Ratings and Reviews by thesleuthacademy

Had to replay it when it hanged while I was more than halfway through (hence one star less), but managed to complete it eventually. It's similar to The Mansion in terms of the gameplay, but I was pleasantly surprised that there were more locations outside the building. The forum was helpful when I got stuck, but the game was logical enough for one to progress by... "logical" trial and error. I preferred this to the first "sequel", partly because there was a lot more to explore and discover. Thank you for another well-designed game!

Having the maps were very, very helpful. Didn't think I could finish it without the maps nor walkthrough. But with these aids, I felt the game was well-planned, and the gameplay logical and sequential, somewhat like a slightly more complex escape room. I took about four hours to complete.

Would have been great if the "Save" feature could work (as there were a few times it got really laggy and I was almost at the end of the game). The buttons on the right panel of the page made the interactive fiction a lot less frustrating (Spoiler - click to show)- I couldn't "climb" things by typing it the usual way, but the "Look at" button allowed me to do this.

The game is heavier on the navigating and unlocking of doors and lighter on discovering what happened to the victim (the latter occurred really sporadically). Highly recommended if you enjoy escape rooms, but for those looking to solve a mystery, you might be disappointed. However I'm giving 5 stars for an intricately designed game that went pretty well without bugs, glitches, or textual errors.

I felt that being able to find something and the directions on the status bar made the gameplay a lot more enjoyable and much less frustrating, given the vast number of rooms to explore. These two features should be standard practice for complex or multi-room IF games. One of most well-designed IF games I’ve played to date and I’m glad to have stumbled upon this. Interesting storyline as well!

Well thought-out classic murder mystery which is made slightly easier given that it's Twine-style, but it was confusing without a map (Spoiler - click to show) - thought a map would be useful as I completely missed one of the areas (and therefore several suspects) as there were too many forks in the path. Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable hour of investigation. Would recommend it to all armchair detectives.