Almost 12 years ago when I went to buy the new Gears of war 3 I was so excited to finally finish this trilogy that I was such a fan of at the time. But unfortunately, there were no more copies available in the store, so I was forced to buy another game instead. ''Hey this Shadows of the danmed is a really cool Resident Evil 4-like game'' - the store salesman told me, which convinced me to buy it. I ended up really enjoying the game, which caught my attention for its bizarreness and art style.

Then, over the years, as my knowledge of the game industry increased little by little, I learned that that game was made by a director called ''Suda51'', who was actually known for his various works that have as characteristic of being unique and very creative. ''Okay, someday I'll play other games made by this guy to see what he's made of" - I said to myself.

But unfortunately, even though I've known about games like Killer7, No More Heroes and Flower, Sun and Rain for a very long time, I always found excuses to put off playing those games. But better late than never I guess

So for my start, I chose ''The Silver Case'', and off we go.

Dude, this game is weird, but a brilliant, bizarre mystery adventure.
To start off, I have to say that I loved the game's presentation and art style. Even though there's no voice acting, the characters are all so alive and well written that it helps the game's atmosphere to be one of the strongest I've ever witnessed in an adventure/visual novel game; and also, with one of the protagonists being mute we depend on the characters to tell us the story, in particular our colleagues at the 24th ward detective agency, - with tetsu being by far my favorite character - the characters work with you through the talking for you an so on. But there's no black or white here. In Silver Case, the people very often got emotional baggage, temper tantrums, unreasonable moments and, as this story progresses, each character's personality and ideologies become muddled entirely, Intertwined with the plot to the point where teir thoughts and reasonings become indistinguishable from right or wrong.

The plot is badass, and as usual in mystery stories the background of the protagonists is really important and here it is brilliantly well connected to the events and universe of the game. I wish there were more puzzles, but the way the ones in the game work to move the game forward is perfectly fine.

Overall The Silver Case was a great experience for me, is a game i will think and absorb for weeks to come, but for now, i can say that if theres one thing this game wants to scream louder than anything else, it's that living in the past is only the expression of our current anxieties and burdens.

And for God's sake, someone lend 50,000 yen to my buddy Tetsu

Ratchet: - Let's go Clank! We have to save the univers-
Clank: - HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT THE PLAYSTATION 5 SSD?
Ratchet: - What?
Clank: - YEAH, HE IS 100 TIMES FASTER THAN PS4 WHEN IT COMES TO READING AND WRITING DATA, THE LOADING TIMES ARE UNBELIEVABLE
Ratchet: - Are you okay buddy?
Clank: - THIS SHIT IS THE REAL DEAL BRO

Inimaginável isso aqui ser o primeiro grande projeto solo da Asobo Studio, os caras mandaram bem.

Segundo o próprio estúdio, o foco do jogo é a história, e ela me prendeu do início ao fim, então ponto positivo pra eles.

Dos personagens eu diria que todo o núcleo em volta da Amicia e do Hugo (incluindo os vilões) é interessante, com excessão do Artur, que eu achei mal desenvolvido.

A gameplay é bem competente no modo stealth, porém o combate precisa melhorar bastante, enfrentar mais de um inimigo aqui é um pesadelo e uma quase certeza de morte. É um ponto que a sequência já parece ter melhorado bastante pelo que vi nos trailers.

As sequências cheias de ratos junto da ambientação e principalmente da INCRÍVEL trilha sonora são pontos a se elogiar também.

No geral é isso, estou empolgado pra sequência, acho que tem um grande potencial.