Return of the Obra Dinn

This is a quite original detective game, as such I will avoid spoilers as much as possible. In the early 19th century, a lost ship comes back with all the crew being missing. You are sent to the ship to assess claims on each one of the 60 members of the tripulation. You are also given a key instrument in the form of a dead watch, which gives you the ability to replay very specific moments associated with bodies you find. The core gameplay is basically, you find a new body, you listen to a short dialogue of what was going on and then you are presented with a frozen moment of the person getting killed and its surroundings. From this, sometimes gruesome, shots, you have to identify everyone and specify how they died and by whom if applicable. There are 10 chapters, each one between 2 to 8 scenes. Most of the game is retold backwards, you actually start at the end of the story and bit by bit, see how all the chaos and violence folded down. In a rare case of indie low budget, the stills work much better than if there were actual animations. There's a ton of things going on, and by cutting on the animation you can actually see great expressions, details, etc. The game starts easy enough, with dialogues revealing names or occupations of the involved people, but soon enough it gets hard. You can deduce almost everyone with enough logic and deductions, but near the end there are a couple of crewmen who you just have to make half deductions, join them together, and hope for the best. Identities and fates are validated in sets of three so at least the game is lenient enough, and there's no consequences of wrong assumptions. Unfortunately there are many things that make the game imperfect. The first time you see a new scene, you are forced to stay in the scene for half a minute. You cannot really make any deductions yet, you are just watching the action. Most scenes will present you with the discovery of a new body, so you are forced to go to the next scene and these can be daisy chained a lot. In the end, nothing prevents you from unlocking every scene from the game, and then coming back at the end to fill in the gaps. It's a terrible pacing problem, after you watch all the content, the game will just be a guessing game with no new content for hours. There's a locked mid chapter that only gets unlocked if you 100% the rest of the game. This was a cool idea, but in the end it's just lackluster. The plot is full of typical tropes and even this new ending doesn't add anything fresh. The game has lots of tools and mechanics that are never explained, like how the watch shows the chapter and scene number when you hover it over a body, or that the X on the logs are used to identify the person who gets killed in that scene. Lastly, the visuals are unique and original, but sometimes it's hard to process or understand what's going on. Weird angles, deaths that look like a mess of pixels, there are times that you will have to guess what's going on. It's not a masterpiece nor an excellent game, it's quite a good and a fresh experience that could have been almost perfect if they fixed some of this things. It's still recommended, and for a similar great game of deductions, check Chants of Sennaar.

[h3] 真正的推理游戏，peak [/h3] 虽然故事其实蛮魔幻的，但是推理部分做的太妙了 三个人一验证也给足了成就感 玩到中期才发现每个地方都是细节狂魔，包括但不限于[spoiler] 吊床编号、特殊制服设计、站位 [/spoiler] 稍微有点麻烦的地方是回顾情景要特地跑到固定地点，一开始辨认船板和房间布局还是废了点时间 可惜我对口音的辨别力不高，错过了蛮多设计的

非常好游戏，使我脑瓜转动。 不开玩笑了，建议玩的朋友们准备好i最开始4张图的打印件或者把它们放到iPad里，然后做一些预习。 我原来玩了两个半小时玩不下去了，准备iPad之后突飞猛进。 一些角色在照片变清晰之前其实就能推导出来，不用害怕。

One of the best games I played in 20 years. Yes, the 1 bit graphics are a bit of a letdown, but trust me, the gameplay, narrative and thought put into the game make it all worth it. Finished the game in 15 hours then watched a few videos on youtube on the story and further clues for a few more hours, just out of curiosity. It was that good! I haven't felt so excited in a long time. A bit of warning: it may take a few hours to get the hang of it before it becomes really interesting. I'd say after solving the first 6 fates you will be hooked. But don't give up before even if it feels overwhelming

Return of the Obra Dinn is one of the greatest puzzle experiences that I can recall. The attention to detail in the game's design is immaculate, and every puzzle felt reasonable. About my only complaint with the game is the art direction--while I do think it is very unique and interesting, it also comes with the drawback that many details become difficult to discern. Ultimately, this doesn't get in the way too much, but it is worth noting. If you want a good, quick puzzle game, Return of the Obra Dinn is a fantastic choice.

玩完这个游戏三天了，好想拥有一副没玩过这个游戏的脑子让我再玩一遍。

真的感觉不好玩，这个画风又晕又模糊，人脸都难看清，又很多人长得差不多。那个b粒子球明明能直接飞过去非得转一圈，好像是在说这个故事有多么传奇一样，但每次都是这种手法就非常的腻。每段第一次回溯都要听一大段bgm，好像不听作者就白花钱做这段歌了。整体剧情从故事性上也只能算二流三流，甚至可以说很俗，根本算不上神作，完全没达到我的期望。

推理方式太有意思了！叙事手法也很新鲜！好喜欢音乐的配合>< 需要有耐心地抽丝剥茧 我觉得[spoiler]骑大螃蟹的黑影[/spoiler]很涩有人懂吗