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Tangle tower review ign1/23/2024 ![]() Indeed, Tangle Tower's superb voice work and lively animation do some surprisingly heavy lifting in this detective puzzle 'em up, making it far more appealing to the eyes and ears than even Capcom's Ace Attorney games. There are secrets to uncover, rivalries to dissect, and more than a couple of double-bluffs to decipher, but it all makes for a compelling story that draws you in the moment Detective Grimoire and his wonderfully deadpan assistant Sally draw up in their rickety wooden boat.Īdmittedly, the overarching mystery will probably feel a tad trite compared to the recent cerebral machinations of Disco Elysium, for example, but there's still something deeply endearing about this gentle tale of family misfortune. It's enough to push anyone over the edge, and so it proves with the Fellows and Pointers, all of whom are perfectly happy to pin the crime on whoever they like the least. If your mother-in-law isn't criticising the cooking, it's your wacky uncle going a bit Brexit over pudding while the children run riot with the latest flashing gadget that's destined for the bin. Now, if you've ever had two families over for Christmas, you'll know that having that many people in the same house for a couple hours is a setup rife with murderous intent. Grimoire and Sally have something to say about everything in any given scene. Adopted into the halls of Tangle Tower as a young girl, Freya grew up alongside her fellow, err… Fellows, as well as her similarly distant Pointer relatives, who occupy the second of house Tangle's two towers. It's yet another impossible mystery to solve, making the whodunnit just as compelling as the how.Īt the centre of it all is poor Freya Fellow, a gifted artist, scientist and all-round wunderkind who met her untimely end while painting her dear friend (and distant relative) Flora Fellow. By beginning its tale with something so patently preposterous, Tangle Tower manages the rare feat of making everyone in its titular mansion feel like a genuine suspect. "Of course, a painting can't kill anyone", your mind shrieks. It sounds ridiculous, and yes, I don't think it's a spoiler to say it is ridiculous. a portrait holding a blood-tipped knife? Instead of a person being the prime murder suspect in this charming Phoenix Wright meets Professor Layton-style detective puzzler, it's *checks notes*. Tangle Tower, the latest game from Snipperclips brothers SFB Games, goes one step further, though. The former's still important for a satisfying ending, of course, but unravelling what appears to be the impossible (how did they get in? How did they leave?) is a much more brain-pleasing knot to unpick than figuring out which of the many shifty faces in front of you looks the most suspicious. ![]() The best ones aren't so much about the 'whodunnit', but the 'howdunnit'. For already salty seadogs there’s no better excuse to take your ship out of the drydock.I love a good locked room mystery. ![]() If you're a newcomer yet to gain your, er, zeelegs, the expansion gives you even more options and routes to pursue on your journey to become a famous explorer. It adds depth, both literally and figuratively, and allows captains to unravel more of the world’s mysteries. Zubmariner adds more to Sunless Sea without breaking the game up into two parts. The political relationships between Wrack, the home of scoundrels and scavengers, and the powers above, the economy that depends on sunken ships-it’s things like these that make the world of Zubmariner feel tangible, even when you’re talking to a dead man or watching someone turn into crystal. Thanks to years of developing Fallen London and then Sunless Sea, Failbetter know everything about their world, so it all fits together perfectly. The rest is down to Zubmariner’s exceptional writing.įailbetter’s writers are some of the best in the business, and they’ve managed to pour no small amount of wonder and weirdness into the expansion. Despite how surreal the it is, the world has consistent internal logic. While these places are all peculiar and eye-catching, the zoomed-out bird's eye view can only convey so much. Then there’s Rosegate, a tobacco shop and factory that was inexplicably set up inside a mass of coral and rock. The water there somehow allows people to breathe, but if you stay too long, you might find yourself changed. ![]() It’s a giant, slumbering monster-think an underwater sarlacc-housing an assortment of naked eccentrics who swim around and enjoy orgies.
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