As you can probably imagine getting caught in this scenario is a really bad idea. Everything might start at a corpse but once you’ve examined it, where are you supposed to go from there? You’ll have to explore and investigate your surroundings in an apartment containing a dead person that you aren’t supposed to be in. This involves discovering and then following up on leads. Shadows of Doubt is making us do detective work as it should be done. Actually, let me rephrase that – daunting to me. The problem is that it also complicates matters to the point where things might feel a bit daunting to some. This in and of itself is absolutely brilliant as it adds a load of layers of depth to the proceedings. This isn’t just a matter of asking a few questions and picking the killer, there’s actual sleuthing to be done. Shadows of Doubt is actually asking us to use the old gray matter, along with our stealth skills and general wits to succeed. What isn’t is the sheer enormity of the task at hand. This is fairly straightforward with respect to the type of game we’re playing. You’ll have to gather information and use it to solve a murder.

Shadows of Doubt sees you taking on the role of a detective in a procedurally generated city. Let’s see what this clever investigation game has in store for us, shall we? Well, you know what they say about waiting for a bus and three coming at once, right? Am I complaining? No, I’m not.

Not only is this a whodunnit but it’s a bloody sandbox as well.

So there I am thinking that I’d found the exception to the norm and along comes Shadows of Doubt. This was all part and parcel of my review for Murderous Muses by the way, go and check it out that game is amazing. I wanted a game where, once I’d found the villain, I could play again with an altered story and a different antagonist and just keep going. I spent a little while recently moaning the lack of open-ended whodunnit games in the world.

Shadow of doubt