
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
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The Idol was lost — but not forgotten. In this followup to the award winning detective game The Case of the Golden Idol, you are an observer that must investigate 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity - all somehow connected. Use your detective skills to make sense of a grand mystery that unfolds across an age of hallucinogens, disco, fax machines and parapsychology.

Two hundred years after the unspeakable fate of the Cloudsley family, the Idol's legend lives on only in whispers and myth… but some are determined for this to change. Discover the mysterious forces connecting a tenacious treasure hunter, a team of scientists, the members of an enlightenment-seeking cult and corporate profiteers drawn to the all-powerful artifact.

The Rise of the Golden Idol is a new type of detective game where you freely explore each crime scene at your own pace, using logic to build your own theories. Click to collect clues and analyze each discovery to determine what happened, why, and who was responsible.

Convicted prisoners, new age cult leaders, corporate middle management and many more figures have a role to play in the wider mystery that unfolds — each driven by their own agenda. Scour each scene for key details to put names to faces and deduce their motives.

A reworked interface lets you quickly gather key terms from observations and witness testimonies, greatly expanding the depth and variety of each scenario. Upon the conclusion of each chapter, a new type of puzzle lets you revisit past deductions, recap the events of these interconnected cases, and investigate the threads that unify them.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil*languages with full audio support
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和第一部相比内容量大管饱了很多,推理也更加本格,大多数场景逻辑盘下来都蛮通顺 以及感谢民间汉化,繁中实在太难懂....
Excellent deduction game and well worth playing. Ads some new puzzle ideas compared to the first game, which are hit-and-miss. Greatly expands the game world lore and has a really compelling story. Make sure to play the DLC as well.
虽然普遍评价没有1好玩,但是我觉得2还挺有意思的,就是这个中翻确实拉胯了一点
A genuine blast and big improvement over the already great Case of the Golden Idol (more fun and polished art, better UI and UX that gets less in the way of the art and makes the process of solving the puzzles faster and more convenient, and stronger writing that emphasizes characters even more). It's an absolute joy to piece together seemingly unrelated events throughout multiple points in history and slowly gain an understanding. The puzzles are varied, and entirely solvable - even if occasionally they might seem overwhelming at first. And if you're ever stuck, the hints in the game work well. Great game to play with a partner, too! PS: The "Detective Pass" DLC is an essential purchase alongside the main game - not that it doesn't stand alone well or get a proper resolution to its story, because it does! - but it just expands the world of the game wonderfully and adds so many more delightful brainteasers.
The Rise of Golden Idol is a fantastic continuation of the series! My favourite part of Golden Idol series is this crazy stylish artstyle with beautiful backgrounds and weird characters. The music is also great and puts you in the right mood to investigate. The best part of the game are, of course, puzzles. In comparison to the first game puzzles became more intricate, more difficult and more diverse. Some of them are tedious and hard to understand even with the hints. I'm not a native english speaker so there is always this thing with the games like this where I can't figure out if I'm wrong or if my english is bad. But that didn't soar my overall impression of the game. It's great and I enjoyed every mystery that was in the story (I also played the additional content in Detective Pass). The Case of Golden Idol (the main game, not DLC) is still in my opinion better in balancing story and puzzles without complicating everything, but I definetely recommend The Rise of Golden Idol!
酣畅淋漓的完形填空,文本问题导致填空难度有点大于推理了不如上代水到渠成,不过谜题种类更丰富且量大管饱
A worthy sequel to the original. The main game is worth the list price, but get the Detective Pass on sale: some of the DLC are excellent but a couple require too much guesswork to be as enjoyable as the main story is.
DLC는 ㄹㅇ 차라리 수능 수학 30번이 덜 어려울 것 같음.
It's good
ㅇ는 ㅇㅇㅇㅇ을 아주 ㅇㅇㅇ게 ㅇㅇㅇ했다. ㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇ를 이을 ㅇㅇㅇㅇ을 ㅇㅇㅇㅇ고 있었기 때문이다. ㅇㅇ하게 ㅇㅇ하는 게임이다.
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