It's an interesting game, but you have to be observant and dilligent throughout - otherwise you'll be making guesses at the end.

I loved the challenge of the game - the only hand-holding is the confirmation upon 3 correct suggestions, which does give you an out if you're struggling slightly.

The main negative is how cumbersome the vignettes are - at times you'll want to have a quick peak into several different ones but that means moving around the boat at dawdling pace until you can load them again. Once you do revisit them, the background music obfuscates a lot of the finer detail of the introductory audio clip (which is often laden with clues).
I personally disliked how long the meandering spirit/dust took to lead to further clues, especially when going for the 'final achievement'.

Also just over 15hrs play time for £15 which involved 2 complete runs - not an issue for me as I did enjoy the game on the whole, just pointing it out for those that might want more 'bang for your buck'.

That said, I did enjoy the game - unique art style, very catchy sound-bites, interesting story.

I'd say the main joy is the satisfaction in beating this game as it does have a few pretty tricky parts. Main con is how you have this 'forced pacing' of the game by slowly travelling around the boat all the time.

It's an interesting game, but you have to be observant and dilligent throughout - otherwise you'll be making guesses at the end. I loved the challenge of the game - the only hand-holding is the confirmation upon 3 correct suggestions, which does give you an out if you're struggling slightly. The main negative is how cumbersome the vignettes are - at times you'll want to have a quick peak into several different ones but that means moving around the boat at dawdling pace until you can load them again. Once you do revisit them, the background music obfuscates a lot of the finer detail of the introductory audio clip (which is often laden with clues). I personally disliked how long the meandering spirit/dust took to lead to further clues, especially when going for the 'final achievement'. Also just over 15hrs play time for £15 which involved 2 complete runs - not an issue for me as I did enjoy the game on the whole, just pointing it out for those that might want more 'bang for your buck'. That said, I did enjoy the game - unique art style, very catchy sound-bites, interesting story. I'd say the main joy is the satisfaction in beating this game as it does have a few pretty tricky parts. Main con is how you have this 'forced pacing' of the game by slowly travelling around the boat all the time.