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If keeping track of the identity swaps in the base game mysteries wasn't mind-melting enough, there's this extremely meta DLC case. A group of actors come to a hotel to perform a crime drama script, which turns out to be based on a real group of criminals who carrying out the deal in the script simultaneously with the rehearsal. Once you solve that mystery, an epilogue reveals that this story itself was a fictional TV show (but still based on real events), and the "real" gang are also actors, but this fake plot is exploited to cause a real murder. On top of that, you have meta references to the format, casting, and stories of the base game (including this one). Whew!

The sole DLC for Unheard with an English localisation, The Lethal Script takes to heart the base game' criticisms around low difficulty with a relatively lengthy, pretty complex scenario, with an enjoyable, unexpected twist. It's a shame that the other two DLC scenarios seem to have little prospect of receiving similar localisation!

a MASSIVE improvement over the base game. there's a decent level of complexity to the investigation and mystery compared to the original cases themselves and even better yet there was no shitty framing device attached.

could've played another 5 of these self contained stories.