Keyword: A Spider's Thread Reviews

For me this is a classic example of a game that I want to give a "sideways thumb". It has some really great aspects - the ambience, the concept of the binoculars mechanic, the idea of the detective being in a locked room instead of the victim. However, there are a couple of things that didn't work for me, and that really detracted from the experience: - The bizarre change of pace and style in the middle "spiritual" section was perplexing and annoying, with lots of boring dialogue that you can't skip. - Some of the visual searching is very tedious and immersion-breaking because of the very small asset pool that is used to furnish the buildings you can see into. The price seems high for the experience it provides. I'm not obsessed with dollars per hour of gameplay, but this isn't a consistently good enough game to justify the price given its length (I clocked 3.5 hours and I was AFK for 30-60 minutes of that as I forgot I left the game running). Overall I would say this game is worth buying if you love trying new detective-style games and it's on a good sale.