Return of the Obra Dinn Reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn breaks the mold of the gaming medium as an enthralling first-person mystery adventure with overtones of Edgar Allan Poe. This is an extraordinary conjunction of cerebral puzzle, supernatural nautical tale, and ornate art direction.
If someone had told me that a career in insurance involves exploring intricately detailed worlds with a magic watch, I would probably be working in insurance right now.
Obra Dinn asks you to tease out social lives from a freeze frame of murder. It doesn’t take the little grey cells to realise this is remarkable stuff.
An artistic manifesto of overflowing power.
Return of the Obra Dinn skillfully combines retro art style, seldom used setting and gameplay centered around logical deduction. If you've ever wanted to be a detective or if you're fond of original videogame premises, you shouldn't miss this.
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Lucas Pope's Return of the Obra Dinn is a maritime detective mystery that is unlike most any other game in the genre of interactive fiction.
Return of the Obra Dinn is a startlingly original detective adventure full of murder, mutiny, and monsters.
Return of the Obra Dinn stands as something wholly unique, a challenging detective game that empowers you to solve its mysteries through actual investigation.
Other than the Myst games, I can’t think of any obvious points of comparison to help you decide whether or not to give Return of the Obra Dinn a chance. The lack of guidance and completely open nature of the puzzles separate it from the likes of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter which had you solving smaller puzzles one at a time. This originality is the exact reason you should try it for yourself. I can’t guarantee you’ll love it as much as I did, but I’m certain it will keep nagging away at you in the back of your mind, encouraging you to boot it up one more time to see what else you can discover.
Return of the Obra Dinn is a superb murder mystery game
A beautifully constructed and powerfully atmospheric mystery that you really have to work to solve.
I was glued to it until I was done. My only wish is that I could erase my brain and play it again.
Small musical cues are also used perfectly. I didn't notice how catchy these were at first until I found myself mimicking them in the shower. They are only a few seconds long, and I love them all so much! Special shoutouts to the voice actors as well. More than usual, the voice actors accurately representing their characters is of the utmost importance as players may recognize an accent or voice inflection that allows them to pinpoint the identity of someone on the ship. Everyone in the sound department did a tremendous job.
The Papers, Please creator offers up an intricate and mesmerising puzzle game with a rich and detailed sense of place.
Return of the Obra Dinn marries challenging investigation puzzles to a striking visual presentation to create an adventure worth taking.