Video Game Reviews, Articles
PQube and Kadokawa Games have announced that Root Film, an upcoming murder mystery visual novel, is out now on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. According to the press release, Root Film “transports players to a beautifully detailed like-for-like recreation of…
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What is it? A Case of Distrust is an indie visual novel game set in the 1920s, in San Francisco. You’re private detective P. C. Malone, tasked with helping Connor Green find out who is out to kill him –…
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What is it? Disco Elysium is a detective game that sees you trying to solve a murder mystery, after a weekend of debauchery and having completely forgotten everything that had happened in your life up until that point. You’re joined…
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I’ve actually been playing quite a few games lately, and although I wasn’t necessarily looking for something, Frog Detective 2 came to me and, given it was only an hour in length, I couldn’t really resist it. It ticked a…
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I’m always on the hunt for good games for my Switch, and on the face of it, Mainlining comes across as the perfect game for me. Point and click, detective, hacking, retro styled, all sounds tip top to me. I…
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What is it? The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle is an episodic point and click adventure game where you play as private investigator and Sherlock Holmes wannabe, Bertram Fiddle, and his bulky Peruvian aide, on the hunt for a devious serial…
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I was browsing through my Humble library of unredeemed keys the other day, and stumbled upon The Darkside Detective. A retro-styled, point and click adventure set with supernatural themes? Sounds perfect, how had this game gone under my radar for…
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What is it? The Darkside Detective is a paranormal detective game that sees you play as Detective McQueen, a detective who is tasked with keeping the supernatural off the streets, in a number of different cases. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons…
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What is it? Rainswept is a point and click, detective story type indie game, which sees you play as a detective from the big city go to a small town to examine the scene of a murder-suicide. Platform(s) PC Pros…
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My favourite game of 2016, or at least one of them, gets the quick minute treatment.
While at Gamescom this year, I managed to secure an interview with a publisher called Zodiac Interactive. They provide a gateway to the Western market for indie developers from China, who want to release their games to a larger audience….
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What is it? Another Case Solved is a puzzle-detective game, which sees you match up footprints, magnifying glasses or question marks, as well as other objects, to gather clues about a case. Platform(s) Android & iOS Pros Cons Fantastic art…
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What is it? Sandiego Inc. is a mobile game that sees you play as a detective, going around the world to try to locate criminals, based on oddly precise clues that are given to you by random members of the…
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I was browsing the IndieGaming section of reddit the other day when a GIF of a noire-looking game, with a gorgeous pixel-perfect aesthetic to go with it. Seeing as both of those things really appeal to me, I couldn’t not…
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