Game abandoned due to game breaking bug. I was not going to start again.
Emerald City Confidential is not a bad game on paper, it's just broken beyond repair: it uses the Oz background to tell a good noir tale written by Dave Gilbert, but unfortunately the game suffers from poor coding (done by someone else who makes hidden object shovelware) and a killer combination of single slot autosaves, no manual saving and constantly looming game breaking bugs (there are many), which are more likely than not to render your playthough unfinishable.
It's also plagued by a myriad of mobile game mannerisms (ever wanted to play an adventure game with tutorials, hidden objects and "objective completed!" messages?) which make it feel like little Jimmy's first adventure game, a feeling further compounded by how easy it is as a general rule.
Too bad not being able to finish it, but I'm not too broken up about it. If you're going to play this, back up your saves regularly and in different folders.
Emerald City Confidential is not a bad game on paper, it's just broken beyond repair: it uses the Oz background to tell a good noir tale written by Dave Gilbert, but unfortunately the game suffers from poor coding (done by someone else who makes hidden object shovelware) and a killer combination of single slot autosaves, no manual saving and constantly looming game breaking bugs (there are many), which are more likely than not to render your playthough unfinishable.
It's also plagued by a myriad of mobile game mannerisms (ever wanted to play an adventure game with tutorials, hidden objects and "objective completed!" messages?) which make it feel like little Jimmy's first adventure game, a feeling further compounded by how easy it is as a general rule.
Too bad not being able to finish it, but I'm not too broken up about it. If you're going to play this, back up your saves regularly and in different folders.