MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE

ごく簡単なミステリアドベンチャー。 事件現場を調査したり、人物に聞き込みしたりするなどして、捜査を進めながら事件の顛末を突き止めていきます。 謎解きはたいして難しくもなく、ほとんどクリックだけで進めることができます。 サクッとミステリなストーリーを楽しみたい人向けです。

Мне очень понравилось Наверное, можно назвать визуальной новеллой (в миллиард раз лучше того, к чему обычно используют такой ярлык) Как чтение книги, но с очень приятным минималистичным пиксельным дизайном и джазом. Весь игровой процесс заключается в чтении диалогов, получением зацепок из них, перемещением по локациям и последующим правильным применением зацепок к правильным диалогам. В конце главы нужно сделать предварительные выводы. Я бы назвал это интерактивной литературой. От игрока мало что зависит. Он - почти читатель. Много точек не несут в себе пользы для решения текущей задачи, они просто вовлекают в атмосферу. То, что называют "вода". Их можно пробежать, но тогда и жизни в истории не будет. А зачем Вы тогда здесь? Главный герой - детектив Макото Вакайдо. Вернее, даже два человека. Макото Вакайдо старший, дедушка. И Макото Вакайдо, внук и главный фанат деда-детектива, который пошел по тому же пути. Их истории немного пересекались, что разбавляло обстановку Сюжет развивается равномерно и цельно. И мне нравится, что он довольно приземлен. Главный герой постоянно сталкивается с мистикой, в которую не особо верит, а также со сложными схемами, которые не вызывают у него в голове высшую математику, как в глупых фильмах/сериалах с сумасшедшими умозаключениями, готовыми потрясти особо впечатлительных. "Нифига он умный!" (с) Вот Макото, наверное, талантливый, опытный, но чаще всего человек. Очевидно, что мы не должны догадаться сразу. Очевидно, что мы не заметили что-то "очевидное". Но на мой взгляд, концовки спорные. Они у меня вызывают не "Ого, как закрутили!", а "Мда, ну и закрутили" Впечатление это не портит, плюс они приправлены фирменными японскими фишками, которые где еще встретишь. Да и на протяжении всей истории я, однозначно, кайфую Ну и все сошлись во мнении, что этап дедукции сомнительный. Идея крутая, реализация хромает. Ты понимаешь ответ, но как его "ответить" не понимаешь. Хотя, вероятно, нужно всего лишь убрать похожие варианты ответов. Все равно головоломкой это не назовешь, ничего бы это не изменило в худшую сторону Я, конечно, прошелся по минусам, но общее впечатление крайне положительное. Думаю, и по полной цене можно купить. Рекомендую!

I gave this title about 45 minutes before I decided this one wasn't for me. "Tedious" is the word that I keep coming back to, and I promise I'm trying to be nice about it. The loop requires that you talk to characters or examine objects in a particular order and then circle back multiple times between it all to glean more information. That is ok, however, the clunky evidence UI has you exit completely out of conversations and then re-enter them multiple times to show new evidence to the folks you're interviewing. This has to be done with each piece, which can be frustratingly slow when you've got 4-5 items. When you learn about new places to go, you can't just go there, even though you have the evidence, until you've had a conversation with yourself in the "Deduce" function. Which really just repeats everything that you've already learned, again, in a way that is tedious since it works similarly to the NPC convos. And finally, the game holds your hand over what evidence to present to whom by providing you with an illustrated checklist. If you try to show evidence to someone not on that checklist, it simply doesn't let you. NPC's don't get to say "No idea" or "why did you show me this horrible photo," you just don't get to do it. The result of all these things means that I don't feel clever or accomplished while playing this. In the end, I would prefer to read short stories featuring Makoto Wakaido than wrestle with this title.

推理的遊玩性有點低，案子和劇情本身中上水準，但遊戲做的很無聊，感覺有點可惜。

Decent enough little game. Although it's in an investigative game, in the same vein as like "Ace Attorney Investigations," which is a highly interactive game, Makoto Wakaido really trends more towards pure visual novel. It's not a pure visual novel since it's interactive and you control the character, but there aren't any penalties for bad deductions or guesses. As such, like other reviewers have mentioned, you can just click through all the "evidence" or leads until you get the right deduction. Which I did at times. Yeah that's not as fun as Ace Attorney, where there's an actual challenge. Where you can actually game over if you choose wrongly too many times. But...Makoto Wakaido is, like I've alluded to, more about the story -- or stories -- than the gameplay. And I think the stories are interesting enough. As you progress through the four cases, they get more complex and convoluted, but there is a thin thread that links them all together. And each has an unexpected twist. I wouldn't say all of them are super strong stories, but again, they're interesting enough to keep me moving forward. I sometimes wish Steam had a numerical rating system. But it doesn't. So I'll give this game my own score: 6.5/10. OK that seems low, I know. But compared to other game within the mystery/investigation genre -- and I've played a bunch -- it's definitely weaker than its peers. But I'm not disappointed I played Makoto Wakaido. If you're into this genre, it's still worth playing. You should play it! Don't expect Ace Attorney, of course. And if you're a casual fan of the genre or new to it...it's up to you.

This is an adventure game reminiscent of old-school point-and-click games. Gameplay feels especially similar of the Famicom Detective Club games, so if you liked those, you'll like this. The cases feel like very classic whodunnit short stories. The stories are quite linear and there's not much of a mystery-solving element to it, so just treat it as mostly a visual novel and you should have a good time. All in all, a great way to de-stress

I enjoyed it a lot. Occasionally I got stuck because I'd forget to clock a dialogue option or investigate an object that was near a more important looking object. This is a visual novel style game so don't go in expecting deduction.

This fun and engaging story-driven detective noir game actually consists of four playable whodunnit tales (not sure why it’s called a trilogy). In terms of gameplay, it’s not so much a puzzle-based detective game as interactive fiction, which places you in the protagonist’s shoes and thus makes you FEEL like a detective, without being too taxing in terms of puzzle mechanics or actually solving the cases. If you talk to everyone, you will find each of the dastardly culprits; and if you go in knowing that you’ll not be solving intricate cases, you’re much more likely to have a good time. (Some of the other reviewers seem to have been expecting more of a challenge in this vein. But this doesn’t seem to be what the game is going for). The jazzy, noirish soundtrack is top-drawer, and the monotone pixel art visuals - with striking streaks of red for the blood of the victims - sublimely simple. I never tired of the minimalist look and animations; Detective Wakaido’s hunch-shouldered walk being a particular favourite. The writing and characterisation are good, and the twists and turns you’d expect in this genre unfold in surprising and satisfying ways. There is also some excellent narrative framing around each of the tales, and fun references between them. Each tale took two hours or so. I’d recommend this as a palette cleanser between bigger, more challenging games.