Lurkers

Decent story, likable characters, okay music. Not a fan of the art style at all, though, and there are a lot of typos and just poorly worded sentences. So I kinda halfsies recommend and halfsies don't recommend, but eh. It entertained me for (almost) 2hrs and the price tag isn't too high, so no regrets. [spoiler]Also yay, ace character!!![/spoiler]

Sweet, short, cute, mostly linear with some gory details. In the book... Majority of the time it's "catching the bad guy", lil fluff romance and not much information about the characters at all. (Like one or two things...) The best part in all of this was: I asked the bad guy one question, something akin to "did you do it?" -> And he goes "duh!" (I edited his words). Such a proud criminal. Lol. So, overall, it ain't bad. I just wish we had more details to put the depth into characters and such, but oh well. If you are in the mood for some quick BL read? A mystery might await you.

a bit short but still really good

如果steam能打中评那我大概会给打个中评吧——我的英文阅读能力使我不完全信任我对剧情的理解，所以不好直接打差评。我只能说，如果一定要入建议打折时再入。 整个故事就是一个基于开膛手杰克案件的BL侦探小说。篇幅限制了角色描写的精细程度，也使得人物关系进展得过于迅速。一开始以为有什么神秘学要素在里面，结果并没有……到最后也没有解释某个通灵似的情况是怎么来的……那个情况明明在某人开始摄入某东西之前早就存在了，居然停止摄入就好转了……而侦探的部分，个人觉得也不够爽，可能是侦探角色本身太拉跨了，试图描写成“理性而冷酷”的地方因为这种拉跨变成了鲁莽。 最受不了的是某恋爱路线结局居然是做小三，一开始还以为对方会选择离婚来着（可能那个年代因为宗教问题不能随便离婚？），结果是要搞地下情……什么叫做同妻泪啊！ 个人感觉唯一的亮点就是那张地图让人感觉代入了那个年代。 —————————————————————————————— 这游戏有一点好处，就是它引发了我的思考：塑造一个侦探型角色时如何降低人们对他的好感？ [b]（注：以下总结的仅是本作里侦探角色塑造的缺点，而本作的侦探角色塑造也有优点，这些优点不在本清单中列出。所以请勿仅依据本清单来判定本作的角色塑造。）[/b] 1.让侦探针对“某甲是否是真凶”所下的判断（注：是下了判断，而不是增减了怀疑）反复横跳，而这种反复横跳并非是因为出现了实锤性质的新证据。或者说，侦探在并没有实锤的情况下用结论性的口吻说出飘忽不定的判断。 举例：[spoiler] 本作中侦探一会儿好像非常确定小记者是凶手（依据仅仅是小记者在对话中有隐瞒、有不寻常的爱好以及回到了案发现场），甚至因此打了小记者以逼供；一会儿又觉得小记者不是凶手（依据是小记者看起来不像是能冷酷杀人的人……而他甚至不考虑小记者有多重人格的可能），让主角不要在小记者身上浪费时间；一会儿又因为小记者突然开始狂奔说他就是凶手。[/spoiler] 2.给读者一种错觉就是侦探的线索大多数来自机械降神一样的超自然力量，而不是依靠侦探自己的常规工作和推理获得的。 举例：[spoiler] 本作中“凶手作案的凶器、大概的年龄”等重要线索来自小记者的催眠。其实侦探对几个嫌疑人的背景调查也是重要的线索，但是这些线索是要由男主（而不是侦探）选了重点调查对象后才显露其作用，读者没有依据这些线索进行推理，因此很容易忽略它们。前期侦探做了大量常规工作，但是相关描述给人的感觉是这些工作大多没有提供能和催眠那次获得的线索举足轻重的信息。[/spoiler] 3.侦探在某些关键时刻放弃主导调查方向的责任，让在侦探工作中相对外行的人引领方向。 举例：[spoiler] 本作的最后一个选项居然是让男主（而不是侦探）选择重点调查对象，这在我读过的侦探小说里真是前所未有。侦探作为查案工作的主导者怎么能让别人决定方向呢？而该选择的致命性又加剧了我对这种放弃行为的恶感。[/spoiler] 4.真凶被捕并不是因为侦探提供了决定性的证据或因为侦探对真凶进行钓鱼，而是由于真凶自爆；自爆的前提条件并不是侦探促成的（不是因为侦探的钓鱼行为）。 举例：[spoiler] 本作真凶是自爆的，而自爆的前提是因为他认为侦探和他的助手们命不久矣了，而这个认知来自于他主动给他们投毒，和侦探的行为毫无关系。[/spoiler]

[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34294631/] Follow Far2close - Visual Novel Playthroughs Curator Page [/url] Lurkers Developer: Ertal Games Publisher: Ertal Games [b]Pros:[/b] 1. With the plot following our protagonist seeking justice for the murder of his mother by Jack the Ripper, it uses an interesting integration of light romance among the 2 love interests; Chris and William. 2. Having 3 characters with different desires eventually turning into 1 common goal was done quite well, especially how different William, Eddy, and Chris are. It all starts to add up once more information is obtained on the hunt for Jack the Ripper. 3. The art for the newspaper fits in tremendously with the time period and helps add character to Mr. Purkiss. 4. The inspired use of actual historical characters is an interesting detail, as it also helps immerse players if they are into history. 5. The music does a fine job in showcasing the eeriness of Whitechapel, to the curiosity when clues are being discussed at The Frying Pan. Definitely an important aspect of a thrilling visual novel done right. [b]Cons:[/b] 1. Events such as the aftermath of catching Jack the Ripper, or successful character relationships, feel as if they are a bit too fast paced. For the aftermath of Jack the Ripper, it felt like a time skip being presented to us and for the character relationships, it felt as if they were jumping to huge boundaries without the necessary time together to create such a strong bond. 2. A key aspect to mystery thrillers is to have at least each suspect be on even terms with each other with their information without being too outstanding way too early. [spoiler] Dr. Llewellyn felt as if he just released direct information of his crime on the segment where William can talk to him on the first batch of investigating suspects where he directs strong distaste of particular women. [/spoiler] 3. A handful of misspellings and wording issues. [b]Conclusion:[/b] Lurkers is surely an entertaining mystery thriller with Yaoi elements, with an impressive use of era fitting artwork and basing characters on actual historical figures. However, it does fall to be a little weak due to the fast pacing and an aspect of mystery when it comes to one of the suspects. Despite these, Lurkers shows itself to be an amusing read for those looking for either mystery, Yaoi, or even both. [b]Score:[/b] 6/10 DECENT

My first impression of the game was it was bugged... And I was very dissapointed, because Spanish texts were missing. But after playing it in English I think the minor errors (like an achievement not popping) do not affect the quality of the game so much. The graphics are not that pretty compared to other games (even from Ertal Games), but it does not need it, I think this is a short visual novel where you can experience a good piece of Victorian Age London, so I think this is a 6 out of 10.

Short VN. Easy Achievements, 100% / ~10min.