
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!
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A puppy named Teddy, found dead under mysterious circumstances. Master Reed, vanished in a bustling temple fair crowd. Years of grudges festering at the Shipwreck Wharf. Scattered newspapers and handwritten notes in an unknown prison... Traverse the eclectic districts of Dark Tide City and investigate a string of bizarre cases.
Recover the city's lost memories. Piece together the truth behind the city's fracture ten years ago. Kill. Judge. Or perhaps… kiss(?) the mastermind.


It pairs 3D HD environments with 2D pixel characters, creating a striking modern-vs-retro visual style, and offers a wide range of freely explorable locations across distinct districts, including the rusting steel jungle of a long-shuttered factory, the muddy Shipwreck Wharf built on stilts, the floating slum of the Pig Cage Walled City where Chinese tradition and neon lights bleed into one another, and the bustling, crowded streets of the Old Town District.


Freely choose how to improve your abilities: Strength, Spirit, Charm. Pick your own approach to each case: Play mind games? Grease some palms? Or just beat a confession out of the suspect?
Deduction System: Gather, analyze, and connect the clues. Craft your own unique investigation trail!


Meet the people of Dark Tide City and uncover the stories behind their masks... whether it's the sanctimonious Captain Theo, the fiery young Axel Flint (son of Griff Flint), the defiant Rafe Carter, the cheerful shutterbug Kiki, the elegant Mrs. Reed, the rumored hex-casting Priestess, the warm-hearted fishmonger Auntie Bass, or the foul-mouthed little rascal Chiffon.

The Shadow: A strange creature clinging to your back. It reads memories and reconstructs the traces of the dead.
"Don't worry, Lucas. We're just using each other. You use me to find the killer, and me? I love nothing more than feasting on the bizarre tales. Hahaha—!"
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I waited a LONG time for this game. I don't remember how I came to know of it but I'm veryyy glad I did. It's an awesome game, beautiful, like BEAUTIFUL, art, great story, interesting gameplay with very interesting plot and game mechanics (sorry if this was redundant lol I loved it, kudos to the team, I hope things go well for the team so we can see more. I reallyyyy loved the swimming part in the end, so pretty, so envolving. Wish them nothing but the best
Really enjoyed the game. The only thing that I can cry all I want for is a romance route. THAT ain't rafe's mom
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian*languages with full audio support
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先说结论,能玩到这款游戏是我的荣幸,上一个让我感到惊艳的还是33号 游戏用赛博朋克和像素风讲述了一个架空的革命时代,围绕着摇摇欲坠的封建王朝,侵略的帝国,背叛信仰的革命军,坚守本心的警察展开. 每一个支线都用心描写,人物刻画丰满且矛盾.甚至玩到最后一直担心这会是男主精神分裂出的一个美梦. 再重申一遍,这是个惊艳的游戏. 以及,最后阳光出来的一幕能否出个屏保??
非常有趣的游戏。最近少有有通关意愿的游戏了。这个游戏探案部分并不重要,重要的是选择部分,看不同路线的结局很有意思。而且这游戏的角色塑造确实很不错,每个配角都有血有肉,看似丑角但其实也有属于自己的一段故事。作为文字游戏,内容不晦涩不难懂,世界观很容易理解,一开始就能沉浸进去。配音也很不错。非常推荐大家试试。唯一就想说内容是不是还能再多一点,期待DLC
流程有点短,不过好玩。
如果把《杀死影子》简单理解成推理解谜游戏,那其实低估了它,它更像是一款融合RPG成长、探索冒险、剧情推理和多选择分支的侦探模拟作品。玩家不仅需要寻找证据,更要根据自己的判断决定调查方向,每一次交流、每一次选择都会影响案件推进方式,这种自由度让整个游戏体验十分自然。 游戏最大的乐趣来自自己破案,每个案件都会留下大量可以调查的细节,通过询问证人、收集现场证据、观察环境,再利用影子回溯能力重现过去发生的场景,将碎片信息逐渐串联起来。当原本毫无关联的线索最终组成完整真相时,那种成就感远比直接观看剧情更加精彩。游戏不会一直牵着玩家走,而是鼓励主动思考,这也是推理游戏最迷人的地方。 角色成长系统进一步提升了重复游玩的价值,不同属性培养方向能够解锁不同调查方式,有些NPC可以依靠魅力获取情报,有些则需要精神能力破解隐藏信息,也可以利用力量解决特殊障碍。同样的案件,因为角色培养不同,会出现完全不同的调查体验,让每一次游玩都有新的发现,而不是固定流程。 探索部分同样很有诚意,暗水城不是简单的背景板,而是一座拥有历史和记忆的城市。不同区域都有各自的人物、故事与文化氛围,调查过程中还能不断拼凑十年前城市分裂的秘密。大量场景细节与环境互动让世界观更加真实,玩家会逐渐从调查案件转变成调查整座城市,不断发现隐藏在角落里的故事。 美术方面非常的有创意,2D像素角色与3D立体场景结合,既保留了复古游戏的味道,又拥有现代镜头表现力。整个游戏的氛围做得挺到位,雨夜街道、码头、废弃工厂这些场景都很有感觉。玩的时候经常会不自觉地到处逛一逛,总觉得哪个不起眼的角落可能就藏着重要线索。 总体来说,《杀死影子》最大的魅力就在于把调查、推理、探索和角色成长融合成了一套完整的玩法循环。玩家既能享受抽丝剥茧寻找真相的乐趣,也能根据自己的选择塑造不同风格的侦探,在不断探索暗水城秘密的过程中获得持续的新鲜感。对于喜欢剧情向、悬疑推理和高互动探索玩法的玩家来说,这是一款值得游玩的作品。
相当不错的一款AVG探案解谜游戏。美术风格我很喜欢,沉浸感很强!剧情充满悬念与反转。每个按案件都有多结局的设定,忍不住想让人重开。算是近几年同品类中比较出色的一款国产游戏!
上班中午休息玩了一会,这游戏叙事和推理方面我觉得挺不错的,之前玩的推理游戏都是NS上的逆转裁判、famicom侦探俱乐部、北海道连续杀人事件等等。。第一次能玩到正儿八经让我组合线索推理的游戏,不过也可能是因为我玩的少,再加上我无法拒绝像素风格的游戏,果断购买了,没让我失望,做的挺不错,唯一的缺点就是优化做的好像不是很好啊帧数有点低。
杀死影子可以算是今年玩过最好的国产推理解谜游戏,像素风配上霓虹和破败有一股赛博朋克的味道,这让人第一印象很好。在有限的区域内自由探索寻找线索最后拼凑出可能的真相是游戏的核心玩法,是的真相究竟为何有时候并不重要,本作不是那种在固定地点获得固定线索最后得出结论的游戏,这里面还穿插了人情世故,你未必能看清事件的全貌,哪怕你有影子相助,所以结果往往会有反转,或者你只看到了第一层,而真相在第三层,不管你得出了什么结论最后还需要面对人性的抉择,揭示真相,维护公平和正义可能只是你的一厢情愿,未必会换来你想要的回应,有时候妥协一下会不会更好呢?这就是这款游戏的魅力,它不仅仅是为了破案,这里还有人生百态。 本作的另一大特色是配音,国产普通话配音很难不被人诟病,换成方言就不一样了,个人是方言爱好者,游戏中穿插了大量中国各地方言,并且演绎得非常到位,直接把角色演活了,充满地域特色的听觉盛宴和上面提到的形成了呼应。
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