About This Game WHO IS THIS GAME FORThis game is for anyone who likes to read, loves good stories and enjoy whodunit detective games. The game plays 10 to 20 hours on average, depending on the player's playstyle.STORYAs Janet, a young and upcoming journalist, you have been asked by your editor to investigate the mysterious abandonment of a once lively town. Based on the information released by the media about the deaths of the townspeople, you set foot into the town thinking you would find an interesting story to publish, only to uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden forever.GAMEPLAYThe Painscreek Killings borrows mechanics from a walking simulator but goes beyond it by making the players think. It mimics real world investigations with logical puzzles that do not hold your hand, allow you to explore wherever your investigation lead, and a captivating story waiting to be discovered. The game encourages you to explore the surroundings carefully, collect clues and hints to help your investigation, and find evidence to expose the truth about the killings. There are no quest markers or hint systems to aid in your journey. You will be forced to think, to connect the dots and to piece things together, making you feel like a real investigator.KEY FEATURES Free-roaming, semi-open world game: Explore wherever you want based on the clues and hints gathered during your investigation.Mimics real world investigation: Take notes and photograph important clues. No handholding, and no quest marker or hint system is provided.Logical puzzles: Use your powers of observation and deduction to solve all that stands in your way.Rich and captivating storyline: Uncover the conspiracies, heartaches, jealousy and hidden secrets that were meant to be buried with the abandoned town. 7aa9394dea Title: The Painscreek KillingsGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:EQ StudiosPublisher:EQ StudiosRelease Date: 27 Sep, 2017 The Painscreek Killings Torrent Download [License] This game looked very promising, and the number of positive comments on Steam lured me into taking a look at it, but I can only recommend it to people with a fetish for drawers and high tolerance for questionable writing.Drawers drawers drawers, so many (empty) drawers. And lots of locked doors with very tiny key holes you need to carefully aim at when trying to use a key from inventory. And very short music loops (you better turn the master volume down to 0 and listen to a podcast or something).Regarding questionable writing, the story gets told through written documents, and unfortunately what I've read so far suffers from being over-explanatory and a bit out of line with what we'd expect the characters to write. The only piece of document I found which felt real, was written by a kid (in-game). This one was very touching.. I am going to join in with similar complains given by a lot of other reviews: The ending is bad, like, really really bad. The game advertises that it doesn't hold your hand, that you have to find out everything all on your own, but then... once you reach the end of the game, it literally just drops comically damning evidence directly into your lap including a complete confession by the killer which they recorded... for some unknown reason. And then to top it all off, this slow, gentle, introspective exploration game ends with an incredibly clumsy and poorly designed chase sequence where you're suddenly being attacked by the killer. Then the game has the gall to ask you to come to your conclusions "Who was the killer?" it asks you to decide. "Well gee, I suppose the killer was probably the one who tried to kill me immediately after telling me that that they did it."And I'm not even going to get into the ghost nonsense that comes into play.Look, it was an interesting couple of hours, but the ending was so crude and patronizing that it felt like the devs thought I was an idiot who couldn't actually come to the correct conclusions on my own. I just honestly can't recommend it.. I honestly have no idea why this game is being heralded as one of the best detective games ever. I bought it solely on the recommendation of Rock Paper Shotgun and I wish I hadn't.It was seriously one of the most painfully slow games I've ever played in my life and the gameplay was literally a series of fetch quests running from one end of town to the other to find keys to unlock doors or to read diaries that were conveniently written by absolutely everyone involved in the case. Also the fact that every building in the town looks identical to each other means that it took me a good 4 or 5 hours to get a feel for the layout which just added to the tedium. It was seriously such a slog and there is no detective work involved at any level. Yes, you start to formulate your own theories along the way, but there's no gameplay mechanics to support this. Now that's not to say the game is entirely worthless but it is not even close to a great detective game. Some of the mechanics are really cool. I like the idea that you've got a camera to photograph anything you want and the way you interact with objects is neat but for the most part I just found myself completely frustrated that practically every room I entered had a locked door or drawer that I couldn't access until I made my way to another room with a locked door\/drawer and eventually found a few dozen keys which let me get access to all of the information. The story was interesting enough for me to want to finish it in one sitting, but the pay off at the end wasn't at all worth it. I'm mind blown that this game is so well reviewed. I'd give it a 4 or 5 out of 10 and I have to mention that I loved Gone Home, Firewatch and even Dear Esther. There was really only two moments during my play time that I enjoyed and that was when I first used the camera and when you have to find a key in a place you've walked past a million times without batting an eye (where you find the key to the church attic). It was a really clever idea and even though the gameplay wasn't any better than the regular fetching, I couldn't help but smile at the ingenuity of hiding something in plain sight.Overall I can't really recommend this game though which is sad because I love detective\/mystery games.. Great game, in family with good oldies as Gone Home and Everybody\u00b4s Gone To The Rapture. Here we are following some strange deaths that have occurred from the 1970\u00b4s and up to the 1990\u00b4s.Sorry, nothing occult or spooky (just a bit) here, but an intriguing story in a little village, where you as a journalist are set to solve the deaths (do not die your self).I spend about 9 hours completing the story\/investigation - great and contributing hours!. Played it with my SO, one of us piloted while the other took notes. Was fun to bounce ideas off of each other while uncovering the story and solving the puzzles. Great atmosphere, awesome plot, and a lot of cabinets. 8\/8 would dig through every drawer again.. If you're into this kind of investigation experience, you will have a blast! A lot of walking and searching. Slowly unfolding the story behind all of this. I was really into it.I had a lot of fun, was spooked a couple of times. However sometimes my patience was tested with running around from point B to A because items. So patience is key ;). This game is what I was looking for for a long time! I love exploration games and I love solving mystery murder cases - this game is both in one!The graphics are beautiful, the town is designed so well and pretty, the music is fantstic and the story keeps staying interesting.It's true that not a lot happens at once but I actually like that because you're able to focus more on the stuff that is happening!Starting off pretty chill when you're strolling around that cozy little town, at some points the atmosphere gets a little thicker. Just a little change in the music gives one an unnerving feeling that can get almost dreadful (depending where you are lol).This is something I absolutely love about this game! The Devs obviously know how to put up a great atmosphere and I am looking forward to seeing any new games from them in the future!If you're someone who doesn't like stressful horror games but enjoyes exploring while solving a mystery with a slightly creepy touch - this is your game to go!Though I did stuggle quite a few times (99% out of pure blindness of overlooking clues or not finding an obviously placed key) I had a lot of fun with this game! 20\/10 from me!
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