Murders most foul

Detective games are often about filling in the blanks.

There is no need for magical pocket watches in this particular case.

And what puzzles they are.

Several men scream in a stable yard as one of them spontaneously combusts in The Case Of The Golden Idol

Each case is split into two halves, you see.

The first, and easily most exciting part is when you’re ‘exploring’ the case in question.

The rest, such as character identities and other little puzzles present throughout the scene are wholly optional.

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After all, who doesn’t like a big green tick over their homework, eh?

For first-time players, however, I’d strongly recommend going full highlights.

Indeed, there was no amount of underlining that could prepare me forsomeof its late-game puzzle solutions.

An ornate gentleman declares his wife has been poisoned in the dining room  in The Case Of The Golden Idol

After all, we can’t all be Sherlock Pope, can we?

The screen is divided into three segments, with text, character portraits and a card game sheet needing to be filled out by the player in The Case Of The Golden Idol

A man is attacked by a golden dog while a maid looks on in dismay inside a bar in The Case Of The Golden Idol

A bar scene where three peasants are playing cards while listening to a man playing a fiddle in The Case Of The Golden Idol

Masked cultists stand around a chamber with a dead body on the floor  in The Case Of The Golden Idol

The screen is divided into four segments with text, character portraits and two additional text-based puzzles to be filled in by the player in The Case Of The Golden Idol