Scapegoat & Rational

A pretty good mystery adventure game with an intriguing closed-circle mystery and lots of puzzles. I was initially a bit wary about how puzzles would impact the pacing of the game, especially given that they have a huge presence in the game (there are around 20 in this game's ~6 hour playtime). Fortunately, most of the puzzles are pretty well-crafted and not too difficult. There were two where I needed the first level hint, and even those had me thinking "oh, I should have figured that out myself." For those who need it, some puzzles also have a secondary hint and all puzzles have the option to outright give you the solution (which is useful for replays, more on that later). The puzzles do slow down the pacing of the story, but they were satisfying enough that I ultimately did not mind. Just know that many of these puzzles practically demand notetaking, so don't plan to play this on Steam Deck. As for the mystery, the premise is interesting and the build-up is strong. There are actually a few concurrent mysteries here: what happened in a tragic incident where most of the town died 8 years ago, is there truly something supernatural going on at the mansion, and what's going on in t…

--I find myself brute-forcing most of the puzzles --the STORY is actually pretty excellent, unfortunately the *gameplay* is not --Some of the puzzles are mercilessly opaque. (The circuit puzzle is particularly joyless. I don't even know how to use the cheated solution). --the few jump scares are artful --there's been a few puzzles so opaque and so miserable that I've had to put the game down.

Game is fun at the first glance story wise is interesting, im in the first few puzzle, so cant comment much, but is diffcult yet satisfying Recommended for people who enjoy puzzle solving and story thriving game