The Darkest Files

所作所为，皆有代价。真是一款好游戏！作为对国际历史只是浅浅略过之人，这个游戏向我展示了二战后那些为时代所指责的，勇敢追查真相的人，正是因为有他们，许多冤屈才得以申诉。在第二案的时候，看着海蒂他们欢呼，但是真实的案件申诉成功却在1991，不禁令人心生感叹，始终有人没忘记这份痛苦和冤屈，受害者等待了多年才等到了属于自己的正义。在游戏里，正是有主角他们，所以能在1960年前就为安娜伸张正义。女主所做的，不仅是赎罪和弥补，更是为了更多无辜的人伸张正义。 非常推荐这部游戏，但是还是有一些问题要提出：1.整体环境偏暗，寻找额外信息非常麻烦和费眼睛！ 2.存档的不便利，自动存档和手动存档混在一起，而且法庭之中无法存档，只能从开庭前重新打。 3.我们需要中文！！！我们需要中文！！这部游戏值得被更多的人看到，我希望能有更多的人品读到这个好作品，而缺少中文限制了我们！！

Normally I play adventure games, at times fantasy games or puzzle for entertainment, relaxing or for a challenge - this wonderful game is based on real events. So, I was not sure, if it would be for me, but I'm glad I decided to play and act as a prosecutor for justice. It was a ride through my country's black past, in which terrible crimes happened. For 2 of such, the player can seek justice in the Darkest Files. But don't think, we would just look into files .. no, we look at documents, but question witnesses as well. Those are made very nicely as sort of a walk through their memories... we accompany events, their look on them and what they claim to have done and said... After questioning, collecting of documents etc, we prepare and in court, we win the battle for the victiims A great game, highly recommended ! Don't miss it.

Great game. The only issue I have with this game is its length. I usually love shorter games recently, but I just couldn't get enough of this one. It's sad, deep, real, and unique. A great investigative mystery, an interesting perspective - not from the side of the detective, but the prosecutor; not in the now, but cases which are 10+ years old at this point. It's a unique game I wish I could play again without knowing anything about it. I wish more people played it and I'm grateful to the devs for their candor, realness and care with this game. I learned a lot, felt sad, and still had a great time with it!

GREAT core game for a deduction game. Just need more content, as it is a little short as it is.

I really enjoyed this game, with a few caveats. The story and subject matter is well handled in my opinion. Things are not sugar coated. I loved uncovering new documents and listening to the testimonies, although I wish the testimonies were not riddled with hidden objects that you have to search for. If you miss hidden objects your rating decreases, and sometimes they can be super hard to see, and they spawn continuously through the testimony. The option to highlight them is nice but even with it on it can be easy to miss important things. I also felt like this game does not hold your hand when it comes to coming up with the right conclusions. I had a hard time picking the right documents and sometimes had to use hints/spoilers. I like challenging deductive games but sometimes it was hard to know which document they were looking for to prove the point and when I looked up the answer it seemed like those docs shouldn't be the only correct ones. I appreciated the difficulty modifiers though. I'd recommend this game based on the story and the attention to detail as well as the lovely voice acting and art style. I had a lot of fun with this one, I would love to play more cases if they ever come out with them! I definitely took my sweet time with the two cases that exist, and I finished in under 10 hours.

Long-story short: Good lord this game is VERY procedural, I'm not even sure if I had fun(?) Like, I did the thing, I solved the case, but did I enjoy myself? Ehhhhhhhhh? I wish Steam had a middling review option, as many others have. Maybe it's the subject matter at hand, that's very possible, but it turns out taking witness testimony from three different Nazis and trying to sus out who is lying and who is telling the truth is in fact less enjoyable than doing the same with three Ace Attorney NPCs. The interrogation portions themselves are moderately interesting but the investigation portions within those interrogations are mind-numbingly boring. You build up the same thought palace of an underground prison, get everyone's perspectives on what happened, but also walk around and click on random ♥♥♥♥ to get one-off lines or potentially open up new lines of questioning. The problem is the interactive items themselves are VERY poorly pointed out to the player. Some are obvious, but others required I spend literally 10 minutes walking back and forth trying to find the right thing to interact with. Even with the setting that makes it so they flash interactables, this was still the case. Then you're parsing through legal documents, testimonies, old Nazi letters, etc. trying to sus out specific one-liners that could contradict or reinforce a point. It's almost like The Roottrees Are Dead or The Incident at Galley House just without any of the charm, tension, or intrigue. I think I'd only recommend this if you're in the mood for a very serious procedural legal game, and even then, I'm not sure it felt like much of a fun experience.

I really liked the art and gameplay of this one. I think it was too short, but worth the price. I would definitely play more of it!