Monday, June 21, 2021

Unheard

Unheard has you trying some new detective software that allows you to replay a scene and listen in on the location based audio.  You are then asked to solve the puzzle of the scenario -- like "who stole the real painting", but things are crafted in such a way that you have to analyze the whole scene, an exchange might be happening in a back room that shuffles around the scenario.

The story has layers though, as you progress you realize that one scene is designed to be you, and there is a bit of a Shutter Island wait-a-minute reveal.  The game gives you a choice of deciding what was really happening -- there isn't a wrong answer to this puzzle.

Unfortunately what it had going for it was also a big weakness.  Having to replay a scene 5-10 times to listen in on different rooms really ups the time cost, but you have to listen to almost everything because of the amount of twists a case might have.  I ended up giving up after one where I missed a minor little conversation bit that scrambled up my answers completely.



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