Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?

very silly and fun. would definitely recommend it if you like choices matter style movie-esque games

Holy ♥♥♥♥ how do you code a game this bad that is basically just a VN. First time playing crashed my entire PC after like 20mins in when I assume it was doing some sort of story check. Upon reboot it didn't save any progress despite saying resume. Second time playing I kept task manager open and it would constantly spike to 60-80% of my cpu. Then once again after a little over an hour it crashed my pc again. I run a Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2GHHz cpu, with 64GB of DDR5 ram and a RX 7900 XTX 24GB GPU. There is nothing about this genre of game that should be causing these issues. Seriously wtf.

It's more of a mixed review than a negative one, as I enjoyed the game from the beginning through the mid-game. However, my experience was hindered by the lack of features that a game built around the premise of looping should have, such as decision and choice tracking. The game took me around six hours to complete, but I feel it should have taken less than three. The lack of choice and decision tracking made the experience feel tedious and repetitive, forcing me to sit through many of the same events over and over again. While the game does provide a skip feature, it isn't enough to compensate for the limited variety between loops. I wouldn't recommend it if you have other alternative FMVs to play.

Far more entertaining and enjoyable than I could have anticipated. I legitimately laughed at a good amount of the jokes. While trying to get enough clues was difficult on two of the characters, overall, this was a delight. To those complaining that you have to play through it multiple times, there is a skip option for the scenes you've already seen.

It's terrible. The story goes nowhere and seems like a bad comedy, every character is unlikeable. It froze 3 times during my play through and had to quit and reload each time. I have no desire to keep playing to see the other endings.

超级无聊，怪不得key只卖几毛钱

Метамодерн жжот.

I gave a thumbs up mainly for attempting something different. I found it quite hard to get into though. You're supposed to be trying to work out who poisoned Uncle Marcus, but the decisions available never really made me feel like I was doing any detective work. So it's best taken not too seriously.

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?, geleneksel oyun mekaniklerinden ziyade tamamen interaktif bir film (FMV) deneyimi sunuyor. Bir önceki incelediğimiz aksiyon odaklı yapımların aksine, burada kas hafızası değil, tamamen gözlem yeteneği ve parçadan bütüne ulaşma becerisi ön planda. Kendi deneyimim üzerinden bu yapımı şöyle özetleyebilirim: Dijital Bir Polisiye Deneyimi Oyuna girdiğim an, kendimi bir aile içi "quiz" etkinliğinin ortasında buldum; ancak durum göründüğünden çok daha karanlıktı. Marcus amcanın zehirlendiğini ve failin o an ekrandaki aile üyelerinden biri olduğunu bilmek, her bir diyalog karesine bir dedektif titizliğiyle bakmamı sağladı. Oyunun bir Zoom görüşmesi formatında geçmesi, günümüzün dijital iletişim dilini çok iyi yansıtıyor. Her bir kutucuktaki karakterin mimiklerini takip etmek, aslında görsel bir yapbozun parçalarını birleştirmek gibi hissettiriyor. Mekanik Kısıtlılık ve Karar Anları Burada dövüş komboları yok, ancak zamanlamanın kritik olduğu diyalog seçimleri var. Kısıtlı vaktimde kiminle konuşacağıma karar vermek, aslında oyunun sunduğu en büyük strateji. Bir karakterden aldığım küçücük bir bilgi kırıntısı, başka bir sahnede devasa bir kanıta dönüşebiliyor. Oyunun bu "tekrar oynanabilirlik" yapısı, her seferinde farklı bir ipucunun peşinden gitmeyi zorunlu kılarak hikayeyi dallandırıp budaklandırıyor. Oyun Sektöründeki Yeri ve Üretim Kalitesi Capcom'un devasa bütçeli motorlarının aksine, burada gücü oyunculuk performansı ve senaryo matematiği sırtlıyor. Modern oyun dünyasının bazen aşırı karmaşıklaşan yapısına karşın, bu tarz FMV oyunlarının sunduğu o "saf hikaye anlatıcılığı" oldukça tazeleyici. Özellikle oyunun türsel anlamda bir hizmet oyunu (live service) olmaması, bitirilebilir ve tam bir deneyim sunması benim için yine büyük bir artı. Zayıf Halkalar Elbette deneyim kusursuz değil. Bazı diyalog döngüleri, birden fazla oynanışta kendini çok tekrar edebiliyor ve bu da o gizem atmosferini biraz zedeleyebiliyor. Ancak parçadan bütüne giden yolda, suçluyu bulduğum o anki tatmin duygusu bu küçük pürüzleri unutturmaya yetiyor.

*Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?* is a short FMV mystery that I would recommend, but mainly to people who already enjoy this kind of game. The setup is fun: a family quiz over video call slowly turns into a murder mystery when Uncle Marcus tells Abby that someone poisoned him. I liked how awkward the family felt. Everyone smiles, jokes and argues like a normal messy family, but underneath that, almost everyone seems suspicious. Abby has to keep playing along while secretly gathering clues, which gives the game a nice uncomfortable feeling. Uncle Marcus is probably the most likable part. He feels warm, strange and a little sad, like the only person in the family who still wants some real connection. Because of that, trying to save him gives the story some heart. The rest of the family are more exaggerated, but that also makes them entertaining. The problem is that the mystery is not very deep. A lot of the game feels more like collecting conversations than truly investigating. Replaying to find evidence can also become repetitive, even with the skip function. Still, the acting is fun, the family drama is amusing, and the short length helps it avoid becoming too tiring. It is not amazing, but it is a decent, funny little FMV mystery.