Разработчик: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Описание
Type any question - and your patients will reply in full screen video.
They'll have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words will determine their eventual fates, and your own!
MAIN FEATURES
- FMV! - 1600+ full screen HD video responses
- FREE TEXT INPUT - Ask whatever you want, type questions, phrases or just keywords.
- SUGGESTED QUESTIONS - No keyboard? No problem. Pick from our suggested list.
- MULTIPLE ENDINGS - Find out whodunit, and what happens to you and your patients...
- MULTIPLE STORIES - 6 main suspects and 5 side-quests inc. John Guilor (Contradiction)
- RANDOM MURDERER - Chosen at the start of the game to combat spoilers
- SIMPLE UI - View evidence, make notes, watch replays, see your question history
- ACHIEVEMENTS - Steam achievements and a dynamic descriptive rating system
- GUINNESS WORLD RECORD - for "The most Full Motion Video (FMV) in a videogame"
WARNING - This game contains mature themes and psychological horror (including sexual themes, violence and suicide) and by its very nature is open to wide interpretation - so although not originally intended, some topics such as rape and parricide can also be inferred. Recommended for adults only.
FULL DETAILS
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a Lovecraftian FMV murder mystery, which gives players full freedom to question suspects by typing their own questions instead of picking them from a predetermined list. There are no point and click puzzles to solve, just questions to ask and evidence to inspect.Finding out who killed Dr Dekker is only one part of the puzzle; working out how to fix the chaos he left behind will be so much trickier… As well as providing clues to the murder, each patient has their own bizarre problem they need your help with – from time manipulation and re-animated loved ones to horrors under the sea.
Complete with an atmospheric soundtrack, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker invites you to explore the shadow reality that your patients inhabit – a world full of paranormal strangeness and horrors that go bump in your head, where all you have to rely on is your own mind.
Just try not to lose it...
From the developers and creators of "Murderous Muses", "Dark Nights with Poe and Munro" and "The Shapeshifting Detective".
CREDITS
You.............................The DoctorAislinn De’Ath..................Marianna
Bianca Beckles-Rose........Jaya
Dom Lister......................Nathan
Helen Jenkinson..............Elin
Helga Ragnars................Claire
Millin Thomas..................Bryce
Mark Kitto.......................Professor Alderby
and guest starring John Guilor as Professor Warwick.
Additional patients played by ...
Carolyn English, Catherine Stacey, John Shields and Rosie Hefferon.
Directed by Tim Cowles.
Note : Steam overlay is only available on the Windows platform for this game.
FAQ
How do you progress through the game?
You play through a series of five therapy sessions. Each session you'll talk to several patients, and traffic lights tell you which patients you've unlocked so you can move on. Yellow is unlocked, but you can keep talking to reach green and find all their possible responses. On the final accusation screen you choose whodunit and if you've picked correctly the game finishes and plays your ending videos. Automatic saves mean there's no way to rollback something you've said to a patient, so be careful with that. That's it in a nutshell, but we can't tell you everything, or there'd be no surprises...What happens if I ask a question they don't have an answer for?
As long-time fans of FMV games and point-and-click adventures, we're all-too familiar with the 'That's not gonna work' or 'I think I'll have to try that again' phrases repeated over and over. That's why we've given the patients lots of different ways of saying "I don't know" - most have over 40 in fact, including some that contain clues that lead you to new storylines.Is this game an AI simulator?
No. A lot of the time you might get "don't know" answers to your questions, because there are only 1600+ actual filmed responses in the game. Listen to what patients say and follow their lines of conversation to stay on track. Responses are keyword based, so literally typing words patients have already used will do half the job for you.How many acts are there?
There are five acts in total. Each act is a self-contained episode, so it's possible to ask questions (and get responses) in any order to reveal the story. Some decisions you make will affect future acts, so once you hit the continue button there's no going back!What if I get stuck?
We've tried to design the game so you don't get stuck, but if you do, just type 'Hint'. Think of it as asking for advice, and you'll need a lot of it if you're trying to find every response (aka going green). Make sure you've properly watched the help video too. The new 'suggested questions' list also gets you to the finish line without having to type anything.If the murderer is chosen at random, does that mean it's replayable?
The game can be replayed, but it wasn't designed with that in mind. We wanted everyone to be able to experience as much of the game as possible without needing multiple plays, so branching generally removes just a few responses at a time. That said, you will have to replay the game if you want to find *all* the videos and unlock all the achievements and endings.Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7,8,10
- Processor: Pentium 4 SSE2 onwards (dual core)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD3000 or comparable
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Must be capable of playing full HD videos
Mac
- OS: OSX 10.9 onwards, 64 bit
- Processor: Intel
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD3000 or comparable
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Must be capable of playing full HD videos
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 64 bit
- Processor: Pentium 4 SSE2 onwards (dual core)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD3000 or comparable
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 40 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
Game would have been really good if you didn't havr to use hints because if how difficult it is to type questions
The game is spectacular. I have finished act one and started part of the two but I'm getting more and more hooked. The characters are very unique and the story is crazy. Despite being a little annoying to play it with the steamdeck because of the keyboard issue, I don't care because I'm very hooked on the story. Highly recommended.
In addition, the way in which they have generated the clues is wonderful, either repeating the scene of an answer to detect clues writted with italic letters or questions to answer with yes or no in bold and having the clue of the asterisks to continue investigating around this thread.
Edit: I’ve noticed that sometimes u need to reask the question with differents words (example: question using pics did not give me an answer but it did using photos) or u need to rewrite the question using another kind of words that do not interfere with another answer and sometimes this is a bit annoying.
Edit 2: I must admit that I have used a save so as not to have to repeat the game infinite times for certain achievements, despite the fact that in each attempt the killer can change and that controlling sanity creates different endings.
Despite everything this game is a d*mn masterpiece.
Very good idea. Very good acting. Very disappointing resolution.
Even though, if the sequel is implemented better, I'm ready to give it a try.
A nice mix of FMV and conversational adventure, so if you like those kinds of games, or are curious about them, you'll probably enjoy this one. The acting is REALLY good; each character has their own, unique personality and secrets you'll have to uncover. I was totally immersed in the mystery at hand, and was a blast to try to uncover what twisted thing was going on here. At some points, as in any conversational adventure, I failed because I wasn't writing EXACTLY what the game wanted, but it is very forgiving in giving you help and letting you advance through the main plot line without getting completely stuck. Really enjoyable, but you have to be interested in this things, it's not for everyone.
References to a lot of Lovecraft's short stories.
Good acting.
Good story.
Very nice.
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a solid detective game with many possible outcomes. I primarily bought this game because I am a therapist and I love detective games so I felt that it was a nice blend of my career and my interests. I'm always leery of FMV games, but this is very well done. Dr. Dekker doesn't struggle with phrasing and will give the player a lot of leeway with how you ask questions. You can even be playful with it. At one point I decided to quote a scene from the Big Lebowski and I had some pretty comical results. "Do you see what happens, Larry? Do you see what happens when you..." The bottom line here, you will get a lot of replay value and the characters, while as a counselor I find them insufferable (Jaya), as a gamer I find them fun to explore. The achievements can be tedious so if you're an achievement hunter, beware. The story is solid and the game is a nice spin on detective games. I'd give this a 3.5/5 in total.
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I really wanted to like this and it's clear a lot of love and hard work went into this, but there certain things that made this really unenjoyable for me to play.
Firstly, the UI is pretty terrible. It can be difficult to see which of the questions are marked with green asterisks and the cursor is tiny with a color that's really difficult to see.
Secondly, while I don't mind the gameplay format of asking questions, there aren't enough logic trees on what responses you can trigger. Huge spoiler for the last chapter, but I triggered the responses for a character saying we "had fun" in her home last night in the middle of a line of questioning about her describing that same situation as a rape. Her tone shifted radically between the two responses because it was clear i was supposed to do all the "had fun" dialogue first, but missed a couple because they weren't required. It made the scene especially icky in a way that I don't think was intended. There are other times that tone shifted rapidly or things felt out of order, but this was the most egregious example due to the subject matter.
Finally, I didn't know going into this game that the killer is randomized. If I had known that, I likely wouldn't have bought it. Randomized mysteries are really hard to pull off due to the amount of work in creating dialogue trees, and I don't think it was done well here. The killer for my playthrough was someone who had opportunity, but no real motive. I guess the motive was he was mad at Dekker, but... so was basically everyone. This might have been excusable if the individual character plotlines felt like they went anywhere or had any kind of resolution, but they don't in my opinion.
I feel bad because I do think this game could have been good, but instead I found it really frustrating.
I can't fix them and that's okay
I had so much fun with this game! It did take me a little bit to kinda get my bearings and figure out how to get the conversation flowing naturally, but once I did that I was all in, and found it pretty immersive and engrossing. Loved the characters, the acting, and the stories, and my god were some moments unsettling! Totally reccommend it if this seems like your thing!
Great, Full Motion Video game about mental health.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | D'Avekki Studios Ltd |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 22.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 78 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 82% положительных (418) |