Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams

very short as per other reviews, but interesting nevertheless - need more games with real actors

I love detective type things. Those cases you can get in the mail to solve - great! And they're just pieces of paper. I was excited to find this game but it fell short of my expectation unfortunately, I was expecting something that required more thinking. Used the good features of notepad etc to make notes. The given written evidence was essentially useless, the tapes ok with ok acting. I'm glad i bought it on sale - I'm not sure I would pay full price given the lack of activity required, sadly.

Ziemlich gutes FMV-Spiel mit verschmerzbaren Schwächen. Der Auftrag heißt: finde den Mörder durch das Verfolgen von Verhören. Diese fallen nicht gerade üppig aus, aber das glaubhafte Szenario motiviert zum mehrmaligen Spielen und Erfahren der Hintergründe. Auf der Plus-Seite stehen sehr gute Schauspieler, eine gute Story und ein einfaches Setup. Zudem ist der Preis sehr angemessen. Die Kürze eines einzelnen Spiels kann allerdings als leichter Schwachpunkt angesehen werden. Man verfolgt jeweils einen Verhör-Durchgang der beiden Verdächtigen, dann entscheidet man einmal, wie jeweils weiter vorgegangen werden soll, dann entscheidet man, wie zu urteilen ist. Da wären mehrere Verhöre wünschenswert gewesen. Zudem ist die Anzahl an Indizien doch reichlich überschaubar, da hätten mehr auch nicht geschadet. Dennoch hat mir "Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams" gut gefallen. Man sollte nicht die Komplexität von "Immortality" erwarten, dafür ist es aber weniger langweilig.

尋問の陽子をカメラで見て犯人を推理するゲームらしい。ゲーム内でメモ書きも出来る。尋問映像を見ているだけなのでちょっと退屈するがセールで安かったので一応青評価にしておく。 XUnity.AutoTranslator-ReiPatcherで日本語に自動翻訳可能だが、尋問時の台詞の速度が速いので翻訳文が短時間しか表示されず内容が全然頭に入ってこない。尋問動画は録画してあって後で見返せるのでリアルタイム中継の映像は流し見でも良いかも。長い翻訳台詞は改行されずゲーム内のモニターからハミ出して読みにくくなる。あと机に置いてある参考資料の数々は画像なので翻訳されない。

The lady's acting is terrible, the story is too short, and only has three choices that don't make that much of a difference. It's decently written and I like the idea of being able to interfere in an interrogatory but, overall, it's one of the weakest FMV games that I've played.

Got this on mega-sale and already over one hour into it. Got through the first time and did not find the truth so it's got a lot of endings still for me to see. All of the acting was realistic and that room was pretty cool too. Thanks for a fun time and hope you make more of these because I won't wait for a sale next time!

Although the game is short, it is an excellent play for a very reasonable price. I love all FMV games but often they have left something to be desired in terms of the acting. This game on the other hand truly had stellar acting. It was quite impressive. Honestly, it felt like a real experience as a detective. A couple things that could have made it even better: having more options or more opportunity for interaction. Also, I think that being Detective Ruis (instead of just a third party that Detective Ruis consults) and choosing his line of dialogue would have made it a much better play and immersive experience. Overall, I absolutely loved the game, and recommend it to anyone who enjoys detective games or FMV games.