Murdered: Soul Suspect

One of my favorite games of all time. Salem history, detective work, ghost stories... A 10-12 hour experience with some interesting gameplay features and a B+ story

I got 100% in just about 7-8 hours and overall the game isn't good at being a detective game. All the detective work is wandering around the scene trying to find clues. Issue is that the game is very temperamental when it comes to giving you the button prompt to collect the clue. Many times I would be right next to and looking directly at the obvious clue and the game would not give it to me unless I repositioned myself a few times. This is frustrating as it basically gaslights you into thinking some clues are not actually clues. Once you have all the clues you try to "solve" the scene which boils down to it giving a broad question you select clues to slot in. Issue is that sometimes the broad question requires clues that don't actually have relevance there. One question was "Where could the killer go?" and one of the answers I had to give were "X was the killer." That doesn't answer the question at all. Finding collectibles was a pain due to no map of any kind and the fact that since you are a ghost a lot of them are hidden behind solid walls and places you normally wouldnt think to look because there is almost reason to check a random nondescript wall. Also the gaslighting for clues? That applies to collectibles too. There are these wall drawings that are almost completely invisible and were by far the most temperamental to get the prompt for. I dont see how anyone can find these own their own without a guide. The story is the only decent part of the game but it just fails at being a good detective game.

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[b]Плюсы:[/b] [list] [*]Атмосфера. Мрачный Салем и тема загробного мира создают цельное ощущение мистического детектива, хорошо удерживая напряжение и интерес. [*]Оригинальная идея. Расследование собственного убийства в роли призрака — редкая концепция, которая выгодно выделяет игру среди других. [*]Сюжет. История постепенно раскрывается, удерживает интригу и даёт понятную мотивацию двигаться дальше. [*]Механики расследования. Сбор улик, анализ и выбор правильных выводов создают ощущение участия в детективной работе. [*]Способности призрака. Прохождение сквозь стены, влияние на людей и чтение мыслей добавляют вариативности. [/list] [b]Минусы:[/b] [list] [*]Повторяемость. Геймплейные элементы быстро начинают дублироваться без существенного развития. [*]Слабый экшен. Стычки с демонами реализованы примитивно и выглядят лишними на фоне расследования. [*]Линейность. Большинство ситуаций имеет единственное решение, свобода действий ограничена. [*]Низкая сложность. Игра практически не требует усилий, особенно в логических элементах. [*]Техническое исполнение. Анимации и часть визуала выглядят устаревшими даже для своего времени. [/list]

A simplistic murder mystery with some horror elements. An easy 100%. Get on sale as its a fun one & done. 7.5/10

Decent detective story. Not a perfect game, but it doesn't try to be something it is not which I respect. Easy 100%. Get it while on sale and make a weekend out of it. 7/10

Le jeu sur Steam est très mauvais. Il y a un gros bug dans le poste de police : il manque un policier dans la salle d’enquête, et la fille est absente dans la salle d’interrogatoire. Cela bloque complètement le jeu. Même en recommençant depuis le début, le bug persiste exactement au même endroit.