Methods: The Canada Files

It's a little bit like comparing Danganronpa and Danganronpa 2. The second game might be "better" in an absolute sense - better mysteries, better writing and so on - but the first game's meta-mystery was more or less solved, so a big piece of it all is missing as a matter of course. You already played Methods - and if you haven't, stop looking at this and go play that instead - so you already know more or less how the contest is run, what is the true nature of the Game Master and so on. You're playing this because you want to know [i]more[/i], as "HE" was very clear about having an intricate plan of awesome scale. And because the writing was good. Well, the writing is even better. The mysteries are a mess with lots of interpretations, and I felt left behind relatively quickly. Still, due to the more group-oriented style of this contest, this didn't really sting - some detectives also felt confused at certain parts, but shone during others - so in a sense, I felt like I'm right there, participating with them. For better or for worse. The format of the Canadian competition is similar, but different. It's still 100 detectives split into 6 stages, but instead of having pairs,…

Just like "The Detective Competition", this prequel is simply fantastic! The strongest point again are the wonderfully weird characters and their banter dynamics. The setting is also used to its full advantage.

More methods but Canadian, But joking aside , It is a prequel story to the First methods game same great art, music ,story ,puzzles and characters you'd expect from a LockedOn games. i kind of forgot/ kind of remembered that ending for this was already set.so even in the last chapter as I playing is was still hoping again hope that is would end different . I was super invested and played almost non stop, and was on my edge of my seat at the end it really is that good!. this was originally early access but I basically treated it like a Kickstarter .I bought played for a like a second ,then waited till is full released before I started playing for real. there are lots of extras to unlock including insight into the making of the game which was interesting to read.

spoiler free*: a fun mystery visual novel that i didnt realize was a sequell, with Plenty of content for the asking price. as someone who doesnt frequent the mystery game genre, the game was very approachable, only major issue i had durring my playthrough was some of the clues in the second case file felt very abstract and made the case a little harder than it was supposed to be. originally i planned on complaining about that, but after reading the dev notes that were included with the game, my feedback would've been redundant. the investigation sections were quite engaging, getting a top-down view of the 3d location. the autopsy minigame was simple but the visuals were clear and readable, they also had a distinct look to them assisted by the robot's uncanny design that made each autopsy just a little off-feeling (in a good way). the ending didnt land great with me especially without some of the context from the first methoods game. easy recomend for visual novel enjoyers. i will be playing the first methoods game soon and watching for the next title in the series

A good prequel sequel to the original Methods. Instead of lots of mini-cases, this one focuses on a few big cases. If you played the original you already know the outcome, but nevertheless a lot of fun twits [I meant twists but I typo'd it and it also fits] and very challenging mysteries.

I have played until the end of the second file, but I won't continue the game. I give a positive review, because I don't want to hurt the work of the developer and because so many aspects of this game and its predecessor are worth it. I'm thinking about the characterization, model art, cool music, funny dialogue and interesting twists. Unfortunately, the new and improved gameplay doesn't work for me in this one. Especially with a ranking system at the end of every chapter, tied to achievements, that adds insult to injury in my opinion. The game suffers from the same weakness as every Ace Attorney-like game when it comes to identifying key evidence at certain times. You could have a logic association that is not taken into consideration at a specific time, even when what you are trying to say is exactly what the characters are going to explain two scenes later. It is frustrating. When more than one piece of evidence is involved, it becomes a nightmare of trial and error to find the right combination. And every wrong answer will be remembered by the game, unless you decide to erase your save file and start again from the beginning. So it becomes a tedious task of trying to guess…