Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a short yet fun game of solving a murder mystery of who "KILLED" (not so much killed but incapacitated Sonic the Hedgehog).
You play as (INSERT NAME HERE) [Mainly the protag of this game based on the Trailer goes by Barry the Quokka as the official canon name]
Barry works on the Mirage Express as a steward and takes part of Amy Rose's Birthday Murder Mystery and idolizes the conductor who speaks of many things about the train, as well as how he's retiring soon.
Of the cast and crew we see:
- Sonic
- Tails
- Knuckles
- Amy
- Vector
- Espio
- Rouge
- Blaze
- Shadow
Each of them have a unique outfits and lore cards (based on the murder mystery character they're playing on the Train):
- Sonic - Ship Captain [Murder Victim]
- Tails - Detective
- Knuckles - Sheriff
- Amy - Reporter
- Espio - Poet
- Vector - Butcher
- Blaze - Business Titan
- Rouge - Business Tycoon
- Shadow - Locksmith
You go through each cart interrogating and finding clues throughout the respective carts, with different information to later present and interrogate certain characters on the train.
The only time you never interrogate characters is during the Casino Cart ask in that section, Tails and Barry help Rouge and Blaze steal a treasure on the train.
The gameplay consists of finding clues throughout the given areas, then later interrogating and showing evidence similar to that of ace attourney though there is no real punishment for failing completely. You play a minigame when trying to prove said evidence where you collect rings as a gameboy advance/sonic rush styled Sonic running in an isometric obstacle attempting to collect a certain amount of rings to then have a "LIGHTBULB" appear to prove your evidence/point to the accused/interogratted.
You go through all of the game and find out that it was actually _______ who did it!
You also find out that the train itself is a ________________!!!!
Who Eggman himself has always had in order to take out Sonic and Co once and for all... he fails and we get a heart warming moment in the end with all of the members saying that had an amazing experience and they all leave off to their own ventures.
We also see the conductors wife... someone really drew he to be that... milfy lol.
We see that Eggman is waiting disappointedly for the train to arrive, all while Metal Sonic and SAGE!!! are wearing "GO DAD GO!" Shirts which is hilarious, and Sage and Metal have a look of "well it was obvious that was going happen, you always lose."
The game cuts to black and lets us know what happened to Barry, which can be different endings/outcomes depending on if you want Barry to live a miserable life, a normal midclass worker life, or a RICH TYCOON MILLONARE WHO GOES TO SPACE!!!!
I had such a fun time with this game, I really am happy that I spent the time playing it, It's fun short experience that doesn't overstay it's welcome.
Really wish it did have voice acting though, I just love seeing the artstyle! The art for this game is amazing and draws the characters in such a beautifully artistic and stylized way.
I highly recommend this game as it is free and you'll have a great time with it!
Hopefully Sega decides to do more minigame/visual novel type games in the future as little thanks to the community/to give us more of this unique style of Sonic game.
Absolutely play The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog atleast once!
You play as (INSERT NAME HERE) [Mainly the protag of this game based on the Trailer goes by Barry the Quokka as the official canon name]
Barry works on the Mirage Express as a steward and takes part of Amy Rose's Birthday Murder Mystery and idolizes the conductor who speaks of many things about the train, as well as how he's retiring soon.
Of the cast and crew we see:
- Sonic
- Tails
- Knuckles
- Amy
- Vector
- Espio
- Rouge
- Blaze
- Shadow
Each of them have a unique outfits and lore cards (based on the murder mystery character they're playing on the Train):
- Sonic - Ship Captain [Murder Victim]
- Tails - Detective
- Knuckles - Sheriff
- Amy - Reporter
- Espio - Poet
- Vector - Butcher
- Blaze - Business Titan
- Rouge - Business Tycoon
- Shadow - Locksmith
You go through each cart interrogating and finding clues throughout the respective carts, with different information to later present and interrogate certain characters on the train.
The only time you never interrogate characters is during the Casino Cart ask in that section, Tails and Barry help Rouge and Blaze steal a treasure on the train.
The gameplay consists of finding clues throughout the given areas, then later interrogating and showing evidence similar to that of ace attourney though there is no real punishment for failing completely. You play a minigame when trying to prove said evidence where you collect rings as a gameboy advance/sonic rush styled Sonic running in an isometric obstacle attempting to collect a certain amount of rings to then have a "LIGHTBULB" appear to prove your evidence/point to the accused/interogratted.
You go through all of the game and find out that it was actually _______ who did it!
You also find out that the train itself is a ________________!!!!
Who Eggman himself has always had in order to take out Sonic and Co once and for all... he fails and we get a heart warming moment in the end with all of the members saying that had an amazing experience and they all leave off to their own ventures.
We also see the conductors wife... someone really drew he to be that... milfy lol.
We see that Eggman is waiting disappointedly for the train to arrive, all while Metal Sonic and SAGE!!! are wearing "GO DAD GO!" Shirts which is hilarious, and Sage and Metal have a look of "well it was obvious that was going happen, you always lose."
The game cuts to black and lets us know what happened to Barry, which can be different endings/outcomes depending on if you want Barry to live a miserable life, a normal midclass worker life, or a RICH TYCOON MILLONARE WHO GOES TO SPACE!!!!
I had such a fun time with this game, I really am happy that I spent the time playing it, It's fun short experience that doesn't overstay it's welcome.
Really wish it did have voice acting though, I just love seeing the artstyle! The art for this game is amazing and draws the characters in such a beautifully artistic and stylized way.
I highly recommend this game as it is free and you'll have a great time with it!
Hopefully Sega decides to do more minigame/visual novel type games in the future as little thanks to the community/to give us more of this unique style of Sonic game.
Absolutely play The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog atleast once!