Games that tell stories only capable of being relayed through the medium of gaming will always hold a special place in my heart. Since my first encounters with video games as a whole, I've never quite found any method of storytelling to even compare to it. Sure, the occasional film or manga or what have you might catch my attention, but those I hold at the peak of any other medium don't really come close to the experiences I've had with gaming.

Return of the Obra Dinn has once again solidified this idea for me, and it does so in such a way where I feel that everything within the experience is deserving of commendation. The actors, writing, art, music, and everything all together unite for an extremely fleshed out and cohesive experience that held my attention the whole way through. I believe this holds true for much of the game's playerbase due to the incredible completion rates seen on each of the achievements. Return of the Obra Dinn manages to create a very unique gameplay loop I haven't quite seen elsewhere, it's an incredibly fresh and engaging experience that I feel anyone with a brain could hold appreciation for. It might not be a grand story in comparison to other titles of today, but it sure as hell is a good one, a GREAT one.

A game that will constantly have you thinking, theorizing, trying new things, finding new angles, and most importantly, keeping you engaged following through its bizarre and beautiful storytelling. This is a game that I believe couldn't and shouldn't be passed up, if you're interested, play it. You won't regret it.

I think about this game often. Much has been said about the evocative art style and deduction-based gameplay, both of which are major points of appreciation for me, but the reason why I think about it a lot is because it's premise of playing as a guy who has to figure out who, if anyone on this doomed vessel, is getting insurance money, somehow felt like a personal experience, the way any job that asks you to look holistically at a body of information relating to the subjective experience of a person or persons and make an objective conclusion, and the inner conflict that arises in that judgement, inevitably sticks with you. Doing your job well means being thorough and getting the whole story, and the consequence of that lies in the distillation of the story into numbers and figures.

Não tem nenhuma outra palavra pra esse jogo que não seja genial. Mecânica muito única e o livro funciona muito bem. A arte é linda e cria alguns cenários muito bem compostos, além do design de som (que geralmente não é algo que reparo, mas aqui me chamou muita a atenção) que é simplesmente incrível. A trilha e os efeitos são bons demais.

As histórias do Obra Dinn são muito criativas e imagino o trabalho que deve ser ter posto todos os elementos pra que fosse possível completar o mistério.

Consegui resolver a maior parte do livro sozinho, mas meu único problema com o jogo está justamente na parte que não consegui resolver. Acho que os últimos casos tem resoluções muito, muito específicas, que eu realmente acho, mesmo sabendo as respostas, muito difíceis de chegar a tal conclusão. Isso e algumas mortes meio interpretativas me incomodaram um tanto, mas dá pra relevar quando me diverti demais com o jogo.

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A pretty cool concept well executed.
Even if some of my guesses were somewhat random, I'm still surprised I managed to find everyone witheout ever cheating, wich is a testament about how well designed this game is given how that task seems daunting at first.
Special mention to the immaculate sound design too : the contrast between the noisy past and the silencious present is definitely one of the most memorable aspect of the game for me.

Then again, if this is clearly a very well-made game, I don't see the masterpiece everyone else claim it is. Maybe it's my expectations were too high, but I found the story to be fine, but nothing else, although the said story is told doesn't help. I also expected more "memorable moments" : the kind of scenes that stay with you even years after playing the game. While I think our first vision of The Doom and the monkey paw fits that category (if you know you know), I guess it's still not enough for me.
Plus a few answers are pretty bullshit, let's be real.

Still, if someone asked me for a game that will make them feel smart, there's no doubt I'll recommend them that one.

A masterpiece. Obra Dinn in it's core is a detective game where you need to go back to past memories in an abandoned ship using a time traveling divice. This divice gives you a snap to the exact time someone died, helping you to achieve your goal of identifying everyone that was once aboard on the ghost ship, as well as discovering how they died. The lore is mysterious and gives off big cosmic horror vibes, a lot of things are left unanswered. It is a difficult game requiring a lot of inspecting. I found that I ended up a litte nauseous while playing it, not sure why, but probably because it's very difficult to distinguish background from front action, since everything runs in granulated B&W. Overall very good, but sadly it's a one time adventure with little to no replay value.

A very beautifully designed concept and a gripping mystery story, Obra Dinn is a game like no other. The concept is genuinely unique and the backstories are quite fleshed out for how many characters, accents and quirks it juggles with.
The mystery is gripping with every character and their fate fun to investigate. The music is immersive and the story flows smoothly.
The only minor criticism I have is the fates of some characters can be a bit obscure and I solved them with probability (who is close to who in the image depiction) and video game logic (brave acts=american, bad guy=russian). I believe it is on me to some degree that I dont understand accents too well.
The graphics also give me a migraine over long times which is also a me problem but I would say its a complement that I played this game through all the 60 fates in one long sitting.
Very rarely do I solve a long intricate puzzle in one sitting.
And that is a testament to the writing and immersion of Obra Dinn. A game that graphically looks like it was drawn with a pencil providing much much greater immersion than super realistic modern day games is as much a complement to Obra Dinn as it is a criticism of AAA titles.
A very unique game that makes you feel like supernatural sherlock, Return of the Obra Dinn is worth trying for anyone who is interested in puzzles and mysteries. Definitely recommend a try!

if i played this as a child i'd have hated it and never played it.

But i played it as a 30something who loves the mundane and weird and the spaces where both collide, so i had a blast with Obra Dinn. I know it was a labour of love for Mr Pope, and we probably shant see a sequel (and probably shouldnt, even.)


But i will be seated if that ever happens.

É uma obra prima, é minha segunda vez jogando o jogo, mesmo não tendo o impacto de estar descobrindo a história pela primeira vez, é muito legal rever o Obra Dinn e é muito gostoso refazer o mistério, afinal acaba-se tendo pontos de vista diferente daqueles que você teve a primeira vez, me atentei a mais detalhes e até fiquei intrigado ao perceber quantos detalhes eu perdi enquanto jogava pela primeira vez por sinal esse jogo a primeira vez, sem você saber nada do que acontece é simplesmente fenomenal, é como assistir sexto sentido, seven e afins sem saber o que vai acontecer no filme, resolver o mistério do início ao fim é muito foda e o jogo te prende muito, a primeira vez que joguei eu zerei em uma sentada só, o jogo tende a durar umas 8 horas acredito eu, lembro que comecei a jogar no final da tarde, não consegui dormir terminei de madrugada completamente extasiado pelo que tinha acabado de jogar, é um jogo muito único e facilmente um daqueles jogos que você não esquece, desde que joguei ele nunca mais saiu do meu top 10 jogos