Lamplight City

Wonderful voice acting for every single character. The story's universe is very nicely woven into scenes, images, characters, narrative direction and dialogues without it being too on the nose but just about the right amount. I like how the story tackles several social issues well embedded within the story. You have technically 5 cases to solve but they are all connected by an overarching plot, along with throwbacks to your previous decisions made in the game that impacts your progression in different ways. It's a delightfully cohesive game. Only suggestion is to save often as some choices might lock you out of following the right trail.

An excellent game! A great story and you can go through the investigations as fast or slow as you like!

Cute Really Glad I grabbed this and Rosewater. It doesn't have amazing graphics but the way the visuals are done once you get into the game it kind of grows on you. If you're the type to add more depth mentally if your brain is given simple but beautiful images this will be a great experience. If you just want a solid point and click game this is a great find.

A great game! The overall playing experience is excellent - 5 Stars! The worldbuilding, characters and narrative are brilliant. A lot of work and thought went into this. The mystery solving is very good - 4 stars. Definitely better than most in the genre. I love that you can accuse the wrong person or even declare a case unsolvable. There are some flaws, like choosing the wrong response to a character means they won't talk to you, cutting off a whole line of investigation. I recommend playing it once *without* commentary, to avoid spoilers, and then a second time with commentary, to appreciate the game to the full.

Not until you end up investigating your fifth case do you realise that all previous cases are tied together and all the clues that you have gathered so far matter to the epilogue of the storyline. A dialogue heavy storyline with very few point and click moments you have to really listen to this game to get to where you have to go in each case. Pros: actually a rather good storyline Cons: exceptionally tedious amount of dialogue with limited interactions within the game with anything of importance in screen. *SPOILER* to get through the whole game which I worked out properly it will take around 24hours to achieve all achievements. You absolutely have to listen to all dialogue but it is rather easy to pick up the storyline if you just skip each dialogue as they are talking then read your case notes. Just pick up on names in each case mainly as well are the direction of what has happened and all else is just added story, of which it does build to the last case but I didn't necessarily need to read to pick up the main story. SAVE AT LOTS OF POINTS. This is absolutely necessary as if you get stuck at points you have to go back all over again and then start the case from the start to …

So, in this game the main character have a sidekick, which keeps commenting on everything he is doing. For example, you look at the flower pot and give a description - he would then crack a lame joke or say something boring. Each and every time to the point of becoming very annoying after first five minutes of gameplay. And you literally need to look at objects in the world to achieve things. Second, this game is a comedy by itself. Do not expect serious investigations, but more of a "Monkey Island" type of experience, but with mediocre writing. Both of these thigs do not work for me. Maybe I will return to this game later, but very unlikely. Kind of sorry I bought it and tried immediately to refund it. Sadge.