The Murder Hotel

A great AA/Danganronpa inspired murder mystery that doesn't take itself too seriously and was a lot of fun. Writing and character development was really good for an indie game. Now that the final route has its true ending on the public beta, you can complete the whole story. Highly recommended if you're a fan of the aforementioned two series. Kudos to Wegi for all their work on this, it was an enjoyable ride!

If Umineko and Ace Attorney had a child thanks to a RPGMAKER midwife. Full of lore, world building. It is fascinating and gripping.

The game is what I can best describe as a [b]murder mystery sandbox[/b]. There is a unique system for forming your own sentences to interview the hotel's guests and you have to come up with a tight theory about how a murder could have reasonably taken place. There are multiple valid interpretations of each scenario with supporting evidence for each. This adds replay value and had me itching to replay the investigation part to find the last missing facts. In court you have to find holes in your opponent's theories while building and reinforcing your own. The court segments are to me just like the best parts of an [i]Ace Attorney[/i] game, but with clearer structure and less twists. This is a good thing, because how thoroughly you prepare directly affects your options and it feels quite gratifying to come into court fully decked out with all kinds of evidence, ready to deflect any attack on your theories. The writing is often times quite funny and the hotel guests have depth to them despite initially coming off as a bit one-note. I am intrigued by the overall story and world building, especially surrounding the [spoiler]dream[/spoiler] demons, whose lore greatly expands on what was established in Wegenbartho's previous game, [i]The Donnerwald Experiment[/i]. The music is cozy and mysterious and fits the tone well. The presentation it is solid and especially the full art pieces are fantastic, as you would expect of impactful moments in a visual novel. The murders are not handled overly gruesomely and the focus is squarely on the mystery and not on horror. I can only critique some of the UI art for being somewhat basic. Overall it's great and I'll continue playing more of it!

This was such a wonderful love letter to the mystery genre. Particularly as an Umineko fan, this was such a treat to play. I do wish there was a bit more active gameplay in the later half of the game, but I found the story engaging enough that I was still completely locked in anyway.

OOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKK Where should I start, first, the game is worth your money. This game is finished since june 2026 so ignore every review that complain about the ending before that date, the dev did deliver. For the price the game is long and have a lot of things to tell, you can buy it even if not in discount. NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW .... Now, this game has a lot of problem. Initialy I wanted to talk about for 1 hours but I will keep it brief. The music in this game is .... Okay I guess ? You may think that this is not important but for the lenght of the game. Having no memorable music is a real problem. Do you imagine Ace Attoney or Umineko or Danganronpa with "Ok" music ? Like, annoying sometimes ? Yeah those game would have been less memorable. Now the writing, OMG WTF why everyone want to ♥♥♥♥ with the the hero ? And I mean EVERYBODY (maybe 2 characters doesn't want it). Which is really weird, we are talking about adults in the game. And without spoiling the game take place in a really short span of time. If I remember correctly, just in the night of the first day, 3 persons wanted to sleep with the main characters, HE WAS HERE FOR 4 HOURS MAX FOR GOD SAKE. And even if some make sense in the end, it feels really amaturish. Even more because every female character are like that, but for male, don't worry, they are all "normal". And one weird choice (very light spoiler), to get the true ending you have to accept that someone spoil you a twist, yes you read it right. To be vague some characters come to you and tell you "Do you want me to tell you who XXXX is ?". And you can't say no because later you can't choose the person ! EVEN IF it WAS OBVIOUS. (it's when you have to "shoot"). Don't you dare to try to resolve the puzzle boy, you will be punished for this one. The completion of the game is ANNOYING OMG PLEASE WHY NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT ! Just so that you understand, the game has a lot of things hidden that you must found in the map, which is ok. But for god sake do we REALLY NEED TO MAKE THEM APPEAR IN PLACE WHERE WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE SAME CHAPTER ?!?!? Because belive me, after every little event, you will have to check every fu**ing room in the map, AND ITS LOOOOOOOOONG. And, OFC, if you miss them during a chapter, you will have to do again the chapter. What annoy me is that it's really easy to correct this, just add a tracking of the collectable who indicate how many are up right now. This game is not about finding secret so I don't think that keep it hidden is usefull, it hads more stress than anything else. I think the game is too long for what it has to say, I mean, the demon lore needed that time, but I swear that the human was ... Meh, too much bad romance that could have been used on characters who talk maybe ... 10 times in the whole game. And some characters really didn't had the time to shine (which is weird for the lenght of the game). And that's it, I may have sound like I didn't liked the game but I kinda like it and recommand it. The demon lore is great, european lore/set up is great, the murders are ... Ok, the big story is great (the murder hotel is part of a series of game), the content for the price is amazing. And it's basicaly a solo dev so it explains 99% of the flaws. So I recommand it, Buy it, I will follow the dev from now on. And for the playtime I let the game run when I was AFK, 100% is between 20H-25H.

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Excellent. Likable characters and a fun story. I like how every chapter what you are supposed to do is slightly different. Looking forward to the game being finished.

There are criticisms to be made, but it doesn't stop the game from being enjoyable to play.