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The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 15thFool’s gold
Fool’s gold
On the fifteenth day of the RPS Advent Calendar you open the door with some trepidation, because you’ve heard there’s a strange series of crimes and murders on the other side. But you needn’t have worried, because all the weirdo miscreants involved seem to be frozen in time for the moment.
But can you solve the mysteries ofThe Case Of The Golden Idolwith just a snapshot from the moment after they happened?
The Case of the Golden Idol - Official Reveal TrailerThe Golden Idol has a novel approach to puzzle-solving.Watch on YouTube
The Case of the Golden Idol - Official Reveal Trailer
Katharine:Detective games are a tricky beast to get right. Giving players all the right clues to solve the mystery at hand is one thing, but giving them the freedom, scope and choice to draw their own conclusions from them (even if it’s canonically incorrect) is a rare thing indeed. In my book, Lucas Pope’sReturn Of The Obra Dinnis still the absolute pinnacle of modern detect ‘em ups, but Color Gray Games’ The Case Of The Golden Idol comes very close to capturing that same kind of Sherlockian brilliance.
They’re a fun, if devilish bunch, and figuring out how all these seemingly standalone tableaus connect together over time is one of Golden Idol’s greatest deductive flourishes. Alas, there’s still only one correct solution for each of its dozen murders, but extracting it from your pool of collected words is still intensely fun and satisfying as cases grow in complexity. Plus, you’re not just solving the meat and potatoes of whodunwhat, either, as each case also has accompanying puzzles to fill out as well, adding even more detail to its already artfully constructed murder scenes.
