a really perfect execution of the investigation game as a genre. complex multifaceted crimes with zero procedural fluff to get in the way of Tactical Investigation Action.

A common problem with other mystery games is the linear narrative structure, where your protagonist needs to work through every clue in the precise order determined by the writers, regardless of how far ahead the actual player has been able to reason. It's a convention borrowed from how these stories are told in other genres, but I've never seen a mystery game take advantage of its medium as well as this one does. it's impossible to get ahead of the story here, because the format ensures that you're able to take advantage of every realization in real time.

i'd play a hundred more games in the same/similar format. really special game.