
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
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Step into the shoes of an 18th century detective and uncover the mystery behind twelve strange deaths spanning 50 years, all somehow connected.
Unmask the true killers in this sprawling narrative and discover their devious motives.


Observe closely and reconstruct each scene of death. Your skills of deduction can identify each suspect, motive and murder weapon.


Reveal the true nature of the mysterious Golden Idol and those who covet it. Follow the journey of a cursed aristocratic family as you untangle a web of deceit and villainy in your hunt for the truth behind this dark conspiracy.
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非常有意思的游戏形式,推理性也很强,酣畅淋漓,玩完意犹未尽
玩这游戏对人名敏感的话会很有帮助的,总体来说还是比较有意思的
sinceramente, é um dos melhores jogos que eu já joguei, a história é muito envolvente e instigante, e cada cena revela uma nova informação que muda tudo. ir entendendo tudo o que acontece e tentando adivinhar aquilo que acontece fora das cenas é muito divertido. toda a construção da história e dos personagens é muito bem feita, e isso somado ao gráfico pixelado e o estilo de arte único torna toda a experiência visual muito agradável. no geral, é um jogo 10/10 em todos os aspectos, e sem dúvidas um dos meus jogos favoritos de todos, se não for o mais favorito, que já joguei,
The Case of the Golden Idol is sort of an adventure game mixed with a hidden object game mixed with a logic puzzle with some lateral thinking to boot. I had a couple of moments of frustration due to the game's refusal to accept what I felt was a synonym for the word it was looking for, but that's also part of the puzzle aspect of the game - you're trying to fiddle with clues to unlock the ultimate solution. I was surprised at how it told its story in disjointed vignettes that aren't strongly connected at first (necessitating an epilogue to help you grasp how the story actually plays out over time), and that makes for an original and interesting experience. I may come back to the DLC, but I have the sequel to play in the meantime!
非常好的推理遊戲,享受到用腦的樂趣,尾聲完整連結故事時感覺得好 感謝民間漢化,讓我享受到這個佳作
第一次玩这种填空类型的解密游戏,故事的背景与现实历史相联系,剧情反转在意料之外也在意料之中,细节呼应也耐人寻味,美术风格很有特色,逐步探索并还原真相的过程需要耐心但很值得
loved loved loved the art and the complexity of the puzzles! right up my alley. i wished the sequel had the same pixely/MS-DOS art style though imagine making a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up little guy as a party trick and another guy does the same thing so they kill your ass lmao
好玩
难度,剧情,美术和玩法都很喜欢~
This is honestly one of the coolest games I've ever played. The way the narrative's woven into the gameplay's really elegant and seamless, I've had a blast trying to figure out this world and characters, even the details that aren't necessary for the mysteries themselves, there's a lot of thought and care put into the little things. The game tells you nothing and it's on you to deduce who are those people, what happened here, how and why it happened. The way you build this narrative and attribute meaning to it pays off really well, it has some amazing moments where you [b] understand [/b] the plot twist even before it happens, either because of foreshadowing or simply because the game told you that your very obvious answer's fundamentally wrong. The DLCs are also incredible, a little harder than the base game, but they add a LOT to the overall experience. My only minor complaint it's that the difficulty of the DLCs doesn't even come from understanding the cases, it comes from understanding how the game wants you to describe the events, sometimes I spent minutes looking at the screen trying to get the very last word right and somehow that wasn't a problem I had with the base game. But all in all it was a really memorable experience that I absolutely recommend.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish*languages with full audio support
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