Kill The Clock

Buyer beware, you'll likely be paying for an incomplete game that will NEVER be completed. It's been 4 months since my review and at the time, they claimed CH3 was actively being worked on. Guess what. It's now June and no signs of CH3 in game - even tho the dev notes said - CH4 is now being worked on and CH3 is being bug-fixed (with full translations done). That note btw, was from last month - it's now June 24th and devs have not updated yet. If you can't finish the game or deliver on deadlines, I'm going to recommend no. Devs barely communicate OR miscommunicate. Just for example. On Feb 28, dev notes said for CH3: "Script implementation into the game (97%) 🆕 QA (15%) 🆕" Guess when CH3 was "finished"? Devlog #12 - May 31st. But guess what also?? It's not in the game! Oh well.

[h1]轮回千次只愿亲手了结你[/h1] 《Kill The Clock》是一款以20世纪中叶的欧洲为背景的悬疑推理向冒险游戏。玩家将扮演主角雷蒙德·索兰/雷蒙娜·索兰（性别），为了杀死威廉·梅耶尔而踏上旅程。谢邀，人在维里塔斯福德，刚下火车，就因私闯民宅被受害人的妻子琳达·梅耶尔发现。随之而来的警官莱斯利·欧文立刻将站在尸体旁边的某嫌疑人逮捕。冤枉！清汤大老爷！我刚潜入就发现目标倒在地上，我还没来得及动手呢，这是碰瓷！推理小说里不是这样的，我现在的角色应该是外地来的侦探才对，而不是不明不白就被当做杀人凶手（不过《名侦探柯南：犯人犯泽先生》已经播过这样的剧情，就认了吧）！为了洗清自己的嫌疑，不得不越狱+隐姓埋名，以全新的身份调查威廉的死因（怎么感觉背负的罪名更多了……）。 不同于传统的视觉小说，游戏有性别选择、职业选择（影响初始技能加成和天赋，一周目我以为是默认就没选）、状态属性与技能加点，还有自由捏脸。虽然只是为了伪装躲避通缉，更换发型、发色、面饰这些，但也让我有种新鲜感。这些开局做出的决定在之后的游戏中会影响游戏的进展，玩家的行动成功与否均通过掷骰决定。这样的玩法设计让游戏充满了随机性，自由度非常高（有人一直在偷窃我不说是谁），而且符合现实，毕竟哪有一帆风顺的查案，嫌疑人才不会乖乖地老实交代呢。多周目的循环也能提供不一样的体验。 是的，多周目的循环。因为被抢人头只有0次和无数次——成功找出了真凶以后，时光倒流、重置回原点，威廉依旧会以不同的方式被另一个凶手以不同的方式杀害（威廉：你是说我非死不可，对吗？雷蒙德/雷蒙娜：你是说我每把都被抢人头，是吗？）。故事的发展不再唯一，于时间的循环中，破解同一起杀人事件的新手法。 [quote] 闲暇时光，不妨试试游戏。 欢迎关注[url=store.steampowered.com/curator/45653622/] 闲暇時光鉴赏组 [/url] [/quote]

This is an EA review with only two chapters available at the moment. It is an interesting detective game with a time loop scenario. I'm wondering how everything will turn out at the end of the game. There is no romance in the game, but I personally think thats fine since it wouldn't or should'nt be the main focus of the game anyway. It should also be noted that I only did one playthrough so far and didn't look for every ending. Pro: [list] [*] The art was actually the main reason I even got interested in the game  [*] Slight animations [*] Character customization. You can choose a gender and set up a disguise with a nickname to go into the fully hidden character mode. Interesting idea! [*] You can choose a job, which will in turn affect how your stats turn out. This game will do stat check ups :) [*] Replay value  [*] The story itself is interesting. [/list] Neutral: [list] [*] The game itself offers different mechanics such as investigation, heart check (which is kind of like a stat check on how people are feeling/looking like) [*] You can try different approaches to solve stuff (e.g. bribing, talking, combat, ...) [*] While you can increase your friendship levels with different people, I'm kinda missing, like, extra scenes for this. Or maybe it did change something, and I was just too blind to see it  [/list] Con: [list] [*] The controls of the game feel a bit weird sometimes. An example would be: You would need F to move in a location you are investigating, but in the map S, so switching controls for what feels similar. [*] You can only gift something after talking to a character. I wonder why it is even an option at that time if it's blocked at the moment. Why not only show it if you can do it? [*] You can't save when there is a dialogue ongoing [/list] What else can I say? I'm really looking forward to how everything turns out and what other characters might appear - or what might change when I replay it once a new chapter comes out. :) Also, since the game is still in EA some of the stuff I didn't like might change over time as well.

Nice story with some very interesting characters. Finding out about the twists and turns of the whole mystery is actually fun. The actual detective work is a bit lacking, though. You have to actually work to get the *wrong* culprits, because everything is pretty spelled out. Other than that, it's a very interesting mystery game.

Played Chapters 1 and 2. Extremely enjoyable! Very excited for the remaining chapters to come.

Kill the Clock is in early access so the game can change drastically. A murder with an interesting twist. I wake up on a train, bewildered at how I ended up here, as it was not my intended location. My objective? To kill a prominent local figure. When I infiltrate the mansion, he is already dead on the floor and his wife catches me; I end up in jail and escape, having to prove my own innocense. Kill the clock is a detective visual novel with an interesting twist on it. The goal is for the protagonist to solve a crime while dealing with a time travel mechanic to it. That is the entire premise and a sudden but intriguing introduction to the game Kill the Clock. The customization is nice. I can choose gender and profession, which impacts the amount of skill points in the abilities. Art direction is flowery and inspired by romanticized European art from the Belle Epoque era. Some of the character art design seem to have a dash of JRPG styling, particularly the hair. I love it. The standout feature in the game is the dice-rolling mechanic that is typical of the tabletop RPGs. Examples can be used when you need to convince someone what to do, or maybe break a lock, and even have to fight someone. In moments, I can use it to convince a person to do something, or use a bribe to loosen tongues. Or it can totally fail. In some moments, I have to resort to violence. Totally hilarious. Characters exhibit stereotypical tropes, and yet has some depth with their own persona hidden secret I even like the hidden gaming den where the dark game and coin clips costs money. The game has two quirks that I have issues. The save file system, the 1st slot is always the autosave, and I cannot overwrite with a manual save, apparently. Also, Pressing F is meant to move from one place to another, and press S to go somewhere. If both were changed, I would be super happy. A full voice over would be a great addiction. Soundtrack is nice, although more variety would be appreciated. Current price point is fair for the amount of content, although do expect it to increase dramatically upon the release of the 1.0 version. In the end, the game is truly an art form, where the plot and story feel interesting enough for me to dive through. One other comment though, as of now, May 2026, They are working on Chapter 4, as of April 2026, and I have to wait for them to finish. At the very least, the developer are transparent about it. It is a good use of the early access program. Also, I found it via the Steam Next Fest in February 2025, but it took me a full year to get strated playing the game. Consider it a backlog that held me back. In the end, Kill the Clock is a fun and engaging game for any fans of visual novels.

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《Kill The Clock》是一款由相当有趣的推理悬疑作品，故事不同于大多数推理游戏以侦探视角为主的作品，本作开头主角就成为了被指控的凶手，你该如何洗刷自身的嫌疑，揭开宿敌死亡的真相呢？游戏在推理和故事叙事上十分的反常规，而且原计划共有四章的故事现在仅有前两章内容，还没有中文本地化支持，仅适合那些英语水准较好的玩家体验，或者等等游戏的汉化再做打算。 游戏的美术风格十分精致，尤其是立绘方面，人物眉形，细节丰富，其实看起来就蛮像韩漫风格的，而且在故事开头玩家有较大的自主空间来确定人物的属性以及一部分立绘细节，但主体形象基本没法改变，另外在场景等环境和物品的作画方面也有很多细节，就从整个游戏的美术方面来说是基本在线的。 而游戏的玩法也加入了独特的时间循环机制。玩家要找出的真相并不唯一，当找出凶手之后时间会回到原点，通过不同的视角和方法来寻找另外可能的凶手和作案手法，让故事的发展不再唯一，为游戏增添了丰富的重复可玩性，并且需要玩家在不断的循环中逐渐挖掘出隐藏的真相。 另外一点游戏的特色就是引入了跑团式的掷骰决策系统，遇到一些事件触发点后需要通过掷骰子来决定游戏行动的成功与否，一旦失败故事走向就会导向的不妙的方向，掷骰子的决策点通过玩家自定义的属性和技能来获取，掷骰系统影响着线索搜寻、审问他人等后续的一切行动，这一点在推理游戏中还是比较少见的。 但就目前来说，就像我之前所说，游戏仅有英语和日韩三种语言，如果不是小语种专精选手就只适合英语水准扎实的玩家体验了，毕竟作文推理游戏本作文本量也不算小；不过游戏还处于EA阶段，内容量上来说相对有限，原计划的四章内容也仅仅发布两张，感兴趣的玩家也可以先行观望，顺便等一下汉化进度。 [code]双语评测，认准我们： [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35263058-Bilingual-Curator/]双语评测[/url] Make Chinese and English speaker feel at home： [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35263058-Bilingual-Curator/]Bilingual Curator[/url][/code]