Lamplight City

enjoyed every second of it

Wonderful voice acting for every single character. The story's universe is very nicely woven into scenes, images, characters, narrative direction and dialogues without it being too on the nose but just about the right amount. I like how the story tackles several social issues well embedded within the story. You have technically 5 cases to solve but they are all connected by an overarching plot, along with throwbacks to your previous decisions made in the game that impacts your progression in different ways. It's a delightfully cohesive game. Only suggestion is to save often as some choices might lock you out of following the right trail.

A wonderful surprise! It's smooth and super entertaining. The fact that everything is a possibility with a different outcome gives the game tons of flavor, my first run was a complete disaster and I immediately started a new one, revisiting everything and hoping for a better outcome. And I still want to know what would happen if I made different choices now that I got both the very very bad ending and a perfect run. I'll definitely return to Lamplight City to search for alternate timelines.

Lamplight City ist ein sehr cooles Krimi-Adventure im Geiste der klassischen Spiele aus den 90er Jahren. Das Spiel lebt vor allem von seiner Atmosphäre und der spannenden Ermittlungsarbeit. Besonders gut gefallen hat mir, dass theoretisch jeder Verdächtige der Täter sein könnte und man wirklich das Gefühl bekommt, einen Fall selbst aufzuklären. Ein schönes Adventure für alle, die klassische Detektivgeschichten und die Atmosphäre älterer Point-and-Click-Spiele mögen. Ich hatte damit viel Spaß.

Undiagetic, modern characterisations and plot. Does not remotely feel like a coherent or interesting world or story. I can only imagine the positive reviewers are being very forgiving or superficial. The art is nice though.

Excellent point'n'click avec plusieurs fins possibles pour chacune des cinq enquêtes. Le style des portraits de personnages pendant les dialogues est très beau tout en rappelant fortement celui utilisé pour les portraits dans le premier Garbriel Knight.

Lamplight City is a solidly good point-and-click game. I bought this game after being impressed with its sequel, Rosewater. The gameplay and pace of gameplay is quite similar. The puzzles are not too difficult. I was able to complete the game without consulting a walkthrough, but there were several moments where I had to stop and ponder for a while. Like Rosewater, the story arc is one of multiple mini-mysteries that combine to keep the sense of forward momentum going, The broad story arc is a tad silly, in keeping with the general mirth of the game overall. The ending surprised and impressed me by following through on the story's implied premise. I can think of only two negatives, both fairly mild: 1) As with Rosewater, some gamers might find the mini-mysteries offputtingly tangential to the main plot. I didn't, but others might. 2) Some gamers might find your colleague's near-ubiquitous item-descriptions and conversation-injections annoying. I didn't, but some other reviewers have expressed dislike of it. CONCLUSION: Lamplight City gave me the fun I was looking for and was worth the cost. So Grundislav Games is now 2-for-2 with me. Recommended!