Analysis of The Last Case of Benedict Fox

family secrets

At the end of First World Wara sect known as first circle he devoted himself to performing grotesque experiments to investigate, explore, and control the void. But there are unknown forces that cannot be controlled. To avoid the collapse and destruction of reality itself, the Ordo Wrath Dei

After this prologue, we will put ourselves in the shoes of the famous detective Benoit Fox in his latest case. The tragic news of our father’s death will bring us back to our old home. A huge mansion shrouded in mysteries, crimes, rituals and all kinds of secrets that will shed light on uncovering the dark truth that Benedict’s family hides.

I descend into limbo

The story of The Last Case of Benedict Fox is fragmented. Which means that every corner will have to be well explored in order to progress in the plot. This is where the game takes advantage of the mechanics of metroidvania.

Thanks to an inner demon accompanying him, Benoît can dive into the spirit of the deceased and travel through limbo. This sinister world hides the most terrifying nightmares of the subconscious and will be the place to explore in depth to find clues or objects that will help us overcome certain puzzles and move the case forward. To defend ourselves, we must a dagger for melee attacks and with a flare for ranged attacks. Both can be improved if we find the right character to carry out this task.

the power of ink

Completing the enemies we will get ink. This material will be used to improve our companion-parasite-interdimensional demon. thanks to some tattoos who will make us a certain character that we will unlock as we advance in the plot, we can give him new powers or moves this will help us, mainly, to reach new areas of the maps.

If they kill us and we haven’t secured it in some teleport portals that will appear in some places in the level, the ink will fade. As a result, the enemy that finished us will get stronger and we will have to defeat him again

Puzzles that make you lose your mind

Another very important element in The Last Case of Benedict Fox are riddles. As we mentioned earlier, to advance in the plot of the game and reach new areas of the maps it will be necessary to solve certain puzzles. These puzzles are mainly based on the use of Arcane Transcriber. This compass-shaped object encodes numbers that, thanks to our father’s diary, we can translate to insert them into puzzles or help us decipher combinations.

I’m not going to lie to you, the design of the puzzles seemed very creative to me. But need to depend on additional items to solve some of them waves zero indices that the game gives us makes them very tedious and confusing.

A dream world full of lights and shadows

One of the most striking aspects of the work of Rebound It is his visual part. The three areas in which the game takes place are full of detail and plays very well with the lighting. The scenography is beautiful and neat, with many elements that reminded me of the images of Guillermo del Toro. Additionally, each character’s limbo is very well differentiated and sketched based on their past experiences.

As for the characters, their style resembles that of the films of Tim Burton. Slender characters with languorous faces that make a very good combination with the aura of darkness and melancholy that accompanies the title.

Unfortunately, there are times when all of this is somewhat obscured by a problem in the animations. Problems that also exist in the Subtitles. The game is perfectly dubbed in English and translated correctly into Spanish. But there are occasions when subtitles they are not well synchronized. However, these crashes are quite specific and could be fixed with an update.

As for the soundtrack, it consists of jazz themes and 1920s style songs. If you like it, you can buy it through the Game’s Steam Page.

Eventually

The Last Case of Benedict Fox is a good game, but it could have been so much better. The level exploration system brings out its essence of metroidvania, encouraging us to do tracing when we get new abilities for Benedict that will help us find important items. The problem is that this freedom is hampered by quite confusing puzzles (especially at the beginning of the adventure) it will make us feel very lost hanging out in the same area of ​​the map not knowing what to do. But if you have the patience and ingenuity to solve them, you will appreciate a good plot with crimes and mysteries from another dimension.