Who Done it games
 

Can I get somehelp with this problem that I am having please. I like the "who done it"games. I have played -

Still Life
Jack the Ripper
CSI 1,2 and 3
CSI Miami and some Nancy Drew games, but I am looking for something that will kind'a scary the Holy *#@* out of me and I still want the mystery to go with it. I know that this might be a tall order or this type of game not even be out there. What do you think am I just pissing in the wind ?:9

Thanks

Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None is a classic "who done it?", although it probably won't scare the crap out of you. :)

You might also check out this one that I posted about yesterday... it's similar in construction to And Then There Were None and I'm finding it very well done. Even a little scary. :)

If you enjoyed the CSI games, you might also like the Law & Order games.

I can think of some scary games, but not necessarily with the "who done it?" element. The Gabriel Knight games sort of have both (especially GK2).

How about 7th Guest and 11th Hour? Cheesy but I bet they're cheap these days.

I would recommend Gabriel Knight series 1-3 also you might like the Ripper and Phantasmagoria 2

I think GK3 is even better if you like real "who done it"s as, unlike GK2, it is up to you to notice the details and the evolution of the plot.

I have played Agatha Christie(ATTWN) I will check out that link b/c it looks pretty cool, and I have also played a couple of the Law and order games. The only one I havent tried was GK games. I guess that will be my next stop.

Thanks

Hey thanks, I played the 7th guest last month and I am working on the 11th hour now. I had trouble running them on my PC so I have to alot of downloading files to help with the music and things like that in the game. It works much better now.

This is probley going to be a stupid question :frusty: , but is Ripper the same as Jack the Ripper ? Please forgive me I'm blonde :crazy: ..... but the Phantasmagoria is that a puzzle type game or a who done it? Just asking so that I will kind'a know what to look for.

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Solid Snake may be talking about this one:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/ripper

There were also 2 Jack the Rippers:

One in 1995: http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/ripper (haven't played)

One in 2004: http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/jack-the-ripper- (I played this and it didn't get good reviews)

Ripper takes place in the future and yes, it is referring to Jack the Ripper in a sense. The killer is imitating Jack the Ripper.

Phantasmagoria 2 isn't really a puzzle game, no. It's more of a inventory puzzle type of adventure game. And yes, it has a murder mystery of sorts where you don't know who the killer is.

What about Cruise for a Corpse.

Its been years and years since I played this since i played it when it first came out on a Atari ST i think?

I remember it feeling very epic, and having one of the best endings, giving a load of story and looking really good.

Oh and back on topic when you got through all the clues and pint and click puzzles you ended up in a room with all the ships characters in a "I have gather you all here as I am going to tell you who the killer is" and then you had to point out who did the dastardly.

Very fond memories, great game.

-Lynx-

The right link for the 1995 jack the ripper game would be http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/jack-the-ripper
I remembered now you might also like In the dead of the night http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/in-the-dead-of-night

I never thought I'd say that, but the Laura Bow games (Colonel's Bequest, Dagger of Amon Ra) may be to your liking since they are the very definition of "who done it?" adventures. Then again, provided that Sierra is the one who actually done it, be prepared for plenty of frustration, ridiculous and frequent deaths and even a fair share of dead-end situations along the way. Other than that you will get a genuine feeling of a virtual Agatha Cristie mystery and possibly the occational shivers in your spine.

Also, Black Dahlia, the descendant of aforementioned Ripper, falls into the murder mystery category with the strong addition of horror at several points. Better get armed with a walkthrough for this one though, since its puzzles will have you scream in terror even more than the video sequences will.

Murder mystery doesn't nessessarily mean "whodunit." A whodunit mystery would have to have a group of people confined in one setting, usually a mansion or something along those lines, of which one of the persons is a killer. The detective of the group must find out whodunit, usually too late to save most of the people from getting killed.

So really the only whodunit games I can think of are the Laura Bow series and Cruise for a Corpse.

Yeah, agreed. GK2 is the only one of the three that really got me scared, though.

I want to second Black Dahlia... great game despite the fact that there are some furstrating puzzles. I don't recall it being that scary though... it depends what you mean scary, if still life scared you then i believe black dahlia will too. The only game that scared me was darkfall, i wouldn't say that it's a typical "who done it" murder mystery but i think you may enjoy it anyway.

Well, he did say Still Life was of his liking though (or at least that's how I understood it) and he also asked for some scary theme to go hand in hand with his mystery.
Your description of "whodunit" games, however, trigered "5 Days a Stranger" to spring into my mind as a good choice since it includes the element of suspence as well. Plus its more enjoyable than both Cruise for a Corpse and the Laura Bow games :)

Whoops! Thanks for putting the right one in. Sloppy copying and pasting on my part. :)

WOW ! Thanks to you all that helps alot. Keep the games coming if you got them :D

Black Mirror could be considered a "whodunit".

Well, I'm sure that I'll get many many bad critics for this post, but I think Jack Orlando: Director's Cut is good game and it is something like "Who done it?" adventure. Well, it was one of the first adventures I've played and I liked it. :)

Blue Heat, SFPD Homicide The Body in the Bay, Laura Bow 1 and 2. And of course the already mentioned Ripper.

There's also Cluedo Chronicles: Fatal Illusion.

It doesn't really have any scary moments but certain parts of the mansion, at the end, can be eerie/creepy.

Sorry for reviving such an old thread but it is linked in "Need a recommendation" stickied topic.

Obviously, I need a recommendation. I just finished Sherlock Holmes The Awekened. It was pretty good and I'm in the mood for some more investigating. Recommend me an excellent whodunnit or mystery game that works on Windows 7 or Linux easily. I don't mind the setting aslong as the game is good (Discworld Noir is an excellent example but I played that one) but I would prefer something based on real life.

This is THE ULTIMATE whodunnit adventure:

http://www.slightly-deranged.com/?page_id=1328

Seriously. Stop looking. It's pointless.

Whodunit? Jack Orlando is more like a Whyplayit!!!!!

I strongly suggest trying this little whodunit free game from 2009:

dun dun dun Mr Danger's Contest !

Yeah, it's a bit silly (the music and sound effects are hummed by the author), but it's a really fun and creative combo of Clue and X-Men (sic!).

Dracula: The Path of the Dragon is a great mystery/horror title. It was remade so many times since 2008, that I think it should work on any system or platform now :) Although I recommend to grab the original version.

You mean "as opposed to the Big Fish casual version"? Or have there been changes done for every single platform release.

I'm not sure - is this one the same as the BigFish and iPhone versions?

I haven't played any of the versions yet - that's why I'm asking. I'd hate end up with a subpar one.

Well, I only played the original 2008 version, that's why I'm suggesting to stick with it :)

I'm fairly certain I played the original version cause it didn't show the Big Fish logo at the beginning. Just the Kheops logo.

It's a nice enough game though far from perfect. The story's good. The plot unfolds at a very nice pace and is wrapped up very nicely at the end which is unfortunately not allways the case wih AGs. Dialogue's are good too but the puzzles. They're a lot of fun at the beginning but they get harder and harder to the point that they're practically undoable without a walkthrough and certainly no fun anymore. The final section of the game is way to long and far too cluttered with overly difficult puzzles. Which is a real shame cause it leaves you with an unpleasant feeling after what is for the largest part a very good game.

I'm not trying to dissuade you from playing it just be warned: the end is a bit of a downer unless you like extremely convoluted puzzles.

Good news! There are three more SH games by Frogwares: SH: The Secret of the Silver Earring, SH vs Arsene Lupin and SH vs Jack the Ripper with a new installment out due soon

The big fish one is a casual sequel to full adventure Dracula Origin. I think it's called Love Kills.

Yeah I should have mentioned I played Frogwares previous SH games. I guess I should continue onto SH vs Arsene Lupin and then Jack the Ripper... Probably will finish them just before Testaments come out.

Thanks for the suggestions. Feel free to bring more and don't leave out classics if they can somehow be run on newer PCs.

Edit: Wow, Maupiti Island really seems like the perfect Adventure Game for me. I might dare to try and run that. I wonder will it be able to top my toplist (which is Discworld: Noir, Beneath a Steel Sky and The Longest Journey)!? The premise seems a lot like Sinking Island.

I wanted to recommend Maupiti Island but one person beat me to it.

Another one that could pass for a whodunnit is 'The Last Express'.
It certainly does the 'shocking revelation' right.

I've had my eyes on it for quite some time, especially so since it was made by none other than Jordan Mechner.

Let's see some hands: Who managed to finish Maupiti Island? :P
Not even its staunchest fan, Agustin.

You can't go wrong with The Last Express. :)

Like already mentioned on the previous page, Cruise for a Corpse is oldie but goodie, done in a classic style of Agatha Christie story:

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8...orpsedo.th.gif


I'm not sure whether Murder in the Abbey is any good, but it's another murder mystery.

Some may argue that older Sherlock Holmes titles - The Case of the Serrated Scalpel and The Case of the Rose Tattoo are even better than newer ones.

In Memoriam is another one i'm yet to play, but seems like an original search for a serial killer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf2rOX21dCk