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Adventure Game Scene of the Day — Sunday 21 September 2014
The Psychic Detective (1995) is what I’d call a real interactive movie: whether the player does something or not, the movie keeps going. You can jump from one character to another, and sometimes even to objects, to learn more about the plot and the people. The story is dark in a bad way, I found it repulsive, but I like the concept of witnessing events from different perspectives very much. The developers had a sadistic streak because they provided only one slot to save your game and there are way too many possibilities to find the only good ending among the dozen bad ones.
That also looks like one of the worst interfaces ever, taking up 3/4 of the screen and leaving most of that empty…
Last played: Marvel’s Spider-Man - 4.5/5 | Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell - 3/5 | There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension (CPT) - 4/5 | There Is No Game (replay) - 4/5 | Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (replay) - 3/5 | Lighthouse: The Dark Being (CPT) - 2.5/5 | Anna’s Quest (CPT) - 4.5/5 | Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe - 4/5 | Florence - 4/5 | Alice Trapped in Wonderland - 1/5 | The Hunt for the Lost Ship - 1.5/5 | The Talos Principle - 4/5 | Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum - 3/5 | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 3/5 | Simon the Sorcerer (replay) - 4/5 | Portal 2 - 4/5 | Murder By Numbers - 3.5/5 | Heavy Rain - 3.5/5 | Disco Elysium - 4.5/5 | Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse - 3/5
That also looks like one of the worst interfaces ever
*Cough* The Daedalus Encounter *Cough*
Recently finished: Four Last Things 4/5, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout 5/5, Chains of Satinav 3,95/5, A Vampyre Story 88, Sam Peters 3/5, Broken Sword 1 4,5/5, Broken Sword 2 4,3/5, Broken Sword 3 85, Broken Sword 5 81, Gray Matter 4/5\nCurrently playing: Broken Sword 4, Keepsake (Let\‘s Play), Callahan\‘s Crosstime Saloon (post-Community Playthrough)\nLooking forward to: A Playwright’s Tale
That also looks like one of the worst interfaces ever
*Cough* The Daedalus Encounter *Cough*
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*Cough* The Daedalus Encounter *Cough*
I said “one of the worst”. That doesn’t change if you come up with “THE worst”. 
Last played: Marvel’s Spider-Man - 4.5/5 | Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell - 3/5 | There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension (CPT) - 4/5 | There Is No Game (replay) - 4/5 | Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (replay) - 3/5 | Lighthouse: The Dark Being (CPT) - 2.5/5 | Anna’s Quest (CPT) - 4.5/5 | Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe - 4/5 | Florence - 4/5 | Alice Trapped in Wonderland - 1/5 | The Hunt for the Lost Ship - 1.5/5 | The Talos Principle - 4/5 | Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum - 3/5 | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 3/5 | Simon the Sorcerer (replay) - 4/5 | Portal 2 - 4/5 | Murder By Numbers - 3.5/5 | Heavy Rain - 3.5/5 | Disco Elysium - 4.5/5 | Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse - 3/5
Dark Side of the moon is up there.
However to be fair. Video compression was pretty bad back then so small windows hid the artifacts and lines etc.
An adventure game is nothing more than a good story set with engaging puzzles that fit seamlessly in with the story and the characters, and looks and sounds beautiful.
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However to be fair. Video compression was pretty bad back then so small windows hid the artifacts and lines etc.
The Psychic Detective also features some full-screen scenes:
It’s not that bad for 95.
Recently finished: Four Last Things 4/5, Edna & Harvey: The Breakout 5/5, Chains of Satinav 3,95/5, A Vampyre Story 88, Sam Peters 3/5, Broken Sword 1 4,5/5, Broken Sword 2 4,3/5, Broken Sword 3 85, Broken Sword 5 81, Gray Matter 4/5\nCurrently playing: Broken Sword 4, Keepsake (Let\‘s Play), Callahan\‘s Crosstime Saloon (post-Community Playthrough)\nLooking forward to: A Playwright’s Tale
It certainly isn’t bad for a 1995 DOS game. I loved the feeling of being able to control the movie. When other people are present, which is most of the time, their thumbnails appear outside the frame. Click on one of them and you’ve changed the perspective, so the movie changes without stopping. The transistions are seamless, it’s great. Outside in the street you can hop from a skateboarding guy to a homeless woman, etcetera. Useless but fun.
I bought this sometime in the 90s and was never able to get it working on my PC. I must have tried everything. I’ve read about the game and love the idea of a genuinely interactive movie, but it’s one of those titles I’ll never experience 
I don’t remember which version of DOS I used, probably the one that came with Win98. The Psychic Detective is compatible with DOSbox, haven’t tried it though.
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