Not many games allow you to be this big of a jerk and it’s always fun when you get to properly play the jaded, worn-weary detective. What I appreciated most from this system is being able to completely play both sides by blackmailing the suspect for a reward for your silence, then going behind their back to turn them in for another reward.
A very early murder you’ll investigate ends by revealing the murderer possibly only committed the crime because he was infected with hysteria, and with that information, you have to decide if you should turn him in regardless. Coming to the end of an investigation isn’t always so clear cut however since you might be presented with multiple ways to play things out. You’ll enter a location, poke around every corner looking for objects to interact with that could add key evidence to your inventory, and (because the Sherlock influence is strong here) add it to your mind palace where you’ll link together the relevant information to form conclusions to the case you’re working on. As someone who wanted to completely dive into this world, it’s a bit disappointing when you can’t.Ĭoming off of their Sherlock Holmes games, Frogwares continues to stick with what they know by crafting a detective story that has you going to various locations to gather clues and piece together a mystery. If you see someone getting jumped in a back alley, there’s nothing you can really do to intervene and there aren’t many NPCs to speak with. Now while the world is meticulously designed and crowds litter every street, there’s a sense of lifelessness as you can’t really interact with most denizens besides a select few. Being flooded, this means you’ll have to travel by boat through some roads, offering chances to explore abandoned homes for crafting resources on your way to your next mission. The city of Oakmont itself is a wonderfully dreary place with the nearly constant rain and the denizens shuffling their way around town. It’s great to play a game that just gets that vibe and runs with it since this aesthetic is butchered more often than it’s not.
If you couldn’t tell already, the game wears its influences proudly on its sleeve, with the game absolutely reeking of Lovecraft’s flair. Your goal is to try to solve the mystery of this mass hysteria and hopefully not lose your mind in the process. The town has recently been hit by a supernatural flood that brought creatures, bouts of hysteria, and a mysterious cult that’s popping up all around town. Taking place in the 1920s, you control Charles Reed, a private detective suffering from hellish visions that seem to also be plaguing the town of Oakmont, Massachusetts.
THE SINKING CITY DEAL WITH THE DEVIL CODE
MonsterVine was supplied with a PC code for review Frogwares, mainly known from their fantastic Sherlock Holmes series, has taken the detective game formula they’ve refined throughout the years and added a bit of horror to it with their latest game The Sinking City.
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