Analysis of Murder Diaries 1 and 2. When audiobook is paired

And yet there is something wrong

For tastes, colors

Creative minds from EpiXR Games come Murder diaries, a video game in which you can immerse yourself in the life and thoughts of a young man through a linear narrative. The story takes elements of Thriller in French to (try) to keep us going all the time of the game.

In reality, there is very little to analyze. Have you ever sat down to read a digital book and Click on on the corresponding button to turn the page? Murder diaries it is essentially the same thing. Let me explain.

From the start of the game, we will manage a Luminous sphere (or spirit) with which we will have to go through certain scenarios through 16 levels. Our objective will be to travel sequentially through a series of rings of light which are spread over the entire map and which will reveal, one by one, fragments of history. Not that all the targets are scattered around and we have to find the right way to activate them to reveal the real plot (that would have given him some hookah Gambling). The thing is that the game pose no challenge because the rings of light appear one behind the other, and we will only have to take our sphere to its destination to continue the story.

The relative virtue of reading

And it is that, the two Murder Diaries 1 What Murder Diaries 2 They’re banking on their narrative, which isn’t a problem in itself, but it should be very clear how to approach this section. And i believe in EpiXR Games they did not do it with much success, because if the game had been translated maybe more languages ​​would have sparked public interest. For now i’m afraid It is only available in English, which greatly limits the options. Hope they will add more languages ​​in the future.

The story, moreover, although it is interesting and presents a certain twist of the script, does not go beyond the tropes of the noir genre and falls back into the same mistakes than many others who have tried, in their own way, to stand out through originality. Playing is tedious and, although the duration of Murder Diaries 1 and 2 Around the hour or quarter past one, we sometimes want to turn off the remote control and devote ourselves to something else. All the time, at all levels and at all stages, it’s absolutely the same. You look for a luminous point, you browse it, a voice and its respective text are activated by the next one. So for 16 levels.

The other … well maybe

Ironically, in Murder Diaries 1 and 2 their music is greatly appreciated. A soundtrack which, while appreciating the rhythm and, at times, the epicity, seems to be set at random. You can be immersed in a dramatic part of the story and suddenly hear an epic piece, immediately get you out of the experience. Of course, leaving it in the background while you focus on something else is perfect.

The sets are varied and, even if they are not graphically and artistically cutting edge, they have a certain surrealism that I like. A point in its favor is that they are not repeated and yes that they agree very well with the fragments of history that we find. It’s a shame that these details haven’t been refined further to add to the weight of the narrative itself.

conclusion

Murder Diaries 1 is a narrative game that he stays half in all its aspects, the weakest being the one that precisely gives the essence to its format: that of the game. Out of curiosity, and because of its certainly original staging, I recommend it to stroll and read a mysterious story if you are fluent in English; corn at the narrative level it does not add anything new, and as a game it’s quite lazy and tedious. Murder Diaries 2 it’s more or less the same thing, but add another point of view in one Thriller in French which is cooked over low heat.

The music itself appealed to me.