I dont know xD Too easy maybe for me :P You definetly need to be more creative next time :P Watch Detective Conan xD Its nice anime, with lots of murders. All im saying is that the game maybe its too easy. It is not playing mind tricks with the players. The murderer was too obvious. The good end is pretty much bad. If you make another game like that you should consider how people will really rect. I doubt if i was there, i would do nothing, and blindly believe. Maybe you should make it more with interaction and choices. Like whatever you chose, that would be the outcome. And the game clearly gives the idea that the Detective is most probably innocent. But i dont know. It was obvious who is the killer to me, since there were way more hunts than there should be, but right after the first murder, the killer was obvious xD
Reviews for "Proxy"
Good for you man you seem like you're the smartest person on this planet. Glad you played the game and discovered the murderer.
You better recommend Monster or Death Note rather than Detective Conan, it's not that good as an anime :p
Sorry, still freezing.
The "review" could have been better if you supplied more details such as who's the hostage you shot.
Other than that, can't do much about it :/ I believe I did everything I could.
I absolutely love murder mysteries and this one is a fair bit trickier than most online games I've seen.
I did feel that the "shift" of the culprit towards the end (I'm trying to be ambiguous to avoid spoilers, hope you get what I mean) was a bit of a giveaway. I could only see two ways of that working, one leads to the correct answer, the other leads to a slightly more fantastical solution but is ultimately wrong. The only reason I needed a second attempt was because I over thought the first attempt and came up with a more complex solution.
Also while I do agree with a few points "TheWaveRaider" brought up, more options would have been interesting, I am glad you did not allow the detective to be chosen, Konx's commandments and all that.
All in all this was awesome, as I said, I love this kind of thing, I've played lots of game that are similar and I've only found a handful that are decent, this is definitely one of them.
Haha thank you Psychowolf !! makes me happy to hear this.
Thank you for being ambiguous about your review to avoid spoiling. Look forward to better projects coming in the future, one of them is a psychological game about dreams, you'll definetly love this upcoming one !
Later. And thank you for sharing your thorough review.
It was alright. I could've gotten it the first time (because you said I have to pay attention to details), but I thought too much, so.. don't think too much, those who are stuck.
Also, don't put joke ending (if you are planning to recreate this in the future). If you are going to, make it really tricky to achieve. It's not worth breaking the mood/seriousness of the game just for easily achievable joke ending.
Otherwise, good job.
Thanks but can you define "Joke ending" ? I don't know whether you refer to the good or bad ending, and what didn't you like about it ? send me a PM to reply.
Otherwise, thank you.
Hmm, could use click-skippable dialog, maybe even a skip to the decision after the first play, and could use more choices (with the logic behind them) and endings, such as:
1. Shoot one of the dead bodies. ("It was definitely that person")
2. Shoot ALL of the dead bodies. ("Well that was easy to figure out.") (The choice I wish I had.)
3. Shoot Aleph. ("It was you all along! You almost got me!")
4. Shoot yourself. ("I could be the killer!")
5. Shoot Aleph than yourself. ("It's better to die on our terms!")
6. Shoot all the dead bodies, then shoot Aleph (or vice-versa). ("I can't trust anybody!")
7. Same as #6, also with shooting yourself. ("I have to be sure!")
8. Shoot everybody else in the leg, starting with the dead bodies ("I've caught you now!").
9. Don't shoot anybody. ("What if Proxy is lying? That nobody is possessed, and that s/he/it can kill without a body!?")
10. Same as #9, but it was all a prank (on Aleph, or the player)! ("April Fools!" Or "Happy Halloween!") (Given that it's October, the latter would be quite appropriate!)
11. Maybe a combination of any of the above.
12. After the first (correct, in your eyes) play-through, maybe have an options menu where you always make the correct choice, just for fun, maybe even throw in some dark humor.
13. The opposite of #12.
Getting back at the game, the advice I can give all of you is not to rush, you are a detective after all, take in EVERYTHING.
As it is right now, it takes too long just to get to the part where you actually make a choice and therefore "play" this game, hence the replayability will suffer, along with the people who are waiting it out, hence the low score I give it.
The potential is there, though. Make an update or remaster or even a sequel with all this in mind, and I'm sure people would like it even more.
Yes agree with most of the parts, but I don't think I will ever implement the choices you gave, I mean one will easily go to killing everyone including himslelf and thus figuring out Proxy, and Maxwell the detective only has a bullet in the gun meaning he could only choose one.
You need to check the new version, I added a fast-forward feature.
Thanks for playing :-)