Best Served Cold

近期玩到的比较满意的视觉小说，很喜欢。 写在最前，需注意游戏成分较复杂，有女同、男同、跨性别角色。 游戏中玩家作为酒保出现，在与客人调酒闲聊中提取有用信息与线索协助侦探破案。虽然有好感系统，但主要是为了达成一定数值套出破案的线索用。终章可以选择心仪的角色表白却没有甜腻的展开也没有后日谈，恋爱要素不多或者可以说极少。且几个客人有比较明确的cp，你也插不进去。 说是获得线索进行推理帮助侦探破案，实际上推理的成分不高，直白点来讲推理部分乐趣不大，游戏整体很线性，就算使用穷举的方法一个个问过去，那么多个回合足够你把线索拿完，更别说案件凶手还算明显。 如果奔着恋爱元素与推理来必然会失望，但如果只是把它作为一部视觉小说，你就会发现这个游戏的人物塑造和剧情氛围整体真好啊。 游戏中角色性格非常鲜明，口吻区分做得非常棒。有些视觉小说人物一多就把持不住节奏，角色的说话风格多多少少会出现重复，但本作没有。角色们即使是在表达同样意思的一句话，也会通过风格迥异的方式表述出来，显尽自己的性格。在抒发自己观点时也更像是“角色本人在表达自己的见解”，而不是“作者通过角色之口输出观点”。 而且角色的形象塑造上只感觉舒服，整体很坦荡。我一般不是很喜欢性格张扬、高调、又爱八卦的角色，但游戏中的一位确实有能力、自己也承认得大大方方，一点也不让人讨厌反而讨喜。唯一一个对女性各种打压、看不起，说教意味重的男性也是基于人物形象设计出发。 角色塑造方面就再简单提一个点吧，游戏内角色之间不乏有小矛小盾，大部分人不会因为个人关系的不愉快在事件中把责任和嫌疑推给对方，反而会直白承认对方的为人与能力，挺身担保。君子和而不同，处理得相当舒服。 而游戏氛围的塑造上呢，我只能说打完这个游戏，我好像真的短暂地参与了角色们的部分人生。 随着剧情的推进，作为全局观察者我能明显看到角色的变化与成长。被控制欲极强的父母管控着的小少爷终于在终章勇敢摆脱父母的束缚，找到自己擅长与热爱的事为之努力；失去了最好的朋友、对手、甚至可以说是半步恋人的棋手终于重拾勇气面对棋局，携着已故友人的愿景成为国际大师，探寻新的社交与关系；阴沉的神父也逐步摆脱对酒精的依靠，去接近更阳光积极的社交氛围… 在游戏的终章，角色们专门与我感谢陪伴并道别说想去开展新的生活，那一刻我不禁有些许感动。是呀，我见证了他们的大起大落、聚散离合，我陪伴了他们一路，他们不也参与了一段我的人生吗。 人情味，这是一个具有人情味的游戏。 [spoiler]游戏整体剧情上设置了一个大的因果，打到最后没有多少意外，只是很希望无辜入狱的桑德拉有一个好的结局。 桑德拉，我希望你能过得幸福，请你走吧，越远越好，请你一定要获得明媚的人生。[/spoiler] （我会期待续作上线的！） 再有一些挑刺环节。很明显游戏对于主角酒保的性别并没有明确的界定，但是中翻中角色称呼主角总会用上“兄弟”，不是很让我满意。 游戏的调酒玩法是限时连线，整个流程玩下来难免让人觉得冗杂多余产生反感，希望续作能够优化。 最后感谢寒霜老师送了我这个游戏，很高兴能游玩到如此对我胃口的作品，十分感谢。੭ ᐕ)੭

不推荐这款游戏，原价不推荐，目前的史低40多也不推荐入手，也许将来10元左右才比较适合吧。 省流版：这游戏几个卖点，调酒谈天、探案、与顾客发展关系，三个方面没有一个是令人满意的。 首先硬伤，调酒动画不可跳过，而每个顾客都要调酒，每次需要看五秒以上的纯动画，每天至少招待五个顾客，主线必须调酒换对话次数，刷好感也仅有调酒一个办法，调酒动画就是非常重的折磨。且文本不能快进，只有连按空格，如果不小心按多了对话还会重复。完全不适合多次游玩。给顾客出示线索也很烦，有些两个有些类似的线索，一个顾客可能说没信息，一个可能就突然有信息了，游玩体验比起推理更像纯打工穷举。 其次是剧情差劲。很少给一款推理剧情游戏打不推荐，但是这一款我玩起来特别的折磨。首先最重要的，你扮演一个酒保，按理说是不能探案的，所以游戏安排了一个侦探来做你的搭档，也就是游戏标题看板的那位蓝眼睛的男角色。让玩家有一个切入口去探案。而作为切入口的侦探，人设差的离谱，玩到最后只想弄死他。但凡把序章和第四章过完，对那个侦探的好感都会清空甚至为负数。以下虽说剧透，但只有前期剧情，建议大家看看，因为主控会变更：侦探在序章和玩家扮演的酒保合作探案，因为他不擅长社交，就让酒保帮他暗中打探，但序章完毕抓住真凶后，侦探立刻翻脸把玩家抓了。然后第一章玩家主控换了个酒保，剧情也告诉你，侦探还因此升职了，新酒保再次碰到侦探，他还各种不承认序章酒保对他的帮助，对外说都是侦探一人的功劳。好的，请问看到这里，有哪个玩家会对侦探有好感？如果第一章有个能让侦探意外死亡的选项， 我猜选择的人会有90%以上。 接下来涉及最后一案的剧透，在你一边调理一边打了三个案子，也许心态平衡了，但玩到第四章又给你吃大份，还不如现在就看看。以下我姑且打个码：[spoiler] 第四章告诉你，原酒保因为这个入狱，失去了工作、没有了房子、行李都被扔了、养的猫也被扔了、出狱后没人愿意收留，只能做混混，人生都被毁了，导致最后一案酒保回来复仇。到这里，我想的都是这侦探确实该死，纯是为了全成就才把那个酒保当真凶报上去的，最后还给我一个动画，酒保在牢里坐着，侦探在牢外很冷漠地看她。我都不知道侦探哪来的脸，也没有道歉，在第四案的时候对自己的背叛还支支吾吾不愿意说。而这个侦探显然是游戏主推的一个可攻略角色，把主推可攻略角色做成这种可恨懦弱愚蠢的样子对游戏到底有什么好处？[/spoiler] 最后是那个看似很丰富的约会对象，每个约会对象都只有一段约会对话而已，没有任何后日谈，确定关系后没有任何对话区分，我不明白这个恋爱有什么可以谈的。推理剧情也是一眼能看到头的，每个都挺无趣，尤其第二案一看死者就有问题，但游戏机制逼迫你必须调酒看动画回家连线索，然后起码要重复8-12天才能装作才知道死者有问题报告给警探，这几天纯在折磨玩家。

id crack peter wagner

The game is amazing. The story is captivating, I didn't know what to expect from each next chapter. Gameplay is always the same, you talk with people, serve drinks, present stuff and learn to build your case. You got enough time and action points to do it even if you fail miserably. First chapter is basically to learn, so don't worry if you do it a bit wrong (I did). Graphically speaking, the game is beautiful, but it lacks backgrounds, it's always the same 2 places, bar and home. You don't really need more, but it would be a nice touch to change the bar between cases, since there are usually separated by several months. If you like Ace Attorney games, this game is very much like it, but simpler. You don't move to locations, you don't have a linear way to advance the story, and in my opinion, is way harder to fail in this game. You get clues, you ask questions, you present clues and get more clues, and when you get a motive and the weapon, you present your case and wait for it to be right or wrong. The stories for each character are quite nice, some of them are very profound, and you can see the growth of some of them. I actually grew fond of some of the characters, and I also came to dislike others. To put it short, if you enjoy visual novels and doing some detective work, you will enjoy this game, and as an avid Ace Attorney fan, I recommend it! I can't wait to play Last Night Last Call, specially since knowing some characters I liked from this game are also on it. And I truly truly hope they bring your past choices to the new game, it would be nice to get some mentions to it!

My Best Friend Peter Wagner

A fun point & click murder mystery that I overall do recommend. I really enjoyed the dialogue with the different characters and I liked that there were romanceable characters not just for the player, but people that the player could set up with one another. It was fun and kept me playing each case past the day I'd solved it just to get each person's meter as full as I could. That said, there were two things that I feel held me back in this game and that I hope the devs will improve for their next one. 1. Making the drinks - while the minigame was fun at first, it became boring and grating as time went on. I think for what is basically a visual novel, I would have preferred to do a harder mini-game one time to "learn" the drink and then I could serve it bypassing that mini-game for the rest of the game (or chapter, at least). 2. The romance options didn't change the ending of the game. I liked the little dialogue flairs that would come about but I think that if your character romances one (or more) characters, there should be a scene with them at the end of the game. 2.5. (Kinda part of 2.) Not enough Peter! I wanted to see an ending where he gets his life together. I CAN FIX HIM I SWEAR Those gripes aside, I'm very much looking forward to Rogueside's next project!

There’s something deeply romantic about the idea of speakeasies. On the one hand, there’s a conscious understanding that they served as the fronts for mob empires through the 1920s, and that they were the fuel for engines built on suffering. On the other hand, when paired with the naive glamour of the same era - the short hair, shorter skirts, and knowledge that life would never be better than it was in that moment - the idea of people shyly shushing one another over the click of illicit glasses is an almost cosy one. There’s a soft glow around it and perhaps around the idea that their problems are so much more innocent than the ones we now enjoy. It’s this cosy innocence that’s part of what makes Best Served Cold such a delight. Everything in the game takes on this nostalgic haze for an era that never existed and a vision of the past that never was. You feel yourself getting lost in the idea of what was, the stories that could have been, and the faint hints of conversations you never were and never will be part of. The speakeasy in this game is predicated on atmosphere, but ultimately, it’s that focus on atmosphere that permeates the game itself. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3802346534 Best Served Cold is a visual novel with mystery elements set in a fictional speakeasy. You play as the bartender, serving drinks and chatting with customers, while trying to get to the bottom of a particular mystery. Getting them just the right level of drunk is critical to extract that one, last clue that makes it clear who the culprit is. Best Served Cold advertises itself as a murder mystery, and while this is true, this is not the heart of what it is. The solution to the mystery itself is generally clear within a few days of investigating it, and the time the game provides for solving it is so ample as to be a bit absurd. This is not a game that is setting out to challenge your skills of deduction. Instead, Best Served Cold is very much a visual novel, with the murders being solved serving as a series of vignettes through which the player can engage with the characters in the story. That there is a mystery to solve plays almost second fiddle to the game of learning more about the characters, their wants, their needs, and their dreams. The player is encouraged to learn each character’s favourite drink, to befriend them, to listen to them, ostensibly to solve a murder, but more often than not to offer advice, to set them up with someone else at the bar, or just to hear their particular story. Players solve the mystery by discussing clues with the various speakeasy patrons. Should the patron like the player enough or be drunk enough, they may share some insight that moves the investigation forward. Collect enough clues, and the answer to the mystery becomes clear. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3802346917 That solving the mystery relies on showing clues to the speakeasy’s patrons is both the game’s strength and its weakness. This is, again, a game that relies on its story and the strength of its characters to hold the player’s interest. The strength of that writing shows through in spades, with the characters feeling alive and compelling every moment they’re on the screen. It’s a delight to learn more about them and to watch their reactions to the various bits of information being hurled at them. However, that only certain characters can move the mystery forward also makes progressing in the mystery frustrating. The cast of characters in the speakeasy in any given night varies, meaning that a clue that clearly needs to be shown to a specific character might not be shown to that character for several days. While the time limit is substantial enough that this isn’t an issue with completing the game, when you as a player already know how the mystery will resolve and want to just get to said resolution, there is a frustration in opening the bar over and over to not see that one specific character sitting there. When paired with a lack of conversation options once the initial options have been exhausted, there come points where the game is less a game and more a process of repeating the same drink-making mini-game over and over to accrue relationship points for a purpose unknown to anyone but the devs. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3802347102 With that said, there is an undeniable charm to Best Served Cold. Its music is a delight, and it is genuinely wonderful to sit in this speakeasy and enjoy its ambience. While the story itself may plod along at a pace that can be frustrating to get through, the story is arguably not the point. The point is the people, the stories they tell, and the world they do their best to live in. The deeply varied cast of characters presents a broad picture of a world that does not exist, yet still somehow feels like, somewhere in the dimly lit past, it might. The atmosphere is there, and ultimately, that’s all there ever needed to be. [quote] If you enjoyed this review, please check out the [url=https://www.summitreviews.biz] Summit Reviews website [/url] and [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41449676/] curator page. [/url] Thank you for reading! [/quote]

I loved it, it's Coffee Talk meeting some Noire fiction like Raymond Chandler's books ; the ending was so great, didn't see it coming ! and I loved the fact the characters grows over the chapters, gives them more depth and background. Looking forward to play their next game, already wishlisted !

我想要恋爱后日谈……