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I played this for a few hours today, and based on a quick glance at a walkthrough it seems I’m about 2/3 through. So a bit on the short side, but not crazy.

The presentation is awesome. Love the art, music, and acting. Story so far is interesting.

However, puzzles have mostly been straightforward fetch quests. Just got stuck a little bit twice. Once I had the right solution, the game was just being picky. The other was some moon logic.

But overall, not regretting the $15 purchase. Will probably finish it tomorrow.

Snatcher42 - 25 May 2022 03:49 AM

I played this for a few hours today, and based on a quick glance at a walkthrough it seems I’m about 2/3 through. So a bit on the short side, but not crazy.

The presentation is awesome. Love the art, music, and acting. Story so far is interesting.

However, puzzles have mostly been straightforward fetch quests. Just got stuck a little bit twice. Once I had the right solution, the game was just being picky. The other was some moon logic.

But overall, not regretting the $15 purchase. Will probably finish it tomorrow.

So how long would you say it is?

Snatcher42 - 25 May 2022 03:49 AM

I played this for a few hours today, and based on a quick glance at a walkthrough it seems I’m about 2/3 through…...

The presentation is awesome. Love the art, music, and acting. Story so far is interesting…..

I think I’ve got about 2/3rds through too & agree with the above appraisal.

I’ve played for over 5 hours so far so for the price the game will end up being a reasonable length but the lack of challenge doesn’t help. 

I appreciate the 2 semi reviews, I think this is a skip for me.

For those of you who already finished or way further into the game - would you mind holding on to your final thoughts until we (or maybe just me) finish? I offered a playthrough (spontaneous, unofficial but still) and some people responded, so we were supposed to play along together and, since the game is new, discover stuff as we go. I appreciate all your input on story, gameplay, music, VO, writing etc. but hold your final thoughts for now. Please and thank you!

I have played for an hour and a half now. Stopped right after doing the “mint trade”.

First impressions - the game looks absolutely stunning, although a few locations have very little interactive spots in them (like the mansion hallway or the bank), every screen is gorgeous. Same goes for voice-over and soundtrack. Voice work is amazing here, it’s such a pleasure to listen to people speak!

Story seems original and interesting so far, curious to see where it goes. The comedy is a big part of the game, so it’s seems to be self-aware with occasional 4th-wall breaking stuff. Not laugh-out-loud funny, but definitely made me smile. (Like when I ordered dinner at the hotel restaurant). Characters are also cartoonishly exaggerated in the same comedic vein, and, so far, I kinda like it. Intrigued by Eartha character at the moment, and I just couldn’t take Lauren Bacall out of my head when talked to Kiki (say, circa “How to Marry a Millionaire”) - again, voices are fantastic. Also, really like that dialogue written with a lots of historical expressions, and I get a kick out of every one. Some are still around by the way, which is also interesting.

I can’t say anything about puzzles yet, because I spent all this time visiting all the open locations and talking to a bunch of people to get the story going (I am investigating, after all). Maybe that speaks for itself, of course, and that’s how the rest of the game will be, but so far I had one joke puzzle (bringing Billy back) that was done solely for comedy purposes, and a few fetch tasks. I do know that I have a book of Voodoo with recipes and spells, and it looks like I’m going to be making those at some point, as I already started collecting ingredients. There were definitely moments where I picked up something before I knew what I needed it for.

The only strange thing I found is the way VD can walk into any business and just start asking people there about the case. Maybe it’s a way to go on an island where many people know each other, but I would’ve spoken to those who is directly (potentially) involved with the case first. Here, however, I can start talking about it with just about anyone. I found it odd.
Oh, and the complaining about the tourists stuff. I understand that it’s a major plot point in-game, but I’ve been hit with it over the head so many times just during the first 90 minutes, that it got a bit tiresome.

Also, a QOL complaint - instead of double-clicking to speed-walk, there’s a “SKIP” button in the top left corner of the screen, so you have to click on where you want to go, then move the cursor up and press “skip” to move faster. If you have to do it several times per screen (they are quite large), then you end up doing that whole cursor shuffle back and forth several times. Same button works for dialogues the same way. I don’t really get the decision between this UI choice.

Overall, so far - I like the game. I haven’t read any reviews, and I won’t until I finish.

Smell you later, big guys, gotta blow!

The double click works, too. You don’t have to use the skip button.

Tried it again just now - double-click didn’t work on my computer. Maybe it’s a “me” thing then?

Jdawg445 - 25 May 2022 07:09 AM

So how long would you say it is?

About 5 hours. There are some harder puzzles toward the end. I enjoyed it. A little short to be a classic, but great first effort for a new studio.

Karlok - 27 May 2022 01:39 AM

I’m seriously stuck. And need some help. DCast, I don’t know where you are in the game and I don’t want to spoil anything for you. Skeeter, you almost finished it, can you tell me what I missed?

I’ve used a spell on the amulet, talked to everybody about the LeMoon family, gave that woman at the cemetery what she wanted, got the hotel room key, talked to Mary and Kiki. No dialogue options left for anybody. My inventory: amulet, fish gland, screwdriver, camera, money, harmonica. I need to give Kiki evidence of her husband cheating but I can’t do anything with him or the camera.

Have you climbed the ladder on the side of the lawyer’s office?