Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
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This just wasn’t for me. The presentation was an instant turn off and I just couldn’t get into the story as a result. Interesting idea, but a miss for me.
No Case Should Remain unsolved is a fantastic adventure game that runs at about 3~ hours but never understays its welcome. Abstract, narrative-based indie games have had their time in the sun in the past decade or so but No Case Should Remain Unsolved nonetheless manages to keep things fresh with how it intuitively dispenses its narrative and intertwines it with the gameplay. The protagonist is essentially piecing together memories of a cold case about a child kidnapping that appear in the form of instant messages. The entire game takes place within this screen, more or less, but there's a very satisfying quality of working out the "how" and piecing together related fragments of the messages, while drawing inferences to guide you to the next piece of information that needs to be looked at. It's really something you have to try for yourself but it's immensely enjoyable and hits the sweet spot of "challenging, yet fair".
Hard to go to deep into the writing without spoiling anything (which I don't want to do), but it's excellent and the story wraps up very nicely.
Hard to go to deep into the writing without spoiling anything (which I don't want to do), but it's excellent and the story wraps up very nicely.
pretty good puzzler, i wish the story and characters were a bit more engaging but the game wasn't long enough for that too effect my enjoyment of it.
How we see people is played with beautifully in 'No Case Should Remain Unsolved'. There's a puzzle to unlock in fitting these characters' interwoven stories together, but what left a greater mark is the message of care placed throughout.
Excited to go back to Somi's other games after this :)
Excited to go back to Somi's other games after this :)
a mess of miscontextualisation and a plea for kindness within institutions which deprive us, definitely been feeling a bit fragile lately because it had me in tears a few times.
the game demands a certain degree of attention and a slower pace which had me resetting my save early on once i realised i hadn't been giving what it wanted or deserved. i recommend making some notes on paper as you play and progress as it makes for a really authentic deduction experience.
the game demands a certain degree of attention and a slower pace which had me resetting my save early on once i realised i hadn't been giving what it wanted or deserved. i recommend making some notes on paper as you play and progress as it makes for a really authentic deduction experience.
A small visual novel about trauma, mental health, and how families can get intertwined by the events of a few days. Kindness goes a long way.