The First Scene

Story-driven first-person game with vague objectives, tedious navigation through an empty town, and no guidance on how to progress. You play as a detective investigating a series of disappearances. However, the game provides minimal background information, and you’re not really expected to do much actual detective work. Instead, it plays like a typical first-person exploration game, where progress comes from completing small tasks. Apart from basic movement and a few standard actions like jumping, running, and crouching, most of your interactions involve objects. These are handled through two buttons, each performing a different function, but since it’s easy to forget which does what, you’ll often find yourself pressing both. One button lets you interact with objects (like opening doors or flipping switches), while the other picks up items for your inventory or shows a close-up view with a description. This can lead to confusing moments, for instance, using a phone requires you to first pick up the handset, then use the phone again to hang it up. Items don’t have labels when you hover your cursor over them. Instead, you have to watch for a small star icon that changes color to…