The Mermaid Mask

As a longtime fan of the Grimoire series, I've been happily waiting for this game's release ever since it was announced. Now that it's here, I can say wholeheartedly that this is probably Grimoire's best adventure yet. This title has twists and turns that take you all over the Mortuga submarine, searching for clues about Captain Mortuga's untimely death and his relationship with everyone onboard. I really love the animation and art direction, because even underneath the sea there's a lot of color and charm to be had within the submarine's rooms. Having played Tangle Tower before this, I really enjoy how this title takes the foundation of that title and just builds upon it in every way. There's lore callbacks to the previous entries in Grimoire's tales, as well as harder puzzles and better pacing, especially near the end. Every character has lovely music and voice acting to go along with them, really solidifying their personalities and relationships with each other. I love the banter between Sally and Grimoire; as always their sharp wit made me laugh a lot. If you are at all interested in point-and-click adventures or mystery games, give this a try! And if you happened to really like this title, it may be worth it to go back to Tangle Tower or Secret of the Swamp.

It's good, in an obvious way :)

This game was fun, artful and challenging. The characters were creative, funny and unique. There's a lot to remember. I recommend writing down clues to combine with the repository of clues in the game. This game can be played as a group (in person), too. I will buy more games from this developer!

The artstyle is gorgeous, the writing is wonderful, the mystery is well-organized, and it's the third entry on Steam of my boy Detective Grimoire! You want to play this game! But you *really* want to play Detective Grimoire (Secrets of the Swamp) and Tangled Tower first! Preferably in that order!

This is my first ever review for a game, and I can't think of a better game to leave a review for than The Mermaid Mask. Tangle tower was already a great game, and not knowing what quite to expect story wise going into this one was a treat. The claustrophobic nature of the Mortuga submarine, crammed with a great and colorful cast of characters to interview and press for details is a treat. A constant guessing game of who the murder is and how they done it all the way up to the end to find out the big question of, why ? If your looking for a more chill and laid back murder mystery to solve then definately give this one a go, or perhaps start with the very first game and work your way up to this one. Its certainly a great trilogy, and I look forward to them, and hope for, another one in the detective grimoire series If there is one single negative i could give for the game, one of the biggest issues. Its knowing the whole story on one play through, and not being able to feel the joy again at solving this mystery fresh. Though i'll probably come back to it again in a year or two, hopefully i will have forgotten enough to have a grand time again

跳了这么久票，原来是因为做嗨了。 游戏体量差不多是翻倍了；美术上从场景的堆砌物、人设的复杂程度和线索图片与建模都进行了升级；音乐上维持了水准，每个房间也都有自己的bgm，不过除了复用的Grimoire Theme和一个小游戏出现的海岛歌，没什么给人留下印象；每个角色都会对四十多条线索有不同的评论对话，哪怕是不关心的（甚至这种都很少）线索也会有两句，真的非常难得。 谜题方面，沼泽杀人有点敷衍，tangle tower为了艺术性牺牲掉了推理，本作至少是一个动机正常，手法正常的密室杀人了。虽然alibi和大部分人的追问内容还是令人难绷，不过本子明显是完善很多的。 可能是为了让人听完，人物调查对话都要双击（点一下暂停，再点一下跳转）来实现快速读对话，很奇怪的设计，体验并不好。此外正如画廊里说的，由于做嗨了，砍掉的部分有点多，这是在游玩中也能明显感受到的。游戏节奏也很差，分了七章，但是章节触发条件是与某个线索的互动，实际上就会导致线索全了对话差不多完了，剩下那几个互动的互动一次过一章，完全不知道这个分章有何意义，估计是和砍剧情一体两面的。有几个小游戏属于看一眼会做，但是完成游戏要折腾半天的，并不是那么愉快。 总体上为了艺术风格肯定是强烈推荐的，希望续作尽快端出来

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A surprisingly meaty little mystery with some stellar writing and performances. I was a little too stupid for some of the puzzles, but that's more of a me problem, admittedly.