A Death in the Red Light

this non-game says nothing on this page about the obvious AI usage. why is a guy playing a flute like a piano into an 8 ball? the AI disclosure needs to be added NOW. make art or get free stuff, not robotic sludge. NEVER buy anything form this thing.

Recommended, as a single-night investigation built from one clever puzzle after another. Dozens of self-contained minigames dressed as forensics give the case its shape, from chemical-formula assembly and transit-ticket route tracing to squat-window logic grids and beer-label cartography, each with a real idea inside a familiar form. The soundtrack is strong enough to sit on the title screen for, and the wry writing keeps the whole night humane. The resolution lands as tragedy rather than a gimmick, rewarding every deduction along the way. A handful of puzzles never explain themselves, including a nonogram whose only hint names the genre, and one late-game prompt insists more clues remain in a room already fully searched, burning hints and patience. Those rough edges sting far less than the craft that surrounds them.

i mean it's really not bad, kinda wonky at times. a short point and click game, solving/deducing is essentially just minigames +the music was nice overall i mostly liked it

Not really investigation, mostly just puzzles. Kinda disappointed.

Unfortunately, the puzzles are mostly simplistic, except for one (the Subway) that doesn't really give clear enough instructions. The final scene is broke in two different ways, so you get frustrated unless you waste a hint and realize you're just not able to click on the items. Had to return to HQ then go back for one and quit the game and restart it for the other. Two achievements also seem to be broke.

I really wanted to like this game. A detective point and click game is very much my genre. Maybe I'm just too dumb for these types of games (although I absolutely slay at Shadows of Doubt so it's not that I'm a terrible detective) but the puzzles in this game seemed impossible. Impossible, confusing, unclear and frustrating. Nine times out of ten I bluffed my way through and when I couldn't do that I decided that this game wasn't for me. Maybe if you're smarter than me or have more patience than I do you might enjoy this game. The art style is incredible and I love the gameplay mechanics used to transport you from crime scene to station to puzzle. It's not a terrible game, by any measure, but I feel like the puzzles need more thought and to be more intuitive than they are currently. [B]Pros[/B] - Great art style - Good gameplay mechanics [B]Cons[/B] - Puzzles are vague, confusing and frustrating. This was enough to ruin the game for me as puzzles are such an important part of the game and the detective work. [B]Overall Rating: 5/10[/B]