
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!
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Welcome to the mysterious Canadian detective competition! Find clues, interview suspects, and find out the truth with your teammates' unique methods!
Six Files await you in the full game, containing convoluted puzzles from Canada’s most devious masterminds. Each one takes around 2-4 hours to complete depending on your skill of deduction…
Your time starts… now.
Yours,
The Game-master

Original soundtrack
Dynamic Storytelling
Rich Character Depth
Distinctive Artwork
Immersive Game World
Prequel to Methods: The Detective Competition
Playing Methods: The Detective Competition first is highly recommended, but not required to understand the story.
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Languages: English, Simplified Chinese
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啊?这游戏?生硬的中文翻译,游戏方式就是点击看剧情。。。。玩了2小时一整个人都难受住了。。。。。有点折磨,综合评分4分,完全无法推荐!
好玩
太好玩了,玩完感觉和拉里卡结婚了
不如上一代,叙事节奏变得跟普通的推理游戏一样失去了自己的特色了。比乌的探案法就起一个脱裤子放屁的作用,线索老子自己一个个找就行,还要你来摆个臭脸指指点点,操作起来也是非常不便有时候漏一两个眼睛要把整个图都看个遍,真是愚蠢的又没有个性的探案法。最后一案的质量也远不如前作。
总体上来说并不算特别推荐,但还是因为人物塑造给到好评…… 打完之后就是一整个左右脑互搏,一方面希望这就是个纯粹的视觉小说(尽管如果真这样我可能就不会来玩了),另一方面又觉得推理的要素或不可缺(但不是这种推理哇!),说到底还是在和锁头玩脑电波碰碰车罢了。 不过我是先体验的这一版,还是打算去看看前作,拉里卡塑造得真的很有魅力。同时也喜欢其他千奇百怪的人物们和干练幽默的翻译。 总之,如果是神人群像爱好者且对非本格推理有足够的包容心就可以尝一口试试。
相比于侦探大赛,这一部难度真的提高了不少,但是很多举证的时候我并不能理解到作者的意思,可能是思考的角度不同吧,导致很多时候都是试出来答案的。另外还是更喜欢前作的群像剧情,这一作刻画的人物太少了,单纯只是为了讲述一个队伍解密的过程。而且加拿大档案的第六案我实在是喜欢不了,很多地方我都没办法理解,[spoiler] 乔安真的配赢吗,都不需要设计谜题,只需要把过去的案件搬上来就好了,不明白为什么会选她去最后一关 [/spoiler]。 总体而言还是推荐吧,希望下一作可以再回归侦探大赛的风格,还是更想看到更多侦探的在故事中的发展曲线。
非常好玩,主要塑造五位主角,所以每个人都很立体而且很好玩。拉里卡在本篇就已经非常有魅力了,在前传里魅力更上一层楼,期待作者的下一篇作品。
好玩,跟侦探大赛比推理性和可玩行更强了,每一案对五位侦探进行了不同的角色塑造,每个角色都有亮点,剧情推理和角色塑造都不错的推理解密游戏,推荐!
耗玩
spoiler free*: a fun mystery visual novel that i didnt realize was a sequell, with Plenty of content for the asking price. as someone who doesnt frequent the mystery game genre, the game was very approachable, only major issue i had durring my playthrough was some of the clues in the second case file felt very abstract and made the case a little harder than it was supposed to be. originally i planned on complaining about that, but after reading the dev notes that were included with the game, my feedback would've been redundant. the investigation sections were quite engaging, getting a top-down view of the 3d location. the autopsy minigame was simple but the visuals were clear and readable, they also had a distinct look to them assisted by the robot's uncanny design that made each autopsy just a little off-feeling (in a good way). the ending didnt land great with me especially without some of the context from the first methoods game. easy recomend for visual novel enjoyers. i will be playing the first methoods game soon and watching for the next title in the series
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