Un buen walking-simulator que nos pone en la piel de una camarera de pisos. El mayor problema que le encontré, al final, fue que los ultimos 10 minutos contradicen todo lo que estuve haciendo en el gameplay porque, el mismo juego, me decía que tuviera cuidado de sustraer objetos porque me incriminarían.

Ni hagais puto caso a esto y el juego mejora mucho.

Los personajes (Sophie y el acólito) son excepcionalmente buenos, y los clientes aunque no interaccionas con ellos tienen mejor trasfondo que muchas peliculas. Aunque jugablemente es lo que es y no innova en nada si buscas un buen argumento este juego cumple.

Haré una segunda run cuando esté en español y lo completare al 100% fijo.

I really liked the chill vibe of this one. I feel like 3 starts isn't enough, but 3.5 is pushing it, but I like it enough to round up. It's a bit slow-moving at times, and the second playthrough won't let you skip ALL the dialogue (I didn't skip any during the first playthrough, but in the next, I just wanted to breeze through, but could only skip a little over half).

It was interesting to see which actions had consequences (employees could get fired mid-game, guests could get in trouble at the end), but I feel like we were limited in what abilities Sophie had (throwing away or leaving something, or putting something back where she got it), though I suppose anything on the mischievous side is too far against her mousy character. Still, she couldn't move luggage carts out of the way here and there?

Getting to know the characters through sleuthing their stuff was fun, but damn, no one came by their room the whole time? You'd think one of them would be holed up there SOMEWHERE during the blizzard. The only muffled dialogue from the other side of a door came from employees, and yet somehow [spoiler] happened with no sound heard and no one touched in any of the guests rooms (after that event, you'd think the culprit would have cleared out). Kinda lazy.

I gotta give a shoutout to the lesbian pulp novel in the game: "And They Were Roommates" - one of my favourite Vines! There's also a really subtle nod when the boss repeatedly misnames Sophie Roy as "Ms Belivet" - I had to look this one up, because it's not a name you can really confuse with Roy. Belivet is the name of the protagonist in Patricia Highsmith's novel "The Price of Salt" (1952), one of the first lesbian novels with a happy ending (this is what the books found around the hotel have in common - besides the author, they all have happy endings for the lesbian characters).

Still wanna give this game at least one more go just to trophy-hunt and see if going with the male acolyte results in finding out why we have this mysterious guest who's a big deal for no reason I've found so far.

Just finished This Bed We Made. A mystery choice driven narrative adventure that I thoroughly enjoyed, despite getting the second worst ending in my playthrough.

-Artwork: 4/5
-Music: 3/5
-Characters: 4/5
-Story: 5/5
-Gameplay: 3/5
-Overall: 4/5

Errrrh... So, the thing is that at least cleaning was fun enough. The puzzles were nothing of a challenge, and the ever lasting conversations were so boring, I had really high expectations for this game because I've been waiting for a long time for its release. What it could've been. At least I got the best ending possible, but for real, the talking cutscenes were such a turn-off, we need to get over the distortion of the background, it almost looks like Fallout. The notes over all the place had a lot of unnecessary info, I do get it's for immersion, but at the end, the game solved everything for me, what do I want the hints for if I can't get to my own conclusions? Even Agatha Christie ABC Murders gave me more choices to connect the clues on my own. I hate that this ended up being a pretty walking simulator. :')

"Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back"

I knew I would like this game as soon as I watched the trailer for awhile.

Essentially, this narrative game is about a young woman - Sophie Roy - who works as a maid and becomes entangled in the drama of some hotel guests. Her goal is to do her job (obviously) while Nancy Drew-ing her way around the hotel rooms and figure out what's all the commotion about with the help of one of her coworkers.

I like the vibes of the game, it reminded me somehow of L.A Noire (which a great game btw). I just got disappointed with the animations of the characters they were a little deadpan which destroys the immersion of the game; even the lip-syncing was janky. The plot was interesting, but the ending didn't have a WOW factor to it.

However, I particularly appreciate the fact that most actions you take will have advantages and disadvantages throughout the story. So think carefully about your options!

Playtime: 2-3 hours.

Good artistic direction and voice acting that makes up for the horrible animations.
Passable gameplay that doesn't get in the way of the story.

Very nice hotel atmosphere but everything is ultimately hurt by the lazy-ass blatant SJW message.

Check out any of the classical film-noirs for a subtle analysis and deconstruction of masculinity-femininity. Not this.

at times, felt very confused by where the game wanted me to go or explore. by the end, getting one of the not-so-favorable endings, it seemed that every time that I tried to travel off the path, there was nothing to find, but, for all the times that I didn't look elsewhere when I could have, THAT is when there was something significant that could have changed my experience. Citing my lack of experience with puzzle/mystery style games for that I guess? Loved the characters, progression, and multiple choices. Also, games that can be finished in a sitting or two are always welcome

Damn it! I would have loved to put this game up on my hidden gem list and scream into the world, that everyone should play this game. But after finishing it, This Bed We Made is neat and clever, but is the obvious result of limited resources.

The game takes place in a hotel in the 1950s and we embody the maid Sophie. Instead of „just“ cleaning up the rooms, we are very interested in snooping around, peeking into the personal belongings of the guests to discover secrets and get some new input for the daily hallway gossip. But one day, we discover that another guest is spying on other guests and even on us, taking photos. The detective snooping marathon begins ..

We are not alone on this journey: in the first few minutes, we can choose between one of two receptionists, which from there one is our partner in crime. Crime because the game kicks off on a police station during an interrogation, so we know that something is going to get wrong down the road.

The interactive repertoire is quite basic, feeling like a 3D point and click adventure. We can only stroll through the notes and belongings of a few guests, step by step, piecing together a little mystery. But it does not evolve above this neatness. It’s easy to read, good to pick up, but is not utterly engaging as the writing is flat and the characters are kind of superficial and one-dimensional. 


I can not shake the feeling of being restricted in this game. Most of it takes place only in the lobby, the basement and one floor. But we can not freely roam and sneak around as we would like to, so we have to railroad from room to room, from clue to clue. And to me, there is often no clear connection between action and consequence, even until the very end. Because: nobody shows up. Ever. There is no sense of pressure or anxiety of being caught. No time-limit to keep us up our toes. We only have to decide, which clues we keep or put back to their original spot, because it effects the outcome of the interrogation in the end of the game.

But the game seems to sail only on the surface, playing it safe and not risking too much. Yes, it’s a small canadian studio, but that does not count as an excuse for lazy and foreseeable writing, slow gameplay and zero sense of reward. It just feels like a well-crafted prototype.

I still enjoyed my time with it, but it’s a pity, I feel disappointed after finishing it and not excited to recommend it. The best word to describe it, would be limitation . And that is the opposite of what I am hoping for in a mystery adventure.

A fantastic concept with decent enough execution that could have really shined given a bit more time in the oven.

Gameplay based on snooping around rooms and belongings is a really interesting idea, and it's executed decently well, but never in a particularly impressive or intriguing way. The only particularly creative part is the consequences for tampering or not with specific objects, but even that only amounts to changes to the ending.

The story is decent, but not particularly muder mystery-worthy, meaning there's not a big 'aha!' moment or a point where everything comes together to form a recontextualization or a big revelation. It's logical and it works, it just isn't that interesting. What's more interesting is where it goes with its themes, puts them in perspective of the era, and how those affect your decision making, which I all found quite brilliant.

Overall, for a debut effort from Lowbirth Games, This Bed we Made is a good sign for the future. It's coherent, enjoyable, and tackles some interesting themes. Just for the inherent creativity in the premise, I'm willing to forgive some flaws in the execution.

7/10

second playthrough and got essentially the flipped ending to my first playthrough lol

i don't know if i like beth or andrew more, i picked beth on my first round and andrew this time, and i like that they both had personal reasons for caring about the mystery and i like them both as characters too. it's a shame they share a lot of identical dialogue outside of the story-heavy bits, though. i also wish that these characters unlocked different things, like they both offer solutions to problems but i wish they were unique, instead of offering the exact same solution and only their ways of knowing the solution are different. i understand this likely comes from limitations of being a small team, but still

also now the game had received an update and i learned i had some weird graphics issues on my first playthrough, but i got some different graphics issues this time lol. playing on ps4 can be like that sometimes

still think there could've been more involved cleaning mechanics and more rooms to clean akin to room 506