的这个“影子” [strike]剧情:8 推理:4 综合:6[/strike] 当然,剧本杀和推理游戏的制作成本和周期大相径庭,不能用同一标准来衡量。如果作为剧本杀,毫无疑问的烂本,但作为独立游戏,是一个很优秀的作品。
看了散人的视频特意买来游玩游玩,开始看到能和国伟妈表白吸引住我了,游戏的自由度这么高吗,游戏的配音很接地气,是这个游戏最大的亮点。推理简单不算难。剧情有点短,本来以为到了猪笼只是游戏的起点,没想到主要展开就在这里了。只有8个小时的游戏内容对于60元的价位来说确实太短了点。而且其他NPC不能攻略很遗憾,和阮太太铺垫这么多到最后连个在一起的名分也没有。前面铺垫的南北矛盾也不见了感觉游戏更像个半成品,只是刚把南方的故事讲完(不完全讲完还差和阮太太在一起的时间线)期待会出DLC吧,或者是把剧情补充完整。南北战争的爆发,军人好感度的伏笔回收(和阮太太的感情线)这些做完感觉才是完全体,现在的感觉太像半成品了。后面也确实推理不再是主旋律了,更多像是在看故事。希望能够补充一下故事的完整性(和阮太太的感情线求你了影爹求你补给我们吧)出DLC也好,把南北矛盾彻底消除或者激化才是故事彻底完整了并且把推理拉回正轨(阮太太补充感情线,戏都一起看了,最后还不在一起怎么可以啊,而且这个主角前后转变也大后面都不答阮太太的话了,明明一开始能看出俩人是互相有意思的,现在变成阮太太但相思了人家都说我能抱抱你吗,你让人家抱一下怎么了。补充阮太太感情线补充阮太太感情线补充阮太太感情线)
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