Murder - Soul Suspect

Bobazoid1 · Jun 6, 2014

How come there is no forum set up for Murder - Soul Suspect???

But there are forums set up for games that have not even been released yet such as Sunset Overdrive.

:)

Nukleuz · Jun 6, 2014

Murdered: Soul Suspect

IGN Review in - Murdered: Soul Suspect Review - IGN
5.5 - Mediocre

barneystuta · Jun 6, 2014

Murdered: Soul Suspect

A bit of a bump as I've seen a number of previews for this which seem interesting.

Murdered: Soul Suspect strives to strike a balance between narrative and play | Polygon

More than anything, Murdered: Soul Suspect is meant to tell a story.

Developed by Airtight Games for Square Enix, the game puts players in the shoes of recently murdered detective Ronan O'Connor. The detective finds himself dead on a street after pursuing a lead on a serial killer. When he tries to reunite with his dead wife she tells him he has something to resolve before the two can meet in the afterlife.

That's where the third-person perspective game picks up, with the spirit of O'Connor standing over the body of O'Connor.

"Square came to us wanting to do a collaborative project," said Matt Brunner, creative officer of Airtight Games. "We sat down and discussed all different kinds of projects and we sort of narrowed in a game about a protagonist who is a ghost."

Over the next year and a half, the team turned that broad idea into Soul Suspect, a title Brunner describes as a supernatural thriller and a narratively driven game.

"We wanted a game that was about the characters," he said. "Heavy Rain is not a bad comparison, but it's also a very different sort of game in terms of mechanics. There are similarities to Heavy Rain, there are similarities to L.A. Noire.

In the game's opening sequence, O'Connor returns to his body to find police officers, detectives and a supervisor standing around his corpse within the marked off street that has become a crime scene. After catching a glimpse of a ghost girl, he chases her down to get some explanation of what's happening.

She tells him that he has to resolve the issues that prevent him from moving on soon or he will be trapped as a ghost and that as a ghost he will eventually erode and become a demon of sorts, a thing that feeds on the trapped and lingering spirits of Salem.

That sense of timing running out is a very important element of the game, Brunner said.

I asked him if he had ever played Gone Home, a narrative feast of a game with no real fail state or time crunch.

"I'm a big fan of Gone Home," he said. "They took some risks and it did well. It was an emotional experience in an interactive experience that hit the market it was after.

"I had tears in my eyes when I finished playing it."

But, Brunner said, a purely narrative experience wouldn't have worked for Soul Suspect.

"We pushed it in that direction a little bit at one time," he said. "But we discovered that you need to have highs and lows in your experience. You need to have adrenaline moments. You need time when you are thinking. This is a thinking game.

"Without all of that it is all too much on one level."

The team also played around with making the game's conflict more like direct combat.

"At one point it was literally combat," he said. "Now it's more like enemy encounters."

The result is a game that Brunner sees appealing to people looking for something unique or interesting, not just another version of a game that's already out there. He also thinks the game will appeal to a broader female audience and people who like to think a little bit.

In the demo, players return from their conversation with the ghost girl to kick off the investigation into their own death. Players can possess anyone and then try to influence their actions, read their minds or examine things, like the notes they have been taking. The idea, in this first scene, is to try and unearth the clues that can be found at the crime scene before moving on into the house where O'Connor was thrown from an upstairs window.

Watching the demo played out on the PAX East show floor, players seemed to be deeply interested in the process People leaned forward, stood with their elbows on the table, deeply engrossed in puzzling out the problem.

"It's been really nice," Brunner said, "to see people sinking in and playing the game."Click to expand...
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It is already in my Boomerang rentals waiting list, definitely one to rent!

Jasperrdm · Jun 6, 2014

You can as the moderators to set one up. This may take a few days.

BEASTmmb · Jun 6, 2014

I thought that the developers had to ask for one.

Azrael008uk · Jun 6, 2014

"Murder - Soul Suspect"?

You'll find that in between "Guys Of War" and "Hello 5".

But there's folks discussing "Murdered Soul Suspect" here:

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/general_discussion/general_discussion/f/3817/t/1763439.aspx

Bobazoid1 · Jun 6, 2014

Guys of War and Hello 5?

I don't get it.

BEASTmmb · Jun 6, 2014

My guess is he is making fun of you for missing the ed in Murdered Soul Suspect. I'd just ignore him. He thinks he is clever when most of the time he just looks a bit foolish.

Bobazoid1 · Jun 6, 2014

Oh!!! A wise guyyyyyyyyy.

No biggie

Azrael008uk · Jun 6, 2014

Don't be so sensative.

Have you seen the way my Avatar's dressed?

The link I gave you is to folks on the boards discussing the game.

Come join in.

aircobra · Jun 7, 2014

If you're going to make fun of him missing ed from murder, maybe you shouldn't then misspell a word.

Azrael008uk · Jun 8, 2014

Call the Alphabet Police and maybe you can get them to take your statement?

Yes, the game is good. Much better than the self proclaimed 'professional critics' have been giving it credit for.

If you're one of those people who's hammering on the "skip" button whenever you see a cut scene, move along, there's nothing to see here.

There's no shooting. The gameplay is slow but steady. Designed for those who love to collect stuff and explore absolutely everything.

You can see that it's not had the budget of a game like "HALO" or "GTA" thrown behind it but the great unconventional gameplay and abilities make this easy to forgive because it looks pretty good most of the time and it's fun to play.

Bobazoid1 · Jun 9, 2014

Azrael, I could pick on your earlier post where sensitive was spelled wrong, but I won't.

So back to that game, thanks for the insight on it. I will probably buy it, eventually.

Azrael008uk · Jun 9, 2014

It's a good game. Definately worth plaything through.

MoshedBrotatoe · Jun 9, 2014

I loved this game.

Good too see new good IP's!

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