Tales of the Mirror Reviews

画风真的很好，作画很细腻，人物动作很自然。 但决定哪些信息是重要信息的逻辑有问题，三娘说衣服变了的那句话，我咋都想不到要去跟知府说。类似的情况还有好几次。 不看攻略我一辈子也通不了，你还给我设置时间限制？

Inshort, Sherlock Holmes in Ming Dynasty era. Intro is so unique and cool. I love such indie games. The music and art style are good, despite of its looks, this game is immersive, you kinda get inside of Ming Dynasty era and live there for a moment you play this game, I even decided to buy a book about that era, so I can write my own story, too, I got the motivation. Also, main menu is so creative, like you volume up and down and musucian girls' hands move on the instrument, or changing languages change birds, it is so cool and creative. But gameplay and story not so much. As other Chinese players already mentioned, gameplay is simply hard and sometimes doesn't make sense. In Sherlock Holmes games, or other detective games, you can link evidence and use your logic to come a logical conclusion, but here, it feels like finding a needle in a haystack. So make sure to play with a guide, then you will enjoy this game. And story, well, it is not actually bad, but dialogoes could be better, or IDK, maybe it is a translator's fault not being able to deliver better translation. Anyway, I am not regretting buying this game.

The artwork is stunning, and I love the storyline as well as the mechanisms! The scroll map is stunning and interesting. I am looking forward to other works by this studio.

I'm so in love with this game and the storyline, I wish there are other similar ones with same aesthetic and artwork.

总体评价，美术满分，虽然体验不佳，但是可以一试。 给制作组的建议，只要两点小改动，体验就能相对上升。 第一是增加每天能调查地方的次数，至少早3次，午3次，晚3次。 第二是随时都能合成线索。 目前的设计中，推进案情需要晚上合成线索，但是对话中同等信息量的语句前后重叠，又因为数量上限不能全部笔录，需要反复进入场所和客栈去试错，但是浪费天数，可能导致错过特定时段事件而坏档，如果读档重来，又要重复已经玩过的内容，无论如何体验都很糟糕。 相对自由的案件进度推荐，需要相对自由的行动系统来匹配。 但是现在大规模重构也不现实，所以简单的增加三个时间段的访问上限，并且把合成系统移至主菜单，可能是一个解法。 说完不好的，也该夸夸好的。 美术方面真是赏心悦目，特别喜欢左拉菜单的那只小鸟，超可爱。单凭美术也该入手一试。

Beautiful visual, music and SFX, interesting story, but the game play is very frustrating. Wish it could be improved.

The art is pretty good but the story is not attractive anymore. The logistic of each evidence is not strong enough and there has time limit for player, so there is no time to enjoy.