Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny

(Confirmed. NOT an Otome game. At least not in the aspect of you chasing this one guy or the other. There *is* a tiny bit of "sweet moments" amount... Depending on the choices you make... But it's mostly all about the mystery. If you survive, depending on route, you will get a CG for either E or Ir... But there is never any romance (that you might expect)/kissing, so ensure you are 99.9% here for the mystery. Yes.) I may have wanted this game for the "Otome" tag... But the mystery was where it was at. I used to read mysteries a lot as a kid/teen. Then I grew up and started to see all the plot holes and issues that came with those books. I should've just read something different... Like this. And I am glad I did. It made me remember why I enjoyed these in the first place. And no, this mystery isn't so complicated... That you need to be a genius to solve it. You *will* know if you fail however. XD It's also fun how they presented "questioning" rounds as "Boss Battles". Lol. Even if you can figure out one or two plot twists, there are still plenty to go around. It gets a bit nutty. Overall: A rather worthy/good experience/read for me.

This is a fun mystery otome game. Even if some of the explanations were odd the game is really forgiving and I had fun solving mysteries and the romance with Irving was cute. While there are technically two routes Ewens route had only a few bonus scenes and he did not get a lot of focus. This game really only has one route which is fine the one route is substantial and worth the 12 dollar price.

Oho, this one's a short story. The presenting of clues are sometimes vague, but it's all easy. There's a tons of bad ends, but everything is pretty much linear. I enjoyed it in one sitting!

I've read other reviews before playing this game saying that this is not an otome game, but I'm of the opinion that it *is* an otome game. The romance is very light, but it's still there. And the only endings that give you achievements are romance endings. Still, if you're playing this for the romance, you might end up unsatisfied because it's mostly crumbs/sprinkles. The main appeal of this game is the mystery (plus playing as a female protagonist in a mystery/deduction kind of game). The investigation parts were pretty fun and made me use my brain a bit. You don't really have to get all the bad endings, but I'm a completionist so I got every ending. And ngl, some bad endings were kinda funny 😭 The game was pretty short, but the length is just right imo. Overall, it was an enjoyable game and it was a perfect break between long VNs. P.S. [spoiler] The romance was quite Irving-focused, but I liked Ewen's ending the most. We love an accountable and reliable man who has prepared for your future together 💯[/spoiler]

Quite short, but fun murder mystery. Two good endings with CG where she ends up with either the black-haired guy or the white-haired guy.

A cute little Mystery VN. The quality of the UI, writing, and art make it worth the regular price. This game does go on sale pretty often though so you'll have plenty of chances there. It took me 5 and a half hours to get every ending. Navigating all the bad endings is very easy to do thanks to the chart. I like that despite not being an Otome game, you can have an ending with each of the two main guys who are reasonably fleshed out. The puzzles were nicely varied but overall not too difficult-- only really being stumped by one of them which left me feeling a bit silly I didn't figure it out sooner lol Hoping the DLC / Sequel (?) for this game also gets translated into English!