Разработчик: b movie games
Описание
The game has the look and feel of a black and white comic book. It is set in Los Angeles in 1945 and all the characters have the faces of Golden Age Hollywood stars.
Features:
- Easy and fast paced gameplay.
- Unique game mechanics.
- Many original cases to solve.
- New cases can be added at anytime.
- A tribute to the old Hollywood gangster movies.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, spanish - spain, greek, french, turkish, italian
Системные требования
Windows
- OS: XP / Vista / 7 / 8 /10
- Processor: Intel or AMD Singlecore CPU
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Storage: 850 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
Fun for a few hours. Sort of repetitive in the sense that you need to manage your time super hard for some cases, and others are done in seconds, so you make yourself a handwritten guide on who to accuse, how to get that conclusion, so you don't get fired before the end of the game. I think it's worth the price and fun, just be aware that you'll see many of the same things over and over until it's easy for you
Hard and i felt you had to be lucky i found to be unfun . You had to be lucky and chose the right optiobs
The non-serious atmosphere really doesn't suit a whodunit style game. Also the game is more about pure luck than actual deduction (even when you know who the killer is, the game still forces large amounts of RNG luck)
A dull repetitive game. Just click and read and run against a stupid time limit. Have so long to investigate but must take time off for family more time for the confession, completely stupid.
A poor man's version of "LA Noire"
While most cases are interesting, the large number of investigative options and the limited "time" make it difficult to solve cases through logical deduction. Instead you have to rely on lucky guesses, and hope that these will point you in the right direction.
I love almost everything about this game, but there is no way to win. You don't have enough time to complete the cases, which can get you fired, game over. You can't keep your wife happy unless you spend loads of time with her instead of on the cases, so she leaves and game over. I really can't imagine anyone being able to complete all of the cases and win this game. Oh yeah, I was playing on easy and still couldn't do it. I'm so disappointed in this game that I would ask for a refund if I had paid more than 49 cents.
İdea is really good but i think they should work on balance more it is really hard to solve the case.Not enough connection between clues and yu havent got enough time.On the other hand yu can make your own story with editor and yu can let your friends for trying to solve it.For such a decent price it is really good game
Fun mini mysteries, with great noir styling.
Really nice casual detective game, I really enjoyed it. You basicly play as a detective in 1945 and need to solve cases in order to keep your boss, your wife and a "secret person" happy. You have suspects and witnesses who you can interrogate, observe and at the end also force to confess the crimes, if they did it. At this time there are about 20 cases, I hope there will be much more than this.
It's not a game you wanna play 24/7 (it can be repetitive after to much time) but for this price of 3€ and the case Editor, updates with new cases etc it's really worth it.
Dead by resolution. The game uses images with fixed sizes for everything and i supposed to click on invisible buttons placed to the correct coordinates. But buttons placed relative to the screen size, so they are off placed. I tried the supported 1388x768 resolution and the modified 'set' file, both adviced by the developer in the general discussions. Both does nothing so i requested a refund.
Edit: meanwhile i figured out my windows font size was set to 125% and for some reason this caused the problem, so i canceled the refund.
I really wanted to like this game, but unfortunately it just isn't good.
Each case is just a collection of up to 4 suspects and up to 4 witnesses. You can talk to all of them (which gives you a line of written dialogue) and you can investigate the witnesses (which gives you a clue or nothing). The problem is that everything takes time, especially investigating. Since you get no useful information on the suspects, you have nothing to base your decisions on. Basically all you can do is memorize which investigations are useful and do those on your second or third playthrough. You're not a sleuth, you're playing Memory. The pictures of Old Hollywood actors for the people are fitting, but since they are assigned randomly each time you start a case, you cannot use them to remember who is who. You better write down the names.
Another problem is that some cases can only be solved by asking one of your sources of inside information. However, those will stop helping you unless you deliberately drop certain cases. So you can choose to lose a case now or lose some cases later. Great fun! I guess the developers were going for moral decisions like in "Papers, Please!", but in that game you just had to look the other way for a minute of your day, not deliberately screw up a case that took you a week to solve.
Edit - my answers to the developer's response:
> But the faces are assigned randomly IN PURPOSE so that you CANNOT remember who is who.
The problem is not that the faces are randomly assigned, but that there is no way to determine, which investigation could be useful. More randomization compounds this problem.
> I wasn’t going for moral decisions but for strategic ones.
Yes, you can decide which people to please - for the current case. But annoying your internal sources will make later cases impossible to solve. That is the problem.
A good logic puzzle, with a constricting time crunch, each decision you make taking a set amount of time off the clock, before you are forced to drop the case. 3 ways to lose, not having enough time at the end of the case, thus the wife becomes dis-satisfied with the relationship and leaving you, dropping too many cases, where your boss fires you, and something about a secret admirer becoming disgruntled with you (haven't seen that one yet). Nice retro style. Love these types of games, but requires a lot of luck.
The developer was very nice. Already got my money's value and intend to play this in my spare time, when I just need a quick break.
horrible game, based so much on luck, and can't even get past the first real case. boring as hell, don't recommend.
Great Game at a great price!
For the moment it supports English, Spanish and Greek languages! Many cases to play with, innovative game (haven't seen anything close to that) and it has a great potential for more features and cases!
PS. And super-friendly developer too! 5*
I loved it. Interesting strategy with unique setting, and for that money it's really perfect product.
An incredibly frustrating game. It is impossible to solve most of the murders in the time allowed, and you have to bring outside information (ie, the solution or possible solutions from previous playthroughs) to successfully manage most of the cases. The style is nice, and if it were actually capable of creating a whodunnit, then it would be worth playing. As it stands it is not worth the $3 price tag. Also, there are spelling mistakes in the game, which is completely unacceptable.
A very original game. I have never played anything like this before. It is easy and fast to play as the interface is simple to work with. Most of the cases are clever and challenging. In all a good game at a low price.
Nice game idea. They had made it simple and fast to play a rather complicated subject. I highly recommend this if you like solving mystery cases or you are a fan of film noir movies.
Edit:
As of 11/10/2017 most of the problems i found in the original release are now fixed. So for this price, it's now highly recommended!
State 04/10/2017
Game is ok.
Wasn't sure to recommend this or not, but for now, unless some stuff gets improved, I can not recommend it.
Things that need to get improved / fixed:
Option to put the game to windowed and not forced windowed-fullscreen at a fixed resolution.
Option to lower the Volume.
Maybe an option to change the resolution?
Option to go back to the menu from the game. For now, you can only quit the game by dropping a case / winning it, then saving and quitting the game. Alt+F4 doesn't work. You need to quit the game to change something in the settings, if you are in the game already.
The case around Nick Holden has a ridiculous win-condition. It doesn't make sense at all!
Game can give you a case you are forced to drop, in a situation where your chief does not allow you to drop one more.
At least 2 cases rely solely on using the special witnesses, without hinting at them. If you lost access to them already, you are screwed.
While these problems can be quite annoying, the game is still good and for the small price tag it has, you can give it a shot. When those problems get fixed, it surely is a good game for the 2-5 hours long story
A really unique and great idea of a game! Though, execution details is very clean but somewhat sloppy, and gameplay time might be limited (not sure yet how many cases are there). More puzzle than strategy, You investigate crimes by asking witnesses and following suspects, then you press them to confess, all in stylish noir visual from public domain photos.
The sloppy execution is in how there are limited action you can do (though the gameplay is more about picking what action you do since you have very limited time), the limited user interface/options (though actual UI is simple, clean, and easy to use) , and how there might be limited gameplay, since the cases aren't randomized, and once you know solution of a case there's no point of replaying it. I don't know how many cases are there yet though.
Summary! Great idea! Worth it for the low price.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | b movie games |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 26.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 64% положительных (22) |