Articles with Mystery tag
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Call of the Sea Review

Game Title: Call of the SeaDeveloper: Out of the BluePublisher: Raw FuryReview Platform: PC (Steam)Release Date: December 8, 2020Call of the Sea is a walking simulator with puzzle elements and a decent story taking place in the 1930s. You play the role of Norah Everhart, an art teacher who is suffering from an unknown illness that causes dark spots to form on her skin and gives her vivid nightmares. Her husband, Harry, has gone off in search of a cure for her but it’s been months since she received his last letter.Norah receives an anonymous package the contents of which suggest that she can

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Outer Wilds Review

Game Title: Outer WildsDeveloper: Mobius DigitalPublisher: Annapurna InteractiveReview Platform: PC (Steam)Release Date: May 28, 2019Outer Wilds has immediately become one of my favorite games upon completion. In this article, I will explain why I loved this game without really giving the reader any hints about major mechanics, because this is one of those beautifully designed games that you can jump into completely blind and still be able to figure everything out by yourself. However, if you need a little nudge and you're looking for a spoiler-free review of Outer Wilds to get an initial idea about the game, you’ve found it. Keep reading.Wake up...Wake

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The Descent Review

Not to be confused with the acclaimed horror movie released in 2005, The Descent is a trip down a mysterious mine riddled with death, disappearances, and other occurrences that the authorities can’t quite grasp. As an investigator, you go down the mine and try to reach the literal bottom of the mystery in this walking horror sim, a decent attempt at the genre but one that has the quirky habit of throwing scares at you to make sure that you didn’t fall asleep in the meantime. It’s extremely slow-paced, rigid in design, and gets tiresome before its short narrative is over.A

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Vaudeville Review

Good attempt but poor execution is one way to describe Vaudeville’s ambitions at creating a solid and engaging detective game. Despite the exciting times for AI-generated content, this is a good way to show that we’re still not quite there, a few years separating players from dreaming of such a game concept and actually experiencing it in a convincing way. Vaudeville is a shallow event of chatting with robots seasoned by a murder mystery that is likely to both frustrate and unintentionally make you laugh in equal measure.“I Don’t Feel Comfortable Talking About That”The first thing that should be made clear

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The Invincible Review

Not everything everywhere is for us. This is the main motto of the game The Invincible by Starward Industries, based on a science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. The game sets you in the shoes of Dr. Yasna, who wakes up on a deserted planet with no way to contact others and has to figure out what happened to herself, her colleagues and who are the real friends and foes in this mystery.Dr. Yasna is an astrobiologist, a member of a team of scientists who were returning home from a long mission in space. On their way, they made a stop