The Hand of Glory

Based on what I've played so far, the game is amazing. It is well designed, and well animated, and they paid attention to all the details. The story is immersive and the puzzle sometimes is very difficult. I managed to find out how to solve. But, sometimes, it drove me crazy. I recommend it.

For those who like old school point and click advendures, shame they rare make games like this

First of all, I have to ask: what happened with the art direction? I get Lars was in a more cartoonish style because he's the one with more animations, but he really stands out when he's in a crowd of realistic looking characters. That aside, the game is quite good. Lars/Lazarus/Mr Bundy/"Don't make my name sound biblical" is a detective who's investigating a serial killer case, when he's swept into a much bigger case, which has magic intertwined with it. Alice is an intern who becomes interested in helping him to boost her career. Pretty good start for both of them, and they character development is actually rather realistic (specially after part 1's ending). The first part was the best for me; the story is more grounded and the puzzles make sense. The second part seems rushed at times, and some puzzles are nearing Deponia's "this makes no sense" style. Luckily, the majority of them are rather intuitive (as in, if you want to paint something, the bucket of paint will allow you to do so). I can see this was probably inspired by other magic+detective games, such as "Detective Grimoire" or "Broken Sword". The soundtrack was one of the best points for me. I specially like the main theme, sounds like something I've been humming since I was three or so, but I've never known what song is it. I really like it. I saw there was a second part, but it was announced for 2023, so.... No second part? i wishlisted, just in case.