The Séance of Blake Manor

Esse jogo é um dos melhores jogos de mistério em que você busca as pistas e tem registros para resolver os problemas que já joguei. Acho muito bem feita a esquematização de informações que se obtém sobre os durante o jogo, pois ela mostra os dados que você tem, como os obteve, e a forma como elas são usadas nas mecânicas de resolução é bem feita. Com certeza uma obra que representa muito bem o papel de um detetive de forma organizada, intuitiva e divertida.

I loved this game. The artwork has a Mignola feel, which is a good choice to pair with the simple graphics system (we're talking 90's style sprites populating a 3D space). But this is an indie game, so I imagine the choice was to spend more resources on the excellent clue/mystery management system (you will rarely need to keep written notes, but that still does happen) and on voice acting. The story is very deep and satisfying, and you'll end up incidentally learning a lot about Irish history, lol. Now, full disclosure, but I was able to complete nearly all the mysteries on my first play through (it says I missed one, but I don't know which one. There was one puzzle I couldn't solve, but I'm not sure if it was related). In order to do this, I did look up 3 hints at the end, here on the Steam forums, because I was very, very close to figuring out everything on my own. I didn't want to do a full additional play through just to get those last few bits solved. I feel that the "time/minutes" system in the game is brilliant. Some reviewers have complained about it, but it's the WHOLE POINT of this game. You have to be strategic what questions you ask everyone, because they put in the work so that you can, theoretically, ask NEARLY EVERYONE ABOUT EVERYTHING. I can't imagine how much work it was to write all of these dialogue trees, especially considering that it's impossible for you to ever go through all of them (at least on one play through, or even two). It reminds me of how Blue Prince uses "steps" as a way to force you to be strategic in how you delegate your focus. Also, side note, I was going through an awful experience in my life while playing this, and the gloomy, sad, human story of this game was a wonderful balm and escape.

好正经的侦探游戏。我竟然真的要走来走去问东问西翻箱倒柜才能获得线索。 我并不喜欢做任何事都要消耗时间这个机制，逻辑谜题并不依赖操作，设置一个隐形的压力源不会让人在面临逻辑谜题时脑筋更活络。恰恰相反，前中期由于害怕时间耗尽而不敢多问，导致我原本对游戏世界观的好奇被打住，收束成了功利的“这个是无关话题，有时间再来问”，然后就再也没问过了。尽管在后期（大约是第三日的下午）我终于知道了时间资源是绰绰有余的，但是我前中期的体验再也救不回来了。 作者现在的当务之急是把场景间切换从黑屏升级到无缝加载，这将极大优化跑图体验。 偶尔有jump scare，哎，但是都打完通关了，原谅你了。 美术风格挺好的，我不知道这种叫什么，感觉和蓝图王子是一类，十分适合描绘室内空间，简洁而规整。

Really good game. Very engrossing, the mysteries around each person are pretty good, and easy to figure out yourself if you look at enough items. The final mystery might seem out of left field if you don't ask the right questions or think it through, but I thought it was good. The only complaint I have is it can be 'too easy'. I finished most of the mysteries on day 1, and then spent a lot of time just waiting until I could confront people at certain times when they were available. I had done everything I could by about 4 on the final day so spent the last 4 hours just spamming random questions to pass the time, this was after spending a few hours spamming questions until people were available. If the game was a little tighter, or mysteries more difficult it would be better, or at least have the option for it too be. It would also be good if you could knock on the doors of people in their bedrooms to speak to them instead of wasting an hour until they leave.

一句话：没错这就是你要找那款“一大堆三三两两小团体的人在一个小别墅里渡过几天几夜每个人都有一个奇奇怪怪的秘密看起来鬼鬼祟祟的而你是一个突然加进来缕清他们所有人搞什么东东的侦探”的游戏。 剧情10分美术10分，庄园高度还原连一些跟剧情无关进不去的地方也做了门这点大赞，古典味十足。解谜虽然很多评论说略简单但我也想给到9分，毕竟猜每个人容易猜凶手也容易，但[spoiler]这凶手完整的计划也太超现实了[/spoiler]，时间虽然有限制但一周目也可以轻松收集所有人完全足够。 至于微恐具体有多恐，其实也不算恐，这屋子里各种乱闪的鬼主要作用是在这个迷宫一样的地方突然拐角遇到[啊！]，但恐怖氛围十分到位，追逐战是你追别人所以不算恐怖 感谢汉化否则这么民俗的主题我这破英文水平根本玩不了，不过有些地点名字因为是在墙上，路边牌子和日程表是没翻译的，大伙至少还是要知道一点点单词意思才能玩得顺畅

The mystery didn’t hook me as much as I thought it would. In fact, I found myself getting pushed away the more I played. Specifically, the mere presence of a time limit hurt my eagerness to explore, learn, and discuss. It’s uncomfortable that almost all of the interactions with anything cost time, a resource that the game makes a big deal about. Basic observations such as “look in desk” largely lead to a useless “nothing of note in here”. So why build a resource system around these bread and butter interactions? There’s also just a lot of information to sift through and having the game consider the time spent with unimportant conversation or red herrings to be wasted time considerably disincentivizes inquisitiveness. The manor is needlessly sprawling and there are too many submenus (a feature which comes across as a crutch for the overcomplicated, unintuitive puzzles). The characters all seem like oddly generic archetypes, the visuals are generally quite bland, and the mouse sensitivity is messed up. I don’t think I’ll be finishing this one.

прекрасная игра, понравились истории персонажей, тайны и внезапные их раскрытия. прекрасная озвучка, очень круто обыгран ирландский фольклор, главный злодей вообще не очевиден. жаль Валтера - впрочем, вероятно, правильнее сказать, что жаль Джонатана. было бы круто приехать погостить в таком особняке :)

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Great adventure game Just what you would hope from a indie developer. Story is gripping and the time factor in the manor adds a layer of urgency to search of evidence. Plenty of mysteries and suspects to investigate. The game pulls back to it. 87 / 100

Really good game, good characters, interesting story with twists i didn't expect. Recommended