The Silver Crow

You play as Konrad the Executioner, who is summoned to investigate a bizarre murder. The town’s witch hunter tasks him with solving the crime. The game is set in Germany in 1582—the Middle Ages—yet all the locations look remarkably neat and tidy. Let’s start with the first point: 1) [b]the graphics.[/b] I bought the game without noticing the small disclaimer at the end stating that all the backgrounds were created using AI. While they were subsequently edited, the AI ​​origins are glaringly obvious in places: everything looks a tad too perfect, the lighting is very uniform, and there are no striking, standout elements; the whole look is somewhat washed-out and generic. You could say: "Tough luck, I just didn't look closely enough when buying it," but I still feel cheated, and at the same time, I wonder if AI was used elsewhere, too. The characters all seem very uniform—albeit fitting for the setting; I really liked the character animations, though not the background animations (like a rolling cart), as those looked like 3D animations. Unlike other point-and-click games, this one somehow lacked visual soul; nothing stands out, there are few unique illustrations, and everything loo…

Fantastic game! Everything's so well done! - Charming graphics - Really great animations - Exceptionally great music - Perfect interface including: 1. Disabling the auto-advancing text 2. Named hotspots 3. Top bar inventory 4. Smooth and fast functioning - Great writing and very interesting setting. There is nothing to complain. The game doesn't offer voice acting, but I didn't find it a drawback, because you have all the time you want to read the dialogue.

On the short side and rather light on puzzles, but a pretty decent story and nice pixel art. That you can continue the game from where the demo left off was a nice touch too. Rating: ★★★★☆

Silver Crow... hmmm well I really enjoyed this brief as it was. Only a few things would bring from a really good P&C game to a must play P&C adventure/detective game. For one its overall length. I beat in one sitting of 2ish hours and I did waste a little time walking around and looking at stuff. I think the puzzles were all a bit too simple, at least for someone that plays a great many P&C games...but at least there was no moon logic. HUZAAAH!!! Thank ye gods and I never got stuck in any meaningful way everything was genuinely figure-out able. I just wanted the puzzle to have more levels and steps to them is what I mean. The solutions were all very basic. I love the set up and story here, of the remorseful executioner whos duality is that he is also a healer and herbalist... I think this main character is great and maybe voice acting would been helpful but given the length I imagine it wasnt in the cards budget wise. The graphics are low pixel perfection love this style especially spots where there is implied shallow depth of field I also love the fact you can fast cut to where you are going or just use the map with flags to get where you need,,, by clicking and arent forced…

[h1][b]Great Potential, Poor Ending[/b][/h1] The game had great potential. The art was good, the writing fine, and the music and atmosphere were there too. It was all there. Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but a solid point-and-click experience. However... In the end, [b]the game is too short[/b] and is brought to an end so poorly and abruptly that I just found it plain weird and [b]unfinished[/b].

Its very short, I finished in one sitting, but I quite enjoyed it. Im looking forward to the next thing the developers do, I hope this sort of becomes a prologue for a future game that is longer and has voice acting. Some Steam Deck controls would be nice (mostly cursor sensitivity control)