Murder mystery

Japan can be pretty odd. Some of the strangest games we’ve played have come from there and yet they still have a way of surprising us. However, Yurukill does it in an entirely different way. Instead of being just inherently weird, the developers, IzanagiGames, have squished together two genres that on paper […]

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games – PS5 Review

July 4, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Murder mystery / point and click / shoot em up / visual novel / yurukill by Richie

FMV games are always a fun thing to dig around. There’s something about an interactive medium featuring physical actors which always brings about some interesting results. The latest of these to come my way is Who Pressed Mute On Uncle Marcus? Coming from Wales Interactive, this is a product that […]

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? – PS4 Review

March 18, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adventure / family quiz webchat / full motion video / Murder mystery / narratively-driven / poison / wales interactive / who pressed mute on uncle marcus by Mike

It’s another day in the visual novel dungeon for me and this might be the first time a direct sequel has landed in my queue. Kansei: The Second Turn HD is the middle chapter of Sakevisual’s Green Tea Line narrative. Following on from Jisei: The First Case HD, our nameless […]

Kansei: The Second Turn HD – PS5 Review

February 9, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged green tea line / kansei the second turn hd / Murder mystery / narratively-driven / police procedural / sakevisual / visual novel by Mike

As I play for visual novels, I’m becoming well-versed in the genre tropes and what authors tend to favour. I think I’m through the fish out of water stage and well into these being about mystery and murder. Gosatsu Visual Novels have arrived with a Playstation 5 version of their […]

Shinrai: Broken Beyond Despair – PS5 Review

November 12, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged detective / gosatsu visual novels / investigation / japanese / Murder mystery / narratively-driven / shinrai broken beyond despair / teenagers by Mike

Another day, another visual novel. Not really a genre I gel with, I keep trying to find ones I’ll enjoy. I find them to really lack interactivity and the stories they tell aren’t especially deep or enthralling. Hopefully Cross the Moon will change that. Written by Patrick Rainville, it’s a […]

Cross the Moon – PS4 Review

June 30, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged conspiracy / cross the moon / Murder mystery / occult / patrick rainville / vampires / visual novel by Mike

Jisei the First Case HD is a visual novel focused entirely around a murder mystery. Centred around a killing at a diner, Sakevisual’s focused narrative provides some simple investigative thrills whilst lacking in some longevity and nuance. The story concerns a murder mystery held entirely within a diner’s premises. A […]

Jisei: The First Case HD – PS4 Review

August 1, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged detective / jisei the first case hd / Murder mystery / narratively-driven / sakevisual / visual novel by Mike

I like a bit of a narrative driven game and am fully up for the whole range of the genre, from visual novels to the output of Telltale. Knee Deep manages to pull off another way of doing a narrative driven game which is both unique and visually interesting. Coming […]

Knee Deep – PS4 Review

February 7, 2017 in PS4 tagged Chorus / Knee deep / Murder mystery / narrative driven / Theatre by Steven