I liked it but the use of the keys was a little clunky. It would have been nice to be able to use the mouse a bit more. Especially when it came to getting out of the pop-up dialogs.
Beyond that, I really liked it. The voice acting, style and music were spot on for the genre. Reminded me of the old Bogey and Bacall films.
Reviews for "The Murder Express"
Haven't really been able to find any clues that meant anything. Ms. Toppan told me that Ms. Toppan wasn't getting along with Mr. Duvall and then the lights went out and she clobbered me. Other than that I really enjoyed the theme, the characters, and the light and dark feature.
TheMillz responds:
HINT: If you look at the door handles when you go between cars, you can narrow down the direction the killer ran after the murder by seeing if there is blood on the handles. This is a subtle clue that many overlook. You can go from 10 suspects to as little as 4 right there. Also check the crime scene. Sometimes, you might get lucky and a HAIR will be there. Long and black? Killer was Ramsey. 2 short black hairs? I'd bet on Bundy or Berkowitz. Follow the blood inspector...
The characters aren't identified by name when you talk to them, why? Other than that it's an ok game. it'd be nice if the game mechanics where discussed a bit more in depth in the tutorial.
1st time playing, I just found the murder weapon and randomly accused someone without even asking questions and got him right away :D
TheMillz responds:
Intuition braaaaa
I liked the premise but there are a number of problems.
1.Both the main menu music and the music that plays on the radio are to loud and the voices sometimes
aren't clear enough.The should be some form of volume control or at least a mute button.
2.It's difficult to telegraph when the lights are coming on or off.
3.There no way of telling if you have the key or not.
4.The menus are to intrusive.You should be able to skip the tutorial and the journal should automatically turn off if the player is sprinting.Also if you pick up the murder weapon it can get covered up by the menus.
5.Having the "S" button be both the talk and room change button is irritating.The player should be able to just use the up arrow to change rooms.
6.There should be an indicator of who you are talking to.People names should appear above their speech box.