Like some of the other games in the series, Daedalus has a pretty solid mystery shackled to gameplay that tests your commitment to finish it.
This Saburo Jinguji entry (under his original name here, rather than "Jake Hunter") ditches menu-based adventure gaming for a 360-degree camera view, liberal point-and-click investigation, a conversation mechanic, multiple endings... all of which I appreciated. But the implementation was seriously lacking. The UI appears to be trapped inside of a soap bubble. Some of the elucidation sections were poorly worded, if not completely opaque. And there was a persistent problem with options that should be possible to investigate in any order apparently being implemented linearly. E.g. Saburo says "I need to investigate the hardware store and the church," going to either of those locations has him act as if he is supposed to be there, but the conversation at the hardware store will not trigger until you've seen the one at the church, even though there is no logical relation between them. Lots of little things that made a decent story kind of a slog.
Anyway, I got this on sale for PS4 for $6, and at that price it was an enjoyable enough experience, believe it or not.
This Saburo Jinguji entry (under his original name here, rather than "Jake Hunter") ditches menu-based adventure gaming for a 360-degree camera view, liberal point-and-click investigation, a conversation mechanic, multiple endings... all of which I appreciated. But the implementation was seriously lacking. The UI appears to be trapped inside of a soap bubble. Some of the elucidation sections were poorly worded, if not completely opaque. And there was a persistent problem with options that should be possible to investigate in any order apparently being implemented linearly. E.g. Saburo says "I need to investigate the hardware store and the church," going to either of those locations has him act as if he is supposed to be there, but the conversation at the hardware store will not trigger until you've seen the one at the church, even though there is no logical relation between them. Lots of little things that made a decent story kind of a slog.
Anyway, I got this on sale for PS4 for $6, and at that price it was an enjoyable enough experience, believe it or not.
Was a fun game, felt like the story moved slowly and then kind of rushed to wrap itself up at the end. One single trophy eludes me because it won't trigger no matter how many times I fulfill its conditions, so that's frustrating as I'm soooo close to platinum for this one.