The Séance of Blake Manor

Bof, me encanta el horror gótico. Cada parte de este juego está dándole fortísimo para crear tremendísima experiencia atmosférica e inquietante. Da justo el nivel de miedito que me gusta y que puedo tolerar, y ver cómo van encajando todas piezas según investigas es un subidón. También me sorprendió mucho lo interesantes y únicos que me parecieron todos los personajes. Son veintipico y no me sobró ni uno. Y además, para un juego en el que vas descubriendo el misterio poco a poco (eres un detective a fin de cuentas) aún consiguió sorprenderme con un par de giros muy chulos. Muy bueno, vaya.

好玩😋

Didn't expect to get so into Irish pagan mythology, but I loved it! A very well-crafted mystical detective mystery that doesn't reveal itself too fast and builds a rich world with a cast of 20 characters. Plenty of QoL for conversation and goal tracking, which helps you stay oriented without relying on an elaborate personal notebook system.

amazing game!

one of the best puzzle games ive ever played. not too hard but i was hooked from the start and so invested in the characters and story.

I was surprised to see a studio known for making silly point-and-click "detective" 2d adventure games actually make a 3d deduction-style game, but I guess they wanted to dip into this genre after watching games like Golden Idol do well. I'm glad they took the initiative! I disagree with a few of the negative reviews saying that it's a walking simulator. There's definitely puzzles to be solved here and they aren't bad puzzles at all, either. You can solve many of them in different orders. There's a mad libs element to them with the blanks filled in by clues you've found. There's even a few puzzle mini-games. It's definitely not in the category of a walking simulator because of all this. In fact, this is, for sure, one of the better of these types of puzzle games out there, and like Obra Dinn, has a 3d element that many of the others lack. There is a substantial amount of play time for a game at this price point, too. In fact, it's probably the most content I've seen packed into a game like this save for maybe Obra Dinn, but that was more "snapshot"-like in that the player was required to fill in a lot of blanks for the story and plot based on what they could derive from those snapshots in time. This game meanwhile, has entire sections of the game voice acted, and a good amount of its story is told through cut scenes. It was far more difficult to code because of this. Beware, I'm going to have some spoilers below but they are kind of minor and two of them are what I kind of consider game-breaking issues so I really feel like they AREN'T spoilers and might be things you should be aware of or the developers might want to consider fixing. My only nitpick was that I was unable to complete the entire game without a guide as there were a number of points where I knew what was wrong and even though I had suspicions about what was needed, I couldn't get the right options to show up when questioning people. This is a problem plaguing many of these deduction games, though, and not really something that can be fixed easily. In three cases it was things I had somehow overlooked. One of these was a particular item located on a black and white checkered floor that I had missed because it was so small and the flooring may have been like an optical illusion to make it nigh invisible to me. Another was a code that I knew was engraved in a certain location, but for whatever reason I just didn't see it, even with a particular vision mode implemented in game to find such things. Another item was cleverly hidden behind something hanging on the wall and I just flat out missed it twice. I guess my vision is failing, because I clearly missed all three of these despite walking past them and even actively hunting for two of them at least two or three times. The fourth and fifth items, however, I feel were maybe an issue with the game's design. I felt pressed for time as the game was progressing, so when asked if I wanted a picture taken that would shave time off of the clock at one point, I just said "No" and that dialog option went into a "resolved" state and didn't show up as unresolved even when later on I got clues that I needed to have my picture taken in order to progress that particular node. The fifth issue was a bit more pernicious. The game does a good job convincing you early on that random generic stationary, books, and bookshelves are kind of pointless to click on, so if you're not wanting to waste your time, you get into the habit of just ignoring them. Well, there's a particular bookshelf in the Drawing Room that just randomly happens (they even say "oh, what's this?" type thing after doing a generic message about how it's just mundane books) to be the only way to not only solve one mystery, but chains into the only solution of a second mystery. So yeah, I felt a little robbed there when I found out about that when I finally consulted an online guide. That said, there is plenty of time to accomplish most of the objectives, so it's only on the 3rd day or so that you really start to feel obligated to look some hints up online. If you do this, IMHO, don't feel bad for it. You might just be getting older and your eyes aren't picking up stuff like they used to, or you might be stuck in some scenario where the one piece you're missing is just barely out of reach and you mostly already know why. In the end, this game is definitely worth the price and if you can get it comboed with another game you like or on sale, it's for sure worth it. Treat yourself to a fun weekend of gaming!

I absolutely loved this - a beautifully crafted story with a intriguing mystery and plot twists! And the visuals are just gorgeous.