Forest Grove

Unfortunately, I just can't recommend the game. The plot is incredibly lazy. You get what's happened maybe 30 minutes in, and the next 4 hours or so you just gather clues to prove your theory. I was hoping for some twist, but it never happened. So, basically, it fails miserably as a detective story. Still, many crime stories just pretend to be detectives to tell us psychological stories about broken families, mental health issues and so on. Is this one of these stories? Nope, not at all. The characters are one-dimensional, and no, they won't get any further development in emails and text messages, Sharp Objects or Gone Girl it is not. I was lucky enough to play through the whole game without any glitches, so no complains here. The visuals are pleasing enough, but I just don't get it, the interiors are a bit retro even by the 2020's standards, laptops are from our time, how is this futuristic? Gameplay is pretty solid - that is, if you don't mind pure exploration games. Sure, there are some light puzzles, but I doubt you'll ever get stuck; still, personally, I don't mind this approach at all, it's calm and relaxing. I'd be quite pleased with the game were it not so shallow and pr…

Forest Grove is not a great game, I don't even think it's a good game. I was so disappointed as I was very much looking forward to playing it. The concept itself has SO much potential and a lot of puzzles in the game were interest albeit a tad simplistic. The major flaw is it's predicable story and the technical issues of which there are many. There was so much here that could have been built on and fleshed out but it feels rushed and incomplete. I am looking forward to seeing what the developer does in the future as basic concept is so very interesting but perhaps needs better writing and more care into fixing bugs.

This game uses detective mechanics so that we can solve the mystery of a missing teen named Zoey. There are several people of interest and we gotta figure out who could be responsible. We play as a detective that uses future tech to simulate locations in order to solve crimes. I appreciate that it has voice acting and it's not bad. The controls are fine and the environment is decent as well. The mystery is intriguing enough to warrant the price tag. Gameplay Impressions: https://youtu.be/OBxCaPgTdyE

Does not launch. If you use the workaround and manage to get it to launch, it does not save your game and then will not launch again. Unplayable. Requested a refund.

i enjoyed it. explore the house, find items, detective game with some distractions and twists. the toughest part is putting it all together with the correct items. going to be a bit of trial and error there. There are fatal error bugs. I encountered them as well. at the start, during reload of saves, when digital evidence load page. couldn't even run the credits at the end without it crashing. Make sure you save often. Try window mode, medium settings.

Recommended. A remote-forensics mystery that snapshots an entire family home into an explorable doll's-house diorama, trading guided pacing for genuine procedural detective work, and it largely earns the trade. The nano deck reconstruction is superb: scanning yields fingerprints, DNA, perspiration metabolites and object biographies, and the forensic linking loop delivers real detective substance. Hover cam biotraces replay ghostly conversations room by room through a clever audio-frequency alignment mini-game, and the drip-fed family tragedy carries surprising emotional weight. Hidden rooms, a safe dial, tablet acronyms and laptop encryption gate progress with satisfying variety. Cursor sensitivity and object inspection stay awkward throughout, and the endgame fumbles badly: charge assignment never maps legibly onto assembled evidence, the final report invites blind filing, and no hint system exists to flag missed clues beyond re-searching completed floors. Judge the investigation on its own strengths and it holds up; judge the last hour and it frays.