Bohemian Killing

I rate Bohemian Killing 2.5/5. This is a good idea done somewhat badly. Bohemian Killing is an unusual first-person-perspective game wherein you play a sociopathic defendant during a murder trial taking place in Paris in the year 1894. The gameplay is, in effect, a representation of you defending yourself during a trial by lying about what took place on the night in question. What you do during most of the game determines what lies you will say in court and how effectively you defend yourself. This is not exactly a mystery game, at least not fully; the game makes it clear that your sadistic A-hole character is definitely guilty. What you must do is figure out the nature of the crime (as you cannot fully remember what happened) and how to try and get away with it now that you are testifying in court. It isn’t as fun as it sounds though because this game doesn’t really give you a great deal of freedom concerning how to act (or it otherwise ignores your antics). Good things about this game: + Fantastic music with a strong musical theme. There is a soundtrack available on steam but altogether it is only about 15 minutes long. The full 3 dollar cost was worth it to me though given h…

I have bought this game 8 years ago, when I was excited after Telltale games and "Choices Matter" element in games. Bought it, and forgot about this game for ages. Now, I have decided to complete every game in my library, or at least taste it. So, the taste was...peculiar. [h3]A hidden gem, or a half-made project?[/h3] In fact, it's both, The whole idea, the whole gameplay loop is very unique. It's not living through the same story again and again, it is about lying and changing the details as they unfold. There is a straight skeleton to follow, otherwise you will be guilty, because evidence is against you. It is about dancing around those evidences in a way, that whole story is believable. And this is truly unique. The game even feels like a rogue-like, because you have to start over and over again, and with each failed run, you learn something new. This is a nice experience. But... It has "Mixed" reviews for a bunch of reasons. The game is buggy. I have clipped through walls and ended up in places from which I could just only restart whole run. Purring game on pause in the elevator while it is going up or down - and you are leaving the textures. That was really uncomfortable…

Paris hides its scorn One testimony bends fate Truth is what you choose

Please save your time and money. [i]Bohemian Killing[/i] is walking simulator combined with a court room drama. With limited actions available you have to put up a defense for a crime you committed (you have to do before the intro…) depending when and where you go and what evidence you find/use there are nine defend endings. Sounds fun, is a nice premise, but the execution is terrible. The game is in parts broken, the graphics are in parts interesting (I mean the cars) but subpar for the time it is from and the loading screens are tedious. The endings are not very different; in fact, there are 4 endings video vise but there are 9 reasoning’s why you got that sentencing... It seems to be inspired at least to some degree by the [i]The Stanley Parable[/i] that was release three years before, with the character commenting things he does every step of the way and your actions determining the outcome. But other than Stanly our murderous protagonist just states the obvious and it really becomes tiering. And in two or three places they put the wrong line in/did not think that the door opens in both directions and the statement is plain wrong. I will comment on the story here, so ful…

This could have been so good. I love the concept, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Lost interest by the end of it, and had no desire to go back and explore the other endings.

It was an interesting idea and I really wanted to like it, but I found it... more irritating than enjoyable. The thought of going back through to do multiple play throughs on this to get the other achievements does not appeal.