
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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9.5个小时通关撒花!打出完美结局。 个人评分:7/10。剧情还挺不错的,环环相扣,值得推荐。
7.5/10 8h通关,应该是打出了算是true end。 玩法挺有意思,总的来说还是线性游戏,选择虽然影响后续但也没有那么大,结局还是会收束。 剧情有短板,其实前三章小人物的故事都挺有意思,按照我个人价值观反正能做的任务全做了,都还挺有趣。后面的剧情给得太猛了,中间关于民俗和女性命运和最后的大底太割裂了,风格几乎接不上。 文案有点堆砌辞藻内味儿了,并不是长难句才叫是好的望周知…… [spoiler] 薛军这个角色还不错,最后他的自杀是他人物的弧光,他所做的一切和坚持源于他心目中的正确,所以他某种意义上并不是坏人。[spoiler] 其实想要做这个主题是好的,但是男主比起侦探某种意义上更像侠客,感觉多少有点想要的太多了于是都没做到太好的意思。 不过总体上还行,作为国产想讲这些故事还挺好,能再打磨打磨就好了!
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
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推理的部份沒有參與感,基本上有甚麼點甚麼都能過,劇情緊湊,發現背後故事有成功感 缺點:手把操作是反人類
不赖
刚玩了序章好评就可以先给上了。氛围做的很不错,配音本土化做的很好,推理的内里还不知道,但这个壳儿已经可以让我先把好评给上了。 制作组要不直接让鼠标能走路得了呗,你这个操作一会儿要键盘,一会儿要鼠标,一个很费烟的游戏,不能单手玩实在是遗憾
還行
还不错的小品游戏吧,游戏性比较完整,除了人物的属性好像意义不大。题材基于历史发挥,分支比较多但是个线性故事。 有些地方细节感觉不太能经得起推敲,但整体玩着观感是不错的,期待下作。
好玩,挺好的游戏,支持。
阮太太设计得对主角初始好感度这么高,我还以为是以前两个人就有过故事,结果并没有,并且结局两个人好像也没什么发展,再设计出这些加好感的剧情让人感觉很意义不明。最后薛军的话也确实给我看笑了,不说后面做的那些畜生事情前面这些经历确实太搞人心态了,本来就是因为你在整个局势里面起了至关重要的作用大伙跑来劫狱,结果玩命救出来个不相干的人,心态一下子爆炸了,但他要是再抗压一点整个局面也不至于如此。故事完整性尚可,整体给个7分应该还行,定价还是有些贵了。
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