The Case of the Golden Idol Reviews

This is an interesting game. It is basically a series of logic puzzles. You have to find the words (names, locations, objects, etc) in the provided dialog then use those words to fill blanks on a page. This can be figuring out someones name, to writing the narrative of what happened. The game doesn't tell you exactly what is happening. You have to piece together the story. The story itself is interesting. The graphics are simple, but stylized. I found it to be a unique challenge and look forward to trying out the sequels.

Awesome little game. Great murder mysteries that really require you to use your noggin a little to solve them. They're decently challenging without requiring hints or anything like that unless you've fallen off a wagon. It has a fun story involving ancient artifacts, secret societies, and murder with amazing music, a good sense of humor, and a very memorable art style. It's great and you should probably buy it.

Not that easyVery engaging game. Relatively easy at first, gets harder with each chapter and investigations take more time. A game that's genuinely interesting to play and really makes your brain work.

I like this game because going over the clues in my head causes me to do detective monologues and say things like "Ah yes, I deduce that the victim was killed with the rare dendrotoxin found only one one region of the amazon rainforest in 1745, obvious really!" and somehow be correct.

Short game, but very very interesting. Such a clever and unique game, you'll find yourself immersed in this little universe trying to understand everything. Great experience.

Excellent game. Reminds me of Return of the Obra Din but with quite a lot of differences. It will make your brain work hard and make you feel smart.

Was a great game at release, great concept and execution, just the right length and good DLCs. Then Color Gray Games released the Redux version to bring the interface on par with Rise of the Golden Idol. But what they also did was adding lots of typos and wrong hints to the game, even rendering some puzzles unsolveable. The developers are not reacting to reports of this at all, leaving the redux version in a broken state for months now. I think the release on mobile platforms is also based on the redux version, so avoid that as well.

Did u play Return of the Obra Dinn? Did u like Return of the Obra Dinn? If answer is yes You WILL like this game. It goes the other way around to.

I decided to try out The Case of the Golden Idol after playing The Roottrees, and while there are some pretty big differences in the game play and depth of storytelling, this game definitely hits the puzzle solving buttons. There's no guesswork involved - there's a clue for every piece of the story, as long as you're paying attention. I didn't need to pull out a notebook until the near the end of the original story line, but I've definitely needed one to keep track of things for the DLC. The jump in complexity for each puzzle/chapter is pretty satisfying. It's not a super deep game, in terms of hours of play, but it's something fun to pick up for an hour or two at night (or to power through in a day or two). Because the story is broken into chapters, it's easier to put down and pick back up than some other similar games where you might lose the threads you were working on if you take a break.

Really good environmental storytelling, the investigation and deduction reminds me of return of the obra dinn