
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 2.29/day in the week to Sep 11 → 3.43/day in the week after.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $8.99−40% | 21.2Kreviews | 97% | — | $4.3M |
| $19.99 | 2ratings | 50% | — | not modelled | |
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玩到第六章,热血沸腾了!! 强烈推荐!!
I am indescribably grateful to my chinese friends for making such a great game. They took all the best things from Ace Attorney, sprinkled it with some (really interesting) history facts and great music to make a wonderful game! I'm looking forward to play more games from this developer. ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!!
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 5.29/day in the week to Jul 26 → 6.71/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,402 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Languages: Simplified Chinese*, English, Traditional Chinese*languages with full audio support
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Things that impressed me about this game: Skip Feature for Mini-games: I highly appreciate the thoughtfulness of allowing players to skip mini-games. You can play what you’re good at, but if you’re stuck, you can still progress with the story instead of being soft-locked. You guys have no idea how many games I’ve had to reluctantly drop just because I got stuck on a mini-game. Save System: Being able to save at any time is a massive plus. Dual Voice Acting (English & Chinese): This is a brilliant and sophisticated touch that I’ve never seen before. When Chinese characters speak to each other, they use Chinese, but when they are abroad or speaking to foreigners, they switch to English! Bilingual characters will switch between the two depending on who they’re talking to. It doesn't stop there! The voice casting is meticulous. For example, Chinese characters speaking English have a distinct Asian accent. I swear, this is incredible! I’ve wanted to see a game do this for a long time. Historical Integration: The game weaves historical events and documents into the narrative very skillfully. I ended up gaining a ton of knowledge about Chinese history and famous historical figures. The in-game dictionary is incredibly extensive. Also, the game has a strong sense of national pride. Even I can feel it as a foreign player, I’m sure Chinese players must find it deeply moving. Soundtrack: While it seems the game still uses some royalty-free tracks, the key themes are original and showcase traditional beauty like the flute melody at the end of each chapter. RPG Controls: I think using RPG-style controls was a smart choice as it makes it easier to showcase the overall setting. The developers successfully captured the blend of ancient and modern beauty of Republic China era. Diverse Mini-games: The variety is quite good. Text Features: There’s an auto-play function and even a 2x speed setting for faster text delivery. Interestingly, at 2x speed, the voice lines speed up as well. Backlog: There is a backlog feature to re-read dialogue in case you miss something. Usually, RPG-style games like this rarely include a backlog. Of course, there are still some regrettable points that could be improved for perfection: Chapter Endings: The transitions at the end of each chapter feel a bit too long. Testimony Debates: During the cross-examination/debate sections, you have to wait for the text to scroll out completely. You can't speed it up or click/press space to skip to the end of the sentence. It's frustrating having to wait for the specific line you need. A huge thank you to Cánh Cụt Team for the Vietnamese localization! Playing this in English definitely wouldn't have been as enjoyable. Although the translation isn't 100% complete in some spots and certain phrases could be more natural, overall, the localization is very solid. Though, the localization team has one fatal flaw: there are characters who have both English and Chinese names (since they lived or studied abroad). When an English character calls them by their English name, instead of keeping it as is, Cánh Cụt Team replaced it with their Chinese name. This is a real shame because the developers were meticulous enough to provide both names and even implemented dual voice acting to match each specific context. Also, The original Chinese title is 山河旅探, which roughly translates to "The Detective Traveling Across the Land." However, the Vietnamese title by Cánh Cụt Team was chosen by using the Sino-Vietnamese transliteration of the English title. Personally, I feel the original name captures the true essence of the game much better, as the male protagonist travels from place to place to solve his cases.
As a fan of detective stories and puzzle games, I've enjoyed this game quite a lot. Not only it offers an interesting story with unique characters and great ideas, but it also tells numerous interesting facts about China and World history, which made my immersion and understanding of the game's events even deeper. Amazing experience overall!
游玩很顺畅
这个世界需要理想主义者!
第四章和主线结局的案件都很精彩,剧本很不错,上价值也很自然。在家庭库玩完了,特地买一份支持下优质国单。 我有时对这个地方感到失望——但我也会想起,在远远黑暗得多的上个百年,在那个绝望的时代,理想主义者们曾造就了多么伟大的改变。《山河旅探》这类故事将近代史中蕴藏的那份力量展现出来,我很喜欢。
Absence of english track is engought to dump this ♥♥♥♥ as you are listening to that teletyp sound constantly. Plus totally idiotic kinda logic with proofs without proofs.
就第一章而言没什么意思,很无聊的推理,搜两三个信物就能猜出故事的走向,操作上由于刚需移动人物触发选项,无谓地消磨了很多时间,不喜欢
[b]Murders on the Yangtze River 4/5:[/b] [i]"You always say that there are no flawless crimes, but the truth is... Flawless reasoning also doesn´t exist."[/i] Phoenix Wright ruku v ruce se Sherlockem a soudcem Ti slouží jako předobraz mechanikami, stylem, zasazením. Pokud jsou vaším šálkem seriózní klasické detektivní adventury, byla by jen a jen vaše vlastní škoda toto minout. Jakkoli to nesporně má svá mnohá "ale". Ta jsou však většinou daná příliš ambiciózní vizí na prvotinu od malého týmu. Detektiv Shen zjistí, že mu v Londýně umřel bratr. Vše vypovídá o tom, že šlo o jasnou sebevraždu. Zamčený pokoj zevnitř, dopis na rozloučenou, styl úmrtí... Popravdě, až příliš indicií jasně ukazuje, že jde zcela nepochybně o sebevraždu. Což nedá Shenovi spát. Jakmile se po letech dozví, že v rodné Číně je detektivka, která obsahuje případ "slovo od slova" přesně shodný se (sebe)vraždou jeho bratra, vydává se vystopovat autora knihy. Následuje série událostí, která ústí v řadu více či méně proletených případů, jasně se odkazujících na klasické detektivky. Výhodou je, že každý z případů se nese v trochu jiném duchu. Jednou se snažíte očistit nevinně obviněného, jindy ostatní přesvědčujete, že to, co se zdá jako tragická nehoda, byla úkladná vražda. Někdy jste přizván jako nestranný, jinde se Shena případ dotýká osobně. A to vše tvůrci zasadili do Číny během turbulentních společenských změn, kdy se čínská kultura začíná střetávat se západním pokrokem. A tak se v případech projevují i společenské změny či přímo historické události. Za vypíchnutí stojí uprostřed vložená samostatná kapitola, kdy Shen vzpomíná, jak se setkal se svým asistentem. Je to čistě "agathovský" cca dvě až tři hodiny dlouhý případ, který se odehraje jedné noci na lodi mezi úzkým okruhem postav. Vypadne elektřina, během rozruchu je nalezena zavražděná postava, chvíli na to další a další... Mají u sebe karty s odpočtem a zbývající přeživší najdou u sebe karty, kdo bude následovat. Má to spád, zvraty, osobní vendetty... Zlatý hřeb titulu, který by obstál i sám o sobě. Jakkoli je to plné mechanik z klasických adventur, tak stále je to především vizuální novela více než co jiného. Jen má v rámci žánru nezvykle dost interaktivních pasáží. Velká výhoda je kondenzovanost zážitku. Tento subžánr her často dojíždí na přílišnou ukecanost nabalenou na kvalitní strukturu případu. Zde se jde v rámci případů k jádru pudla, čili neřešíte vztahové eskapády apod. Přitom to nemá dopad na herní dobu; ta je stále více než solidní a počítejte s minimálně dvaceti hodinami. (ne)Výhoda je, že co se týče dedukcí, autoři vás nevedou za ručičku. Což je výhoda, jelikož budete opravdu muset dávat pozor a domýšlet si své teze z náznaků, rozporů, sledu událostí apod. Nevýhoda to je proto, že pokud se sama uvedete svou verzí událostí v omyl, nehnete se dále a skončíte u nezábavného "vše na vše". Co hůře, pokud víte "kdo, jak, proč", stále musíte absolvovat posloupnost uvažování, kterou po vás vyžaduje hra. Což mnohdy znamená, že musíte vést linii vyšetřování/zpovídání, u které víte, že nikam nevede. Toto, stejně jako "předložte důkaz, který vaši teorii dokazuje", abyste následně museli předložit něco obskuního s přes koleno lámanými asociacemi místo nabízejícího se předmětu, jsou nevyhnutelné neduhy v rámci žánru. Jen zde je to více do očí bijící, protože je to až otravně často. Otázkou vkusu je pak zvolený styl grafiky. Tvůrci se odkazují na tradiční čínskou malbu tuší. A lokace i předměty tomu odpovídají. Nikoli však postavy, ty jsou jakože chibi manga karikatury, což nesedne ani ke stylu lokací ani k serióznosti klasických detektivek. Zmínit se musí i překlad do angličtiny. Ten je často kostrbatý a místy zcela absentující (po finále je bonusová epizoda, která i roky po vydání zůstává nepřeložena). Pokud klasiky deduktivního žánru máte již dohrané, tak byste toto minout neměli. A vlastně byste to neměli minout, i pokud dosud s deduktivním žánrem detektivek nemáte v herní podobě zkušenosti. Tedy pokud vám adventury a vizuální novely nejdou vyloženě proti srsti. ------------------------------------------------------------------ [i]-: Případná další (ne)doporučení jsou k nalezení na mé [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/9557800-%28do%29Hr%C3%A1no/]kurátorské stránce[/url] :- [/i]
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