The Rise of the Golden Idol

非常好游戏，一个由人类欲望交织起来的奇幻故事。人才荟萃的实验室。 官方汉化实在太烂，之前只生啃玩完了三章，这几天体验了菲bb老师（婆罗洲的红珍珠翻译老师之一）最近制作的本体汉化，并打完了最后两章，已向老师反馈了四五章的一些问题，应该可以使用本汉化流畅地体验游戏，大家遇到什么问题欢迎给老师留言或在小红书@Phoebe_像素版联系老师反馈OvO

In isolation this is one of, if not the best, detective games I have ever played. But Rise of the Golden Idol is very hard not to compare to its incredible predecessor. Rise tries to set itself apart from Case by its creative choices. The game is set in a time that closely resembles the 70s, with matching political issues and technology that make its world feel familiar. The new 3D enhanced visual style is more detailed and less crude than the original one, making the imagery less unsettling. The story also doesn't play into the occult undertones of the original as much and is probably the weakest aspect of the game. Particularly, the slapstick buffoon character failing upwards in their organization didn't fit the tone at all. This all contributes to a loss of mystery that surrounded the first game. A secret society in the 1800s is interesting. A secret corporate project in the 70s is cliche. Beside the artistic choices, there is little to complain about in the execution: the puzzles are outstanding, but every now and again I felt the solution was too picky, only accepting a very specific wording. The gameplay is basically identical, which is great because the first game worked incredibly well already. The music is fantastic, and the visuals look great.

An absolute masterpiece. I learned my lesson with the last game and gritted my way through the entire game + DLCs, without resorting to hints or guides, and that was an incredibly good decision. It's just such a beautiful and elegantly designed work of art. Half of the joy comes from solving the puzzles themselves, and the other half comes from noticing the raw craft and intelligence of the designers in arranging the red herrings, the clues, the word banks, et cetera, in such a precise and just-so-elegant way. It's not as difficult as the first game and its DLCs, but it's just as satisfying. My rankings: Main Story > Curse of the Last Reaper > The Lemurian Phoenix > Age of Restraint > Sins of New Wells. Without a doubt it's the Game of the Decade for narrative/puzzle games. This is up there with the greats, in the Disco Elysium/Outer Wilds bracket.

The gameplay loop is actually kind of meh, but the story is so weird and the art is so trippy that it's still fun to uncover what's going on. Definitely better with the "with highlights" setting off so that you have to click around a bit and not have everything handed to you.

极其糟糕的中文翻译，即使打了民间汉化补丁也于事无补，这对一个以字词排列来破解谜题的推理游戏来说就是最致命的缺点 故事逻辑松散，没有第一部环环相扣的紧密逻辑，让本就因灾难汉化难以理解的剧情变得更加迷惑（穷举试出来最后那人的动机时给我看笑了 可以说是方方面面都被第一部碾压的平庸之作

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I adore this game, but strongly prefer the original. This story feels deeply unnecessary, changes the lore arbitrarily, and ends confusingly. Worst of all, there isn't enough murder.