Tangle Tower

As an enthusiast of puzzle, point-and-click, and detective games, I cannot wholeheartedly recommend Tangle Tower to anyone who enjoys a twisty, challenging murder mystery to solve. The game is essentially "click on everything and eventually things will unlock." There are "Suspicion" triggers in the game (story beats that help you get a bigger picture about a character's motivations) that happened without me even knowing why. There's no fail state to the game, so you really can just, well, like I said, click on everything until something unlocks. The more "subtle" clues that are somewhat hidden in some clues that make up your inventory are really quite obvious at times, and you can see the answer to an issue yourself for a long stretch of time, but cannot question it until the main characters are ready to ask about it. You have precious little impact on story progression outside of being stuck and stalling the whole thing. But it's really hard to get stuck. And the most unfortunate part is the climax of the tale, which is not only unfulfilling, but extremely frustrating. I will avoid spoilers, but the conclusion stands on an extremely flimsy premise that makes a bit of a 90-degree turn and creates numerous more questions rather than wrapping everything up nicely. "Oh, I guess I got the bad ending then," I told myself. But no, there are no multiple endings. There's just that one ending. The main positive this game has is the characterization and voice acting. Both the main detectives and the NPCs are tremendously well fleshed out and endearing, as you get to know them and their quirks. That's legitimately what kept me into it until the finish. Tangle Tower would have worked best as an animated feature, just sitting back and letting the delightful cast of oddballs guide us to the end of the tale. But as a game, I wish there was some kind of fail state that would keep the pressure up on making correct choices. I wish the mechanics didn't make the solutions blatantly obvious. Red herrings would have been nice (and there was potential for a couple). But it's the terrible ending that really seals the fate for this game. Despite its charm, it cannot outrun its issues.

[4/5] ★★★★☆ Would recommend Tangle Tower on sale ($12 or less). Very fun, lighthearted murder mystery game. The character design, animation, and voice acting is amazing and brings the game to life. The puzzles are trivial to solve (outside of one or two easily missable things), as the main focus is on the fun conversations when interrogating characters, and the grander mystery of what happened. That being said, the ending is very abrupt, and bad, definitely brings down my opinion of the game.

eu joguei esse jogo em 2019, quando lançou, em inglês no meu nintendo switch e amei, resolvi rejogar porque, por mais que eu saiba quem matou, existem a mágica do percurso. quando vi que tinha localização em português brasileiro fiquei MUITO feliz, comecei a jogar e me deixou extremamente decepcionada,, voltei a língua pra inglês. o jogo é incrível, mas a tradução, ou pelo menos a revisão da tradução, é bem ruim. att, apenas alguém que sabe minimamente de tradução.

整体游戏设计和美术风格非常精良。角色讨喜，节奏舒适。 剧情瑕疵，推理性欠佳，动机牵强。翻译错误很多。 如果更加用心打磨剧本，本可以很优秀。这一点实属遗憾。

awesome

Eu quis jogar esse jogo apenas pelo visual, e acabei entrando em uma trama de investigação muito gostosa de resolver. E por mais maluca que pode ser a história, ele finaliza e encaixa tudo muito bem! Todas as pontas soltas são amarradas no final, apenas jogue se vc ama uma investigação

So i think the dialogue was great... just kind of fell apart at the end.. The villians motive was... confusing. Really confusing. Great music. Kind of rambling ending.