The Incident at Galley House

This was an interesting adaptation of Type Help! I played the original game it was based on, but I wanted to support the devs and see how they went about bringing it to a more visual state. There are positives and negatives about the new format. The art is beautiful and the voice acting is wonderfully done, but those features also took away some of the ambiguity. I feel similarly about being able to plug in a location and confirm its existence without first finding a scene there. A system closer to how it was done for adding new people would have been a better option in my opinion (i.e. confirming after a scene is found rather than upon entering in the location code). Because of this, the puzzle felt easier than in Type Help. That said, the streamlining brings some good quality of life features, especially if you were ever frustrated by Type Help. What pushes this game to be something special is the new content it adds. I was along for the ride for most of the game since I was familiar with the story and just trying to experience it, but I was surprised when I ran into things I didn't recognize! Keeping it vague here, but suffice it to say, if you played the original game, there's still something more to dig into here. If you never played Type Help, I wholeheartedly recommend this version since it's far more approachable.

Return of the Obra Dinn on land

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Both of their games (Roottree and Galley House) are incredible! It's not just find the objects to be used to solve a problem but this is a whole new universe and mechanic.

I give Incident at Galley House an A-. Excellent investigative game that has several mind-screws you can't fully appreciate until the final act. Fantastic voice acting, great music, tactile interface, and a genuinely interesting mystery. It gets a little sci-fi (probably not unexpected for a machine that can hear dead people), but nothing too outlandish. Story-wise, most things were internally consistent, aside from people acting just a little TOO casual about dead bodies showing up in the first couple acts. Saying more would cause spoilers, but if you enjoyed Obra Dinn, The Rootrees are Dead, or even Analogue: A Hate Story, I highly recommend it. And if you enjoy this one and haven't played those three, add them to your list.

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