Abscission
Beyond Booleans · 2023 · Point & Click, Horror, Detective, Choices Matter, Adventure
PC
Very Positive94% · 114
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About Abscission
Detective Will Stanhope had been a rising star in the Ashfield Police Department until a terrifying case in 1986 almost broke him. He tranferred to vice, filling his days with small-time drug busts in the hope that there were better days ahead, However, A grisly murder soon drags him back to his darkest hour, back to where his life began to unravel... Lascado Prosthetics.
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide Will Stanhope through the story, towards its final, bloody conclusion.
Stanhope will sometimes be presented with alternative ways to handle a conversation, based on four temperaments:
- Melancholic (detail oriented)
- Phlegmatic (calm)
- Sanguine (sociable)
- Choleric (driven)
There is no one approach that works best for all conversations, and Stanhope will need to use all of them in order to be the best he can be.
This game adapts to your choices. People will remember how Stanhope spoke to them and may respond differently in the future, so consider each response carefully. Will Stanhope's destiny is in your hands. Choose wisely.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Played the demo and was immediately hooked. This is an AGS classic. The stand out features are the unravelling story, the detective noir style gameplay and the excellent use of ambient sound and music. Bravo!2 found this helpful
Really good and immersive Lovecraftian point-and-click game. Very well made. Highly recommended.
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Lovecraftian elements woven in with restraint, otherworldly yet ordinary, never overblown, simply brilliant. Quite punchy for a short game, well worth playing.
Lovely pixel graphics, ambient score, compelling storyline, and easy interface. However, there are a few bugs, such as dialogue choices and cursor mishaps. I've noticed some dialogue choices do not change, even after certain events have happened that should've made it change. At some point, my cursor could not highlight anything, or even click on anything, which led me to restart the game. Thankfully, some segments of the game has autosave; unfortunately, they are sparse. Over all, I still had lots of fun! It's not too difficult, too long, or too scary, so it's perfect for a casual gamer like me who is into mystery horror.
This game was a really fun one, and I'm not even a Lovecraftian fan at all. I'm looking forward to the developer's next game: The Tragic Loss of M. Slazak.
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