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Excellent Reverse Murder Mystery
With the amount of games about it out there, solving a murder is easy. Getting away with it is hard. This game confirms that. The forethought the writers did is excellent, I frequently found myself getting caught by assuming the fellow passengers would be stupider than they actually are. However, that made the eventual victory all the more for filling.
The only problem I have with this game is the amount of my battery that it chugs through. In the worst case, this means you can’t play the game for more than an hour at a time; but conveniently enough, the game’s repeatable format works very well in short segments.Show lessColt375
Bally fine game, what?
An excellent example of run-based interactive fiction that works well (if a little hot) on mobile.
The story can be run through once in ten or twenty minutes, but the next time will be entirely different. The tight, interconnected cast of characters populating the ship go about their days, offering trade offs of where to go when, and with whom.
There are several ways to get your character, Veronica, off of the SS Hook. But how you go about it can determine not only her freedom, but her fortune in matters of the heart and the purse.
The backdrop of interwar intrigue and upper class eccentricities provides an entertaining read the first time, and the Nth.Show lessD.Cam.
Great game!
This interactive story game is fun to play and replay through as even when you succeed you may still find that there is more to the story, leaving room to go back and check for other paths and try to fix your current choices or even try to find another route. My only complaint is that some of the choices are not very clear as to the dialogue that will be given to them, for example, when it give the option to rest in your room, it would be nice to know that this means that you will sleep through the final meeting and essentially forfeit the round rather than nap until the meeting as I was attempting to do to pass the remaining 30 min or so till the final meeting. VERY daunting to have to restart and repeat all the same choices just to see if what I had would have worked >:/ ... Otherwise a great game and worth the cost.Show lessMr dr prof patrick
Incredible!
This game is great! The music, the voice acting, the dialogue, the old glamor vibes! They really captured the atmosphere well in this little game. I think the game design is really unique too, and is something that I’ve never seen any other game do. Keep it up, Inkle!Potatatoes
Great
The battery issue has been taken care of.F.E.A.R.fan17
Another Inkle Hit
UPDATE: Bumped up to 5 stars thanks to the recent update to optimize battery utilization.
This is - like all Inkle games - an extremely well-written game with a simple premise: get away with murder on a ship. For those unfamiliar with Inkle games, this is like a choose your own adventure with great depth. The dialogue feels natural; the graphics are clean and snappy; the sound is minimal and appropriate. Most importantly, the replayability and variety of choices is vast. The challenge is quite high, as you’re dealing with a large variety of dialogue options coupled with a time crunch to meet your goals. As you take an action, time passes. Each character is on a different part of the ship at a different time of day, so you need to be strategic about what you want to say / do / when you want to go to each section. Also with each replay, you learn something new and unlock new objectives. This adds to the challenge. For me, this is another slam dunk from Inkle that I’ll be sinking hours into.Show lessJeratain
Kill All Sinners?
I REALLY adore this game, but I’ve tried it about 10 times now and cannot kill everyone? Is there a walkthrough on how to do this? Idk! But, all-in-all this is an amazing game.bananellie
Inkle Is The Best!
This is a jolly fun game I say. The trick is to keep playing and try every option. You will be amazed at all the fun twists and turns that unfold!svgfnmjhgft1247899
Inkle does it again!
Another great game from Inkle, this time clearly inspired by “The Last Express”, an interactive fiction classic. Overboard! is smart, fast, and intricate in great ways. Each playthrough goes quickly and reveals more and more, drawing you right back in. Everyone should play, and interact fiction nerds should study it.Show lesswickedlyethan
I’m enjoying it, but...
... in about 10-15 minutes of playing my phone got very hot, my battery dropped about 20%, and I had to stop.
But I was really enjoying it until then, and hope they get the heating problem sorted out in an update.
I played on an iPhone 11 Pro Max.Pendemonium
