The Incident at Galley House

I was maybe 1/3 of the way through Type Help when this game was announced and I decided to hold off on finishing it. I'm really glad I did, because I was just short of figuring out one of the best/creepiest details of the gameplay and I enjoyed learning it through this version. The presentation is very slick and well-produced. There are many ways to interact with the interface (mouse + keyboard is superior to controller for this). Giving Type Help a visual representation helps you see the bigger picture more clearly. The voice acting and music are perfect. The dramatic ROOM NAME for each scene adds to the dramatic effect nicely. I don't know the exact genre for this, but I recently played The Red Pearls of Borneo and I immediately recognized it's the same format as Type Help (and now this game). Obra Dinn/Roottreees/Golden Idol lovers should all enjoy this.

This game rules. I was familiar with Type Help, but never played it so I went in completely fresh. The game has a compelling mystery that does a good job on invoking feelings of "wait a second, something seems weird here" which then lead to some great revelations later as you start putting the pieces together. The game has a creepy vibe overall, but only one very minor jump scare that I could remember near the end of the main mystery. The visuals are basic, but they fit the mood well, and I thought all the voice acting performances were wonderful. I also enjoyed the solving mechanism of the game. It took maybe 20-30 minutes for me to completely understand how it worked and I stumbled around the interface early on, but once I got used to it I thought it was overall very clever. There were a couple of times where I got stuck for maybe 5 minutes, but overall I would say this game was on the easier side of similar investigation games like Obra Dinn, Golden Idol, and Roottrees. For instance there is Notes feature in the game, but I hardly ever had to use it. Overall, a very enjoyable and fun ride. Well worth the purchase for those who are fans of the Investigation genre.

One of the greatest pieces of interactive fiction ever made. It's an incredible, spine-tingling mystery with very satisfying deductive puzzle solving. Don't learn anything more about it. Just buy it immediately, go in fresh, and brace yourself for an experience you'll never forget.

Well worth it! The puzzle mechanics are engaging and satisfying, the story is interesting with twists and turns to keep you excited for what will come next, and the voice acting is excellent. If you played and liked the previous game put out by the devs, you'll like this one too.

A wonderfully fun deductive reasoning game. If you enjoy games like Return of the Obra Dinn, The Roottrees are Dead or The Golden Idol series, you will probably really enjoy this game, too.

The story of Galley House is one of those brilliant ideas that you can only wonder how its never been thought of before, and I'll just leave it at that. The music for this game was composed by Paul Alexander, who also composed Rise of the Golden Idol. Quite proud of myself for being able to catch that by the similarities in the tracks between the two games. Similar to Rise, the soundtrack here is fantastic. Now, the gameplay, and specifically the "puzzle-esque" nature of this game is fine. There isn't much to "solve", and that's the main issue with this game. It's a shame, too, as there's so much going on that the developers could've very well added extra questions or puzzles, even if it didn't fit well into the narrative. (For example: constructing a timeline on where the pocketwatch was and who was in possession of it). Even still, the story and narrative should be more than enough to make up for the somewhat aimless puzzle direction, so I'd highly recommend this game. TL;DR Amazing everying except gameplay.

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Basically a perfect detective game. The visuals and audio make it much easier to parse, imo, compared to the original text based format, which I attempted and gave up on a while back. The hint system is well made too. Gives enough info to prod you along if you're stuck and in many small portions so you only get exactly as much hint as you need. Really great for stay on course with the risks of looking it up online and accidentally revealing too much. I could go on but other reviews have covered most of what i would say. 10/10 damn near perfect.

I played the original text version of this and loved it, and this version was well worth it too! Loved the extra story content and all the art was lovely. Even though I knew most of the story already, I'm definitely happy to have put the time into this game.

Really incredible storytelling, a delight from start to finish