Confidential Killings - A Detective Game

Short but very good

Confidential Killings is a short and pretty easy deduction game slotting itself well into the genre of the more well-known Obra Dinn and Roottrees. I'd recommend CK to anyone considering trying these type of puzzles, or wanting a nice relaxing evening without too much brain requirements. It is thus a soft recommendation, and for deduction veterans I'd say only get it on sale. The biggest negative from an investigation point of view is the game not giving you enough info for a case to hold up, making you have to submit the case notes based on circumstantial information, but the "fill in the blanks" text is detailed enough it is pretty apparent what kind of motive or murder the game expects you to give. I guess it does have a story-explanation with several of the killers not being arrested that does support the gameplay's lack of firm evidence. But it is a bit frustrating to play as a somewhat bumbling detective in first-person.

Игра оказалась очень короткая, но своих денег стоит! Красиво, интересно, логично.

Short and sweet. Enjoyed my time with it

挺难玩的 讲了个故事

decently short game, but if you like atmospheric puzzle games this is worth a night or two playing! Really interesting story with a few cases that took me a moment to sus out the details.