Hauma - A Detective Noir Story Reviews

Great experience so far! Really like the dense atmosphere, the professional voice acting (which is crucial for this type of game) and the underlying tension.

This game has such a unique art style which I absolutely love! I also really like the connection between a visual novel and detective game. The humour in this game is pretty fun and I enjoyed uncovering all the mysteries and riddles. Definitely recommended!

Had high hopes and probably unrealistic expectations since I had been waiting for Hauma's release. Apart from the art-style and voice acting being good, I can't find anything good about it. The story was too straightforward, bland and predictable. Almost insulting.. The bugs given the short playtime were disappointing too. Especially the game breaking bug at [spoiler] detective's office [/spoiler]. I had to join the game's official discord server to get a last saved game file and start it from there. Too many complaints even there too from people. All in all, not an enjoyable experience.

Got hit the the bug in jaegers office and i can't continue the game

In terms of story, art, style and general ambience, Hauma was good and entertaining. It made me want to visit Munich. In terms of game play, the basic idea of "combine ideas to solve mysteries" was good, but the execution left a lot of room for improvement. I ran into a bug where a certain scripted event wouldn't be triggered, until I ran back and forth several times. There were some action sequences where the wrong choice simply would get you killed and you just had to retry until you got it right. The puzzles were sometimes simply frustrating. Also, the ending was a bit of an anticlimax, especially with the end puzzle. The story was also very linear with no apparent multiple endings, which limits replayability. Would I recommend it? Yes, but with the caveats mentioned above.

Update: The devs are actually working on the issue after I reported it, and they made a workaround available on the discord. This game is broken, there are soft locks lying in wait for you here and there which will render your save unplayable. Other than that, it was at times entertaining if not very good writing. You follow a trail of breadcrumbs left hundreds of years prior and somehow are left untouched even though many are in very public places and are exposed by increasingly dubious chance. It definitely invoked 1990s adventure game vibes, not always in a good way, some of the puzzles are very nonsensical, but that is part of the charm too.

There is a long-standing unpatched game-breaking bug, see Discussions.

This game got me hooked from the first illustrations I saw. It plays in Munich and as a local you feel very much connected with the scenery. It's a graphic novel with some Lucas Art game attitudes. You combine things in your inventory to solve puzzles but you are not just combining objects but also abstract things like what you saw or discovered. Pros: - Great art style - Tough main character - Good voice actors Cons: - Like in LucasArt oder Sierra adventures some of the puzzles are not as intuitive to solve as you want them to be. From time to time I was just combining everything with everything because I got stuck - Puzzles could be harder [spoiler]especially the decoding puzzle would have been so cool to do yourself instead of the character doing it for you[/spoiler]

Bought this game because... well, honestly, you could've named this 'Computer Virus - A Detective Noir Story' and I would still go "Ooh, a Detective Noir story!" and buy it. It's an engaging story with simple but effective - and occasionally just a tiny bit confusing - gameplay, fantastic artwork throughout, and despite some surface level faults (occasional unclear gameplay, really could have used a closing voiceover narration explaining the aftermath of the ending, which instead happens immediately and then cut straight to credits) then it's a fun experience throughout and I would highly recommend. Also at one point you have to distract a Nazi and your friend says "Have you tried debating him in the marketplace of ideas?" and you look at her, and she looks at you, and then she says "Ha! Just kidding. Knock that @$$hole out." And you do. So 10/10 for that.

This game looks amazing. And it has pretty good voice acting. Here stops the list of qualities, as far as I can tell. The puzzles are nonsensical, the UI is sadistic... It seems the devs didn't want you to figure things out by yourself, but rather just wanted you to be frustrated and confusingly click around until you stumbled upon whatever nonsense they had in mind. Add to that a bunch of random characters who are about as sympathetic as mosquitos on a hot summer night and about as interesting as an almost-retired university professor who forgot anyone is actually listening... This is a not a puzzle game. This is torture. To be fair (or try to be): I didn't go very far in the game. I couldn't stand it and frankly didn't want to run afoul of Steam's refund policy. It is possible the game gets much better later on... but I fail to see why it would have postponed any content of any redeeming value to later. So hard as hell do NOT recommend.