KILLING A SUPERSTAR

As you can see, I've only logged about 25 mins into this game because that's all you need to complete it. I would hesitate to call this a game. The "gameplay" involves switching between different still cameras in rooms while actors do a 15 min scene where a murder happens at the end. You have a 360 VR view in each room, but you can't move from the spot the camera places you in. The VR looks ok, I guess. I don't really feel like I'm standing in a room because the camera was placed a bit too low and the actors and walls and such kind of lord over you. You can rewind and fast forward the scene at will. The scene contains the answers to three questions that are asked of you at the beginning of the game, with the third question being "Who is the murderer?" You don't have to watch the whole thing play out in each room to find the answers to the questions. For each room, the game highlights the sections of the playback bar where any action is taking place, so you can just skip around to those parts. Another problem I have with the game is the conclusion. *spoilers* At the end of the game, the murderer is identified and arrested. But who actually solved this case and how? I'm the one …

This game is basically a movie of around 15 mins, but as it occurs in different rooms, you need to rewind the video so you can see what occurred in each room during that time. Although even doing this it only takes less than an hour to see what happened in each room because several of the rooms will be empty at a time. Once you've watched it you can try to answer the three questions and see if you're right, which shows a final video. You can easily switch between the rooms by clicking them from the map. This places you in the centre of the room and you cannot move around or interact, only watch the 360 degree video of what happened there. If you can't speak Chinese it seems to have decent English subtitles. I think the main issues with this game are that a) it is far too short and b) there's no real reason to replay it once you've completed it. If you can perhaps get it on sale I'd say it's worth a try.

I highly recommend this product - but I need to first and foremost clarify that it is a [i]experience[/i] and not much of a "game". That isn't a bad thing, you just need to know that going in. I won't retread the stuff that everyone else said - about the 5 viewpoints, 15 minutes long, etc., etc. - what I want to call out is the acting and execution of the story. You [i]could[/i] hurry through the game and skim all the scenes to get the information you need in order to answer the 3 questions and "finish" the game, but that's not really the best way to experience the content. I think the three questions are mainly there to give you a starting point for your investigation. I recommend you stream to a friend or two on Discord and and enjoy it like a murder mystery, digging into the motives of the characters, and watching their body language for interesting clues on their relationships. Most folks seem to spend around an hour on this, I spent around two, but buying it while it's on sale is a good idea - it's probably worth around $5 - about as much as movie. The only thing that detracts from this experience is the secret scene at the end if you get all the questions right. It's poi…

Like-able. I love the presentation and I want to see more of this. There were parts of the story that didn't gel for me. Too short for the price (at under 60 minutes). Nevertheless, recommended. Just get it on sale.