The Deed

Most murder mysteries ask you to find the killer. This one lets you be the killer. Short, clever and surprisingly replayable thanks to all the different ways you can try to get away with it.

⭐ Not Recommended Apparently you play some psychopath in this game, a truly horrible person. And honestly, my first reaction was: do I really want to play as this guy? Right at the start his sister calls him a rat, and she is quite right. If you ask me, he belongs in a psychiatric clinic. The game asks whether he should pick up a weapon, and thank goodness you can choose not to pick up any weapon. There are also these terrible sexual chat options with the housekeeper, just disgusting. Sexist psychopath. No wonder they want his sister to inherit the house. Then you learn his father beat him up with a leather thing, so no wonder he ended up the way he is. Doesn't excuse him though. The man even wanders into his sister's closet wondering whether he should pick up her underwear. Absolutely not. That was the moment for me. I stopped playing right there. I can accept playing an unlikable character if there's a point to it, but this goes against my morals and this guy is just too much. I won't finish this game. Maybe the writing is doing its job, because I genuinely hated him. But hating every minute is not why I play games. I know it's short and cheap, and I'm sure some people can stomach it. I couldn't. Update: I gave the second game in the series a try, The Deed: Dynasty, and it goes in a similar direction. Just disgusting. I don't understand how they made such a nice game as Space Pilgrim, and now came this kind of trash. I can't recommend anything from this series. Just skip it entirely. And I see there's also a The Deed II. I bet it's the same and I'm not even going to play it. If it's again a matter of playing some sexist psychopath, then I'd recommend everyone to skip that one as well.