Murder on the Marine Express

非常惊喜的完成度很高的短篇推理故事，喜欢少女侦探请试试！ 是无选项的纯视觉小说，全靠对话推动情节。整个藏线索和信息的方式都比较古典，稍微读细致一点很容易就能猜出凶手，但揭秘的节奏控制得很好，结尾伏笔也收得圆满。 对话诙谐、人物塑造立体，女孩子们个个性格鲜明，尤其是主角Ranko和搭档Astrid……主题其实挺沉重的，甚至结尾我都会想[spoiler]人渣死就死了死不足惜死有余辜，就这样包庇凶手未尝不可[/spoiler]，但Ranko所抱持的原来不是那样鲁莽的正义，算是贯彻了自己一直在说的话，Astrid也有种大智若愚的感觉（看看谁才是真正的侦探o.o 急迫地等待着续作……！

They really screw up the ending on this one. They also do a few things that really sour the mood, right at the end, when a detective story needs to be at its best. In the last 10 minutes of the game, the reader is subjected to two lectures on how men are such evil predators and women are in danger "just for being women." This is in the context of: A group of women accuse all men of being evil, and when the one man in the room starts to say that's not true, the protagonist yells at him to shut up. But this is written as a lecture to the reader, as if I need to be told any of this political garbage. It comes out of the blue and really makes me disgusted with the experience. Both of those lectures happen during the final revelation, when you learn the truth of what happened. The previous ~2.5 hours were fine and not full of lecturing to the player. It's really gross. Additionally making that ending worse: At the ending they reveal information learned off-screen that should have been done on-screen, then they resort to one asspull out of thin air. Also: 1) There are no choices in this VN 2) It's 2.7 hours long, just enough that you can't refund it on Steam if you don't like the ending. I got it on sale for $1 and I wish I could get that $1 back.

短篇纯视觉小说，而且真的就是非常字面意义的“视觉小说”，没有任何选项，玩家（不如说是读者）能做的只有从头读到尾。也不是说这样做有什么不好吧。 本作的故事包括两个高中女生Ranko和Astrid搭档，解决在封闭的海底列车上发生的杀人案。剧情上各种展开感觉还挺经典的，也没什么复杂的手法，虽然我说不出在哪里见过，但深耕推理作品的玩家应该不会觉得很意外。 本作有一个同世界观、同主角的续作正在制作中，不过续作貌似是有选项，而且存在BE分支的，更加符合大家对“视觉小说”印象的作品。好像有Demo，如果感兴趣可以一试。 结论：[b]可以推荐[/b]。

해저터널 특급 열차 마린 익스프레스에 탑승한 성 요아힘 학원 학생들. 즐거운 수학여행은 갑자기 발견된 시체로 하루만에 공포로 변하는데... 선택지 없는 미스터리 비주얼 노벨로, 스페인 인디 스튜디오의 '토가와 란코 시리즈' 첫 작품. 고전적이지만 깔끔한 4:3 픽셀아트 그래픽과 개성적인 캐릭터들의 케미가 매력적입니다. 스토리도 괜찮은 편. 마지막에 탐정이 등장인물 다 불러서 추리쇼를 한다든가, 포토피아 연쇄살인사건 관련 네타가 나오는 등 꽤 본격적인 추리물에 충실한 느낌입니다. 할인하면 꽤 가성비가 좋지만 언어의 압박이 문제고 도전과제도 없네요. [code] 스팀 큐레이터 : [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/44849820/]INSTALLING NOTHING[/url] [/code]

聖・ヨアキム・アカデミーの生徒たちがアメリカと日本を繋ぐ海中トンネルを走る豪華列車「マリン・エクスプレス」に乗って修学旅行を楽しんでいたところ、列車の一室で死体が発見され、生徒達に恐怖と疑念が広がる中、義憤に駆られた主人公「東川 乱子(とがわ らんこ)」と親友「アストリッド」の二人組が調査を開始する、そして・・・というミステリ物語の一本道・選択肢無しの２Dドット絵ビジュアルノベルゲームというよりもノベルゲームです。 面白かったです。キャラクター達は可愛くて途中途中に挟まれる豆知識やアニメ・ゲームネタが楽しかったです！ 短編ミステリ・サスペンス物語がお好きなお方にお勧めします。 UIは分かり易く、BGM・SEも物語を盛り上げてくれてとても良かったです。 プレイ時間は７時間程でした。 ただ、私は文章を読む速度が遅いのでこのぐらいかかっていますが、恐らく普通にプレイした場合は３時間程で読み終わると思います。 少し残念だったのが日本語翻訳が甘い点です。 誤字が少々あり、文章も少々おかしな部分があり、読んでいて”うッ”と止まってもう一度読み直して考えるという作業が入ってしまいスラスラと文章を読み続けることができませんでした。 贅沢を言うのならば、このミステリ物語を止まらずに最後まで読みたかったです。 後、定価の値段的に仕方がないのかもしれませんが一枚絵がなかったのが少し寂しかったです。 折角良い雰囲気の２Ｄドット絵なのに見せ場(恐怖の場面や格好良い場面や笑わせる場面等々)で特別な一枚絵が出ません。 「え～！何で！？何故ここで一枚絵がないの！？」と何度も思ってしまいました。 ゲーム内容は選択肢無しの一本道で、ただただ文章を読み続けるだけです。 ですので、ゲームというよりも”短編ミステリ小説を一冊購入した”と思った方が良いかと思います。 物語は、 ・修学旅行で海中を走る列車「マリン・エクスプレス」に乗った学生たち。 ・列車の一室で死体が発見される。 ・主人公の友達が疑われる。 ・義憤と正義の心に突き動かされた主人公「東川 乱子」は親友「アストリッド」と共に調査を開始する。 ・しかし、ただの高校２年生の乱子とアストリッドでは、思うように情報が集められない。 ・それでも諦めず熱意と足で情報を集めていき、そして・・・。 というものになっています。 色々と書きましたが、全体的にコンパクトに纏まっていて読んでいて面白いミステリ物語でした。 短編ミステリ・サスペンス物語がお好きなお方にお勧めします。

Sure bro, all men are predator. Except that it was ok.

Goodness gracious! Talk about a story that not only sucks you in... It makes you give a damn! It is utterly clear that the story/characters are given a damn about and the the English is super good! There is humor and fun sound effects sprinkled throughout it to make it all better. ^^ Oh and the mystery...! I had severe trouble putting this VN down. Something that's rather rare nowadays. Now clearly I can't comment on anything that'll spoil the mystery... Not even the twist nor the feelings. All I can say is that by the time I got to a certain part of the story... I had a rather strong reaction to it (not a negative one, mind you). Which doesn't tell you anything, but it shows that you do come to care about the characters/story itself. :> There are also few lessons here and there and you can have fun trying to figure out "who'd done it". As for me... I have a few things to reflect on... Good, good job! And looks like more mysteries will be heading this way soon, so...! I am definitely looking forward to 'em! Thank you, thank you! :D :> :) <3 <3 <3

MURDER ON THE MARINE EXPRESS is a briskly paced kinetic novel with fun characters and a nicely simmering plot that goes all sorts of places (the nature of justice as a way of healing old wounds, taking responsibility for your actions however unintended the consequences may be, underwater train is cool) in its three hour run time! I feel the lack of proper exploration and detective-ing is perhaps to the game's detriment (I wanna help solve the mystery too! or at least throw theories at the screen until something sticks! THE TRAIN BUTLER DID IT), but I still had fun reading Ranko Togawa's adventure and am looking forward to the next instalment!

Short straightforward murder mystery VN. The characters of this game are high schoolers. They are stuck on a underwater train and have to solve a murder. You just follow the story. There is no interaction with the world or when talking to other characters. This makes it debatable if it can be considered a game at all, but these types of "games" can still be enjoyable though. This is a type of game/genre I really enjoy, but Murder on Marine Express sadly did not live up to the expectations I had. I knew it was short and that you just followed the story without any interaction before I started playing, but I still thought I would enjoy it as a nice quick snack. Sadly this was not the case. There are too many things that don't work. I will start with some things that do work. The artstyle is good and the setting of the underwater train is cool. The music was serviceable. Now for the things that didn't work and the reasons why I will not recommend this game even if you usually enjoy games like this. The flow of the game is not consistent and the story itself is very cliche. Alot of the dialogue feels hollow and forced. There is also a large amount of the dialogue that is completely unrelated to the game. Ace Attorney has dialogue that isn't 100% connected to whatever case you are working on, but that is kept to a minimum and fits in. In Murder on the Marine Express there is alot of random stuff being talked about and in a short game like this it doesn't make any sense to waste time or space like that. The humor works sometimes, but not for the most part. There are some pretty heavy and serious themes in this game that are handled very hamfisted. At some parts it is down right preachy, which is a shame because I believe you can make a game with these themes without that happening. Things are also learned off-screen which is not good. There is very little chance to think and make connections on your own because major plot points are not revealed until they are explained right away. The main characters are inconsistent in how they act and handle the truth/being objective. They are ruling out stuff because someone is their friend, before there is any evidence to support ruling them out. This happens multiple times. I was looking forward to this game and the sequel, but now I feel like this was a waste of time (even if it only took about 2 hours). There is no need to play this game. Maybe the sequel will be better and that this was more of a prologue type game, but I probably won't take the chance.

Great game, just chock full of mystery and wonder. Ranko and Astrid really solved the secrets of the sea in this one! Who knows what well happen next on THE MARINE EXPRESS!