Bear Murderer

takes 7 days to enter the game

Bear Murderer is a free detective game where I arrive in a strange village where someone dies every night. My job is to investigate the bodies, talk to the villagers and work out who is lying before another person gets killed. The idea is pretty simple, but I like the way the game makes conversations just as important as looking for physical clues. The interrogation system is easily the most interesting part for me. I have to pay attention to what people say and look for changes in their heartbeat when I ask certain questions. That gives me another thing to watch besides the actual answers, and it makes even normal conversations feel a little suspicious because I never know when someone is hiding something. I also like that the conversations are not completely fixed. What I ask and when I ask it can affect how the investigation develops, so I cannot just blindly click through every line of dialogue. I have to think about which questions are worth asking and whether I have enough information before accusing someone. The idea of another death happening each day gives the investigation a nice sense of pressure too. I am not simply wandering around a village looking for clues with n…

you can change the language to English or Korean through a button on the start menu at the top right! :) other than that... there's a severe lack of instructions which makes playing this game really difficult!

the Steam store leaded me to believe Bear Murderer has both an English and a Korean language interface, but no. Ever time open up the free version I downloaded from Steam, the title is in English and everything else is in Korean. I don't know Korean and I haven't found away to change to English, so I am really disappointed I can't play this game.