Launderley

As much as I love the visuals and the mood in this game, the actual 'investigation' part can be a bit of a slog, it's just reading and looking for clues which is fine, but I feel the game makes it more appealing to brute force it due to various pacing issues. There are often 30 to 60 interactions per room not counting individual dialogue panels, and generally speaking you have to click on all of them just to be sure, and while the narrative is mostly fine, I do think it throws so much information your way, it's difficult to stay alert for all of it and pay attention to everything. There is an issue with how the game expects me to play it, and how I actually find myself playing it due to practical reasons. You are meant to look at your character journal and pay attention to the clues, but honestly I find that the game has such an information overload, it's just easier to click on every object. The game does not always give good feedback, and it also lacks the quality of life features like eliminating old conversations, adding a lot more repetition as you trying to figure it out. You can finish the game in about 6 hours, although some of the clues are optional. If you want to make …