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Shadows of Doubt v1.0 is Out Now! (steamcommunity.com)
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[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 16 points 8 months ago

I really, really wanted to like this game. I love the look and feel of it so much but I just needed a clearer bit of hand holding to figure out what I was supposed to do. It's so open ended and I could never really tell if I was on the right track. I love the idea of crawling through vents, interrogating people, sneaking about and putting together pieces of evidence but it was just too overwhelming for me. I wish there was a guide that just explained simply how you're supposed to play but I haven't found one yet.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I mean they have made it a bit more player friendly through the updates, theyve even added an auto-route that walks you to the place you set in your map. But you do have a point, though that's what a lot of people love about the game, it's just you, in a big city, grasping at straws and trying to figure things out any way you can

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I thought that was the entire point of this game, which is the primary reason I buy games like this and Elden Ring/Dark Souls/Dwarf Fortress/ETC: I am a fucking grown adult and don't need to be spoon-fed shit to me in a video game that was built as a sandbox, just shut up and let me break the shit you created in there and if I need to find help, the entire fucking internet already made content about how to solve it before the game was even released

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

Different people like different games.

But SoD is very much built around that sandbox style gameplay. Your guide is how you connect the evidence of whatever crime you are investigating.

That said: I think the tutorial is "a lot" but it is well worth doing at least a good chunk of it. They do a great job of teaching you the basic steps for how to investigate a murder and what to do next.

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks for that. I might give it another go. I have ADHD and I wonder if that also doesn't help because remembering a lot of names and details is hard for me. My short term memory is really only reliable until I see any random shiny thing. I tried using the evidence board to track literally everything I saw but it quickly became way too ovewhelming. I'll give it another go though I think.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Same for me. I enjoy the Hitman games, but they have a bit more guidance towards suggesting possibilities for you.

I’d almost like it if I could investigate just as a master hacker that can skip the breaking in portion to try checking XYZ company’s records while sitting at the crime scene, instead of going down a 2 hour rabbit hole at risk of being caught to realize “Oh, that was the victim’s ID, not the killer’s, so nothing I’m investigating has anything to do with the case.”

[-] Godnroc@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Awesome, that game was quite fun in early access. I'll have to install it again.

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