I heard tell of a quirky independent game called Promise Mascot Agency (Kaizen Game Works (a UK-based developer)) that is set in Japan. There was a demo for it, but I never got around to it. The premise is that a yakuza member is disgraced and has to fake his death. He is responsible (in… Continue Reading
I have more to say about my perfect detective game. In yesterday’s post, I hard-swung to why it had to be a Poirot game. Poirot is my favorite detective, and there has yet to be a good game based on him. Whatever I think of the Sherlock Holmes video games (and I think they’re horseshit),… Continue Reading
I’m still looking for the perfect detective game. I recently talked about two that were great, but with notable flaws (especially Murders on the Yangtze River (OMEGAMES STUDIO)).I know that there is no way to make a perfect anything, but I think I could come close. Here is my last post about the subject, which… Continue Reading
I rolled credits on Murders on the Yangtze River (OMEGAMES STUDIO) after fifteen hours, and it was mostly a fun ride. I talked about the demo in this post, which was the first two chapters of the game. That took roughly three hours–maybe four? The rest of the game is four more chapters, which is… Continue Reading
I finished The Roottrees Are Dead (Evil Trout Inc.) tonight. For a game that I at first did not get at all (why someone would play it), I jumped into it with both feet when it clicked (which was very soon after the second time I tried to play it). The premise is shaky, but… Continue Reading
I have been musing about detective/mystery games for the past week or so because I’ve been obsessed with them lately. Here is my post from yesterday in which I griped about more things I hate in detective games. In this post, I’m going to try to focus more on what I want from a detective… Continue Reading
I have played more of Murders on the Yangtze River (OMEGAMES Studio), and while I still enjoy it muchly, there are more things that are irritating me. Such as the fact that they introduce new mechanics without explaining them. Or give a very brief explanation that doesn’t really tell you what to do. Here’s my… Continue Reading
Since I’ve been on a mystery/detective game kick lately, I’ve been thinking about what I really want from a detective game. Many years ago, I tried several of the Sherlock Holmes games by Frogwares. They were highly-esteemed, and while I don’t particularly like Sherlock Holmes, that was all that was available at the time. Oh,… Continue Reading
I am still on my murder mystery game kick. And for whatever reason, I was looking at Steam. Well, no. I know exacttly why. I wanted to look at mystery games precisely because I’m on this kick. I found a game that immediately intrigued me. I think I had heard of it before, but I… Continue Reading
When the first Golden Idol game came out, I desperately wanted to like it because it seemed to be way up my alley. Sadly, I could not get into it, so I put it aside. Then along came The Roottrees Are Dead. Someone in the RKG Discord was really pushing it, and I bought it… Continue Reading