Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case

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A really fun game! The mystery was pretty nice and had a good plot. For those that never played this kind of adventure game, this game is a very good introduction to the gameplay style. The localization was pretty good too.

Full review at: https://thegamehoard.com/2023/09/02/retro-mystery-club-vol-1-the-ise-shima-case-pc/ An appealing approach to its old school presentation makes Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case charming and in broad strokes its narrative manages its dramatic moments and likeable characters well, but this visual novel’s mystery feels like it could have been unveiled in a more effective manner. The tale of a string of murders having strange ties to the pearl industry gives the mystery some intriguing elements to explore, but periods where it feels things are stagnating and the limited impact your own investigation has on the course of events does mean the plot doesn’t progress at the best pace. The mystery never goes too long without a new hook though, but a tighter course of events could have better invested the player instead of giving them a little too much time to cool down between meaningful revelations.

translation a bit janky at times, but a very charming adventure mystery.

26年了还能玩到画质这么古早的ADV （看画质还以为是多少年前FC红白机流行时候的游戏，再一看居然还是23年发行的。商店页面介绍说是仿照了老任的《 Famicom Detective Club 》（《Famicom侦探俱乐部》）系列，然而后者21年在switch上已经有重制版了。[strike]致敬都赶不上热乎的[/strike]） 无中文。英文难度不高。经典红白机画质。操作跟Famicom系列类似，右边齐刷刷一排操作按钮：切换场景、对话、调查、展示物品、呼叫、使用手机执行打电话、现场拍照、存档等操作。这也使得游戏推进变得很简单——不把事件对话触发完根本切换不了场景，而拢共就只有这几个指令，一个个都点一遍自然就能推进剧情了，除了最后的第一人称迷宫的废弃工厂找路（这个得用笔记路线画地图），基本上卡不了关的。里面有个忍者跳云层的小游戏，手感略差。 游戏内容则是主角侦探先生和他的助手Ken在东京一座公园池塘里发现了一具谋杀案的尸体，从死者身上的袋子里的黑珍珠追溯线索到了伊势的几个珍珠厂，在当地收集线索的途中结识了一些人并逐步揭开了多年前一个大公司的阴谋。剧情则有些平平无奇：经典沉默主角和话痨助手的配置，其中还要夹杂点艳遇（点名Day 5的混浴）。随着线索的收集基本上已经确认谁有问题只剩下找关键证据了，虽然最后又来了一个反转，然而更像是为了反转而反转：真凶的动机是有，也杀疯了，然而作案过程和手法都很含糊，最后穷途挣扎时还能被阿姨一通嘴炮放下武器，属实一般。 背景里出现了很多伊势志摩国立公园（Ise-Shima）的风景，像伊势神宫、厄除町等，游戏里也有对当地一些地标、特产的介绍，算是对游戏的一点小小的补充。 此外该游戏成就系统有bug，即使满足条件也跳不了成就。 剧情什么没啥新意，能玩没那么好玩。

Very fun if you like NES-style adventure games. Great artwork, simple but effective sounds and music, and a surprisingly twisty story with fun characters. I found a few unfortunate typos, but nothing that took me out of the game. Worked well with my Bluetooth 8BitDo controller. On to the sequel—and hopefully more volumes to come!

[b]Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case[/b] is practically made for fans of The Portopia Serial Murder Case, The Okhotsk Disappearance and Famicom Detective Club games. It's unapologetic in its presentation, too. Limited colour palette, low pixel count character sprites, limited polyphony soundtrack and menu system practically lifted from the PC88 version of Portopia. The synopsis of the game sounds promising to all detective game fans: there's a murder in a strange circumstance, and we need to travel to the countryside to try and solve it. Unfortunately, the investigation didn't quite grab me as much as the progenitor of this game did. The pacing seems a little off, at least from my point of view. I found the core mystery is not quite as interesting as I would like. The investigation (which took a little less than two in-game weeks) can feel a little tedious, and the progress of the case seems to take a rather glacial turn around the mid-point of the game. Of course, there's an argument to be made that this is just the true nature of police work, but I was expecting more dramatic turns, or perhaps a little finesse from a video game. Still, the pace finally picked up for last third of the game. There are tense moments to be had as the game is near conclusion. There's a homage to a certain game mechanic used in Portopia and Okhotsk which I find delightful. Perhaps this game is a difficult one to recommend, but still worth a gander if you're a fan of the ADV games it draws its inspiration from.

This first game in the Retro Mystery Club series is a worthy tribute to the detective games of old. It wears its inspiration on its sleeve but is not slavish to the more irritating aspects of the original games. I found the story interesting and the gameplay quite easy to progress whether I'd taken a break between sessions or not. The music was excellent at giving the right tone and the graphics complement the old school premise. I'd highly recommend this to people who like this kind of thing already. If you're a newcomer you may want to start elsewhere.

Tightly-plotted, a lot of fun to play. And makes me hungry. I love the attention to food in these games.