Shadows of Doubt - The Perfect Crime
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Shadows of Doubt is a fascinating cyberpunk noir detective game about finding a killer in a dystopian metropolis... assuming I can spare the time in my busy schedule of committing a huge number of highly lucrative crimes.
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Imagine poisoning a coworker and thinking you got away with it, you're brushing your teeth when suddenly somebody busts into your bathroom, cuffs you, has all sorts of evidence proving that you did it, and you still get away with it because the Detective spelt your name wrong on a form.
Sounds like real life.
Sounds like just another Tuesday morning in Stoke...
"I see you have made 3 spelling mistakes". Last words of Thomas de Mahy the Marquis de Favras after reading his death sentence before being hanged (1790).
The fact the murderer's name was pronounced "You Can Die" supports the nominative determinism theory
But on the other hand, wouldn't the game have pre-generated all NPCs and then decided randomly who was going to be the murderer?
@@remimaloney2028 it may be only semi-random. With a list of the most interesting generated npcs on the map and it selects from that list. I’ve noticed that the murderers often have pun names a la james bond or a particularly hectic schedule prime for messing with
Darn it, I was going to say that, you beat me to it. :D
Nah, that's just how Jon pronounced the name. Q followed by a vowel in Mandarin pinyin is pronounced similar to "ch". Qi sounds like the beginning bit of saying cheese, so the name should sound similar to "yueh cheen dai".
@@episodicbuffer truly no joke withstands the ability of the internet to attempt to dismantle any statement
Can't believe Jon got away with breaking and entering, theft, and three counts of shining a torch in somebody's face.
The worst thing he did was consider stealing diamonds from the partner of the murder victim... The city has a way of changing you clearly
@@irecordwithaphone1856 Bro if anything not taking a fat cut diamond is more suspicious.
@@Cotac_Rastic Fair point
@@irecordwithaphone1856 He didn't even "consider" it. He _did_ it.
@@Felice_Enellen I wrote consider because I didn't remember if he stole the diamonds or was just thinking about it after watching through the full video
Tip to avoid mispelling things in the case report - use the "select" button and just select the relevant card from your case board.
Funny enough I think Jon committed more crimes than he solved.
Did you seriously expect anything less? This is Jon we're talking about, a man who can accidentally commit at least 5 crimes against humanity while eating breakfast.
You need to break a few laws to make a justice omelet
I like how the roped-off murder scene is right next to a still-operating stall of some sort.
10 tips for anyone starting out (and somethings I wanted to correct that I saw in the video which he may have already covered but I wanted to type this out before I forget).
1. Build =/= Height.
2. You can inspect a person to bring up a file to see what they look like (the person MATN shined the flashlight at might not of had blue eyes, it was likely their glasses that made it look blue).
3. If you dont mind being loud, you can sprint into a door and time a click to force it open. It may take several tries though.
4. Sometimes you can find keys beneath door mats.
5. Important places to check are bedside tables and any drawers in them and closet spaces which may contain a box with information about their workplace or places they visit.
6. While the above locations are important to check, if you have the time LOOK THROUGH EVERYTHING! do not leave a drawer unopened.
7. Cameras suck at seeing in the dark, turn off the lights and you may not even need to touch the breaker box.
8. If a something that is written on the wall at a crime scene is blocked, check a newspaper and it will likely tell you what was on the wall (also can reveal things you may have missed).
9. Not all murders are personal, some murders may have zero connection to their victim and are doing it because they are a criminal lunatic.
10. If all you have is a phone number on a target, you can call the number and then check the call logs which are usually located in either a basement or shed. the call log will show a general address which can narrow down your search.
Bonus: don't know if this has any purpose in game or not but if you spam knock on a door it will get progressively louder until it sounds like your about to break it down. just thought it was funny.
Edit - Additional tips after watching more of the video:
11. Apartments can be decorated if you access your inventory, there should be a button that allows you to purchase furniture.
12. Ask people who work or live near the crime scene, chances are they saw a suspicious person and can give you an additional descriptor or direction they were headed.
13. Check the front door for finger prints, if they match ones found at a crime scene it could very well mean that the murder is a neighbor or roommate/partner of the victim.
14. Clicking on a highlightable phonenumber or passcode whilst looking at a phone or safe automatically inputs said phone number or passcode so you dont need to manually type it.
15. Most citizens will have an address book which contains the names and addresses of people the citizen are in contact with the most often (Number of addresses can vary wildly).
16. Workplaces contain employee files, all of which show the employees fingerprints.
17. Not every place will try to kill you if you are caught tresspassing, some will give you a chance to leave if you dont do anything illegal in front of them.
You can check security footage too, but it only goes back 24 hours in game.
Also, fingerprints don't last forever, either, they fade over time (not exactly sure of the time frame). It's quite possible to fail to solve a case and have the evidence disappear. Then you have to wait for the murderer to strike again before you can catch them!
Also, if you pick something up, you can inspect it for fingerprints from your inventory. Often easier than trying use the scanner on small objects like business cards and discarded papers.
Oh my god I've been waiting for you to play this for weeks. This game has so much potential, I already have great stories from this game it's amazing how it happens so naturally
I once caught the murderer heading to kill their first victim, before the murder case even started. So yes this game is fully simulating everything and it is really cool. Also you can decorate apartments god I love this game
I think this would be a great livestream option
How did you know they were a murderer if they hadn't murdered anybody...?
@Many A True Nerd Very odd story. I saw a random NPC running across the streets and I decided to follow them. I actually was in between doing job listings. They headed to their apartment complex, still running like they were nervous or something, locked their door behind them. Like 15 seconds later, I hear gunshots inside. I lockpick the door and see that they've just shot their partner to death. I kid you not, I randomly found the murderer. I was able to solve this case faster than probably anything else in the game by sheer coincidence. The NPC was running home to shoot their partner living with them, pretty dark after I realized that
So I ran in, handcuffed them and then later the murder case proper appeared if I remember correctly. Yes this game is a bit nuts with how deep the world simulation goes. So I didn't know they were a murderer, I just managed to find the killer live going to the murder spot because I was bored and they seemed suspicious running everywhere, it sounds absurd but that's how it happened
I was also playing in a large city so I feel like the odds of seeing something like this must have been pretty low, but the game still includes it
@@ManyATrueNerdHe was the murderer but decided to take the week off!
As a side note, one of my favorite things to do in this game is to break into workplaces/surveillance rooms and check the security camera footage. Yes, you can view snapshots from specific times of day and then print out the photos. I believe you can use those photos to determine if someone was at a crime scene in your evidence, although I haven't done it yet
@@irecordwithaphone1856 Dang! I hope the killers don't always run to do their murdering. It would kind of suck if that was their "tell" and you could always spot them that way. Regardless, that's still a cool story.
I was official QA of this game and got my hands on this project during my notice period and I had such a great time speed running this even though during that time the map was hardly working at all and so many issues were present in the game. Glad to see the devs fixed all those issues and its really nostalgic to see this game after 1 year. Nice video, would love to see more of these
This game is next level when it comes to complexity and smoothness of randomly generated gameplay. I vote we force every developer to focus on stuff like that instead of the graphics.
I was once… investigating a penthouse apartment for some sync discs when I heard an argument in their front hall.
It was a married couple, where apparently the husband was cheating on his wife. The argument got so heated, the husband stabbed his wife to death, and I got a murder report.
This game is one of the most immersive simulations of a city I’ve ever seen. It’s amazing!
I turned off murders in the options and used the same investigation techniques to become a thief. After seeing a person leave a penthouse, I went in through the vent then started grabbing what I could. Imagine my surprise when I entered the bedroom of this empty apartment to find the husband asleep and snoring loudly. It genuinely made me panic.
Honestly if the space sim games (starfield) can pull off this level of immersion with procedural cities it would truly be amazing
@@kotor610 Unfortunately it could not
I was obsessed with this for a week, it's amazing. Looking forward to it getting updates. Was hoping you'd cover this!
This world really needs a detective. It's full of people who are amazing at remembering various details about random people they only passed by, but so terrible at connecting evidence you can steal diamonds of a person that let you in, and get away with it.
I was waiting outside a pawn shop, constantly checking if it was open to try and sell a diamond in my inventory. I saw someone running, in a hurry to get somewhere, and having nothing better to do I gave chase. They entered the building next door and went down into the basement, where they entered what looked like a shop. When I tried to follow in after them, I was apparently trespassing and the clerk shouted at me to get out. I was confused for a bit since I'd never seen a shop in a basement before - but then visions of the word 'Weapons Dealer' flashed before my eyes. The hunt was on, they ran out of the shop and I continued my spirited chase, my diamond would have to be sold another day.
They headed up to an apartment building, which I assumed was their home. We sprinted up many, many, many flights of stairs together until we reached a hallway filled with lofty, upper-middle class apartments. They went up to a door and started opening it, so I started crouch over and over again behind them, looking over their shoulder to see what they were doing, checking my watch. "Let me in, I want to steal your shit," I whispered, still under the assumption this was their home. Finally they opened the door and sprinted inside, shutting the door in my face. I grumbled and slammed it back open, realizing something was amiss as they hadn't locked the door behind them. I saw them run into a bedroom - and then I heard a loud bang as they whipped out a gun. I heard the sounds of a scuffle and then watched as the homeowner ran into view, holding their arms behind their head and shouting in fear. Another loud shot and the corpse flopped down to the ground in the way that corpses do. I watched through the open door as I saw the murderer scrawl out their little pentagram. Then they headed out, past me, still blatantly standing in the open door. The police scanner buzzed and the familiar words 'A murder has been reported' popped up, presumably because *I* was the one who found the body. I had already slapped their photo down into my notebook, as I do with everyone I'm planning to rob blind. And, even more fortunate, they were polite enough to tell me their full name for 50cr on their way out!
All I had to do was go down to the pub and look it up in the city directory for their home address. When they got home I was waiting there with handcuffs and a smug grin. It was the quickest case I've ever solved.
Still had to link their fingerprints to the fucking crime scene though.
Jon is VERY lucky this game's crime/bounty system is VERY generous.
Please continue this! Preferably as a series but a livestream would be fun too, so invested in this already
The livestream was great, but an ongoing series like Fallout: ToTW would be amazing!
It's 10:37 into video and Jon had missed "inspect" option that shows beside "talk to"...
I really looking forward to Jon playing that game in longer format video...
Jon playing a game that requires perception and problem solving? This should be interesting indeed!
I liked the fact he kept referring to the killer as he despite being called Ms. :D
WE NEED A LIVESTREAM OF THIS!!! (Or several, preferably)
Jon describing this game within the first minute has already convinced me to get this game.
That's how it was for me when I saw someone else describe it, I checked the steam page and reviews of course but I was pretty sure it was my type of game. Wasn't disappointed, although it is early access and can be buggy with performance issues. It's just the gameplay is so fun and has so much potential that I can easily overlook it
I am sat here on holiday by the beach inside a Static Caravan at 1am with barely any phone signal but just enough to fall asleep listening to this video playing in 144p
Hello Blue, how are you doing?-Also, blimey, watching this in 144p must suck!-Hope you have a jolly good time wherever you are!
Mis-typing the killer's name was just peak Jon. Plus how did he not pick up on the pun in the killer's name?! Yuekin dai (You can die) is exactly something Jon would name a kill-everything character!
Geniunely one of the most impressive games I've seen in years. Praying this game gets a Project Zomboid-like steady development.
Finally someone not hating on PZ.
Completely new city in all aspects, you as the detective, one murderer, all every time you create a new save.
Oh yeah, this is gonna be a good game. Can't wait to see Jon play this amazing looking game.
not sure. I've never seen randomly generated worlds and stories really work as proper stories. It ususally feels generic. Maybe this is the one?
no no, you don't understand. It's PROCEDURAL generation. As in the world KEEPS EVOLVING. Multiple murders and crimes can happen in every save file. You can meet someone before they commit a crime, and scope them out as you get more info. You can discover the murderer living right next to you (which happened to me once). You can discover that the person RENTING OUT YOUR APARTMENT is the murderer. It's magnificent, and glorious, and will continue to evolve and approve as it steadily grows out of early access.
“Yueqin Dai” is rather on-the-nose as Ace Attorney-style name puns go.
And that empty apartment you bought... Is empty because you get to do the interior decorating yourself! Not sure whether you missed that or just chose not to include it in your video, but it's cool just how detailed this game is in areas other than just the detective work.
Did Jon really just not bother to question the person working the sushi stand right next to the murder victim?
I love this game. I know my little city and visited almost every floor more games should have fully explorable cities.
Falling asleep to Jon detectiving in a little pixelated city is good stuff
This is an amazing game. I can't wait to see you play more of this.
TIL, never invite John over as a guest. He'll walk in on you peeing, then rob you blind
Jon PLEASE play more of this game! Your commentary is gold, and it was just SO satisfying to see you leave with the secret document smooth & unscathed.
I've been waiting for a game like this for years.
If you take a job and the only information you have is their salary and other seemingly useless info, remember that some hero made a list online of every job linked with their respective salaries. There’s only so many companies in a city, and only so many of a given job per company.
Trial and error will eventually succeed.
I almost gave this video a miss, but wow... this was just a joy to watch. Exactly the type of game I love seeing you bumble through.
Definitely picking this game up for myself.
ive been looking forward to jon covering this game since I heard of it.
AND NOW THE QUEST FOR A LIVESTREAM BEGINS!!!!
I have played this game so dang much recently I may be vaguely useful if this were to be streamed
Yessss been waiting for Jon to get around to this amazing game.
would enjoy seeing more episodes of this game. it was great
It's a really interesting game. I would love to see a long playthrough of it!
This game looks like everything i didnt realize I wanted in a procedurally generated investigative adventure game.
This looks like primo livestream material!
And a chance for Claire to earn more consultancy bonuses for solving puzzles for Jon!
Jon's ability to turn a simple B&E job in a game like this into multiple fist fights and chase scenes makes me think he'd be quite a natural fit for a standard Shadowrun tabletop RPG campaign.
Because Shadowrun does NOT run on logic,but gritty cyberpunk retrofuturistic coolness.
(I am using "coolness" loosely here)
I look forward to when Jon makes a Livestream of this game.
Watched a friend stream this today, and couldn't help thinking how much I hoped you'd play it!
Ha, wasn't expecting a Stoke shout out. Looks equally as grimy!
This was such a good video and I would love to see more of this game, maybe even a stream!
This game is literally my dream detective game XD Wish my pc could run it, but it is still awesome nonetheless.
Also I was basically screaming at the end when it was clearly written, in giant letters "Yueqin Dai" and yet he wrote "Yaeqin Dai."
Really enjoyed watching Jon definitely never get caught doing any crimes lol
This game is interesting, artstyle and themes remind me of clouldpunk. Really impressed by all the systems that must be running in the background.
If the devs see this I think it’d be pretty cool if the player could tell someone that the person they’re asking about was dead, and/or that they’re an investigator, maybe even use that to make it harder/easier for them to gain entry. Just cuz it felt a bit off that Jon could tell the woman her partner was killed.
Idk if Job was having a -1 moment but if the murder weapon could be a bit more flexible that’d be cool, since I would count a vail of poison to be a murder weapon tbh.
Also maybe allow players to submit people like they can other evidence so ppl like me and Jon don’t accidentally misspell names.
I do believe that telling people that a person is dead is a dialogue option as while I only recently got the game there was an option for the "In the dead of night" case to tell someone about a murder of a friend. They even gave me advice and a suspect. The problem is Jon doesn't scroll through the dialogue options.
@@irishihadapotato7084 Ah, so perception -1
YES
Blade Runner in 1997 was a PC game, where every new game had a differnet story. The player, Roy, could be a Hunter and a replicant one playthough or a human the next. You stop your hunt, quit the police and runaway with a 14 year old pinked haired punk girl. You could kill a guy, thinking he's a clone, but in one run, he's not and you go to jail. I'd give my soul for another game like it.
Loved this! Very much looking forward to seeing more!
You left your prints on a burger carton and coffee cup at the scene of a diamond theft...
that had a witness to you being there.
In my game, I apprehended the cashier at the only pawn shop in the city, thus making diamonds worthless because there was no one willing to buy my precious, stolen goods
It's kinda cheaty, but you can drop items in your apartment and sell them through the decorating menu
Much like everyone else, I've been looking forward to this!
i would love more for this, all in one 'world' and with some kind of challenge or goal
This was the most fun procedural generated game I have seen!
Finally! I was waiting for this video! Haha Btw there’s a whole menus where you can buy furniture and basically any item in the game to furnish your apartment however you’d like!
I haven't even watched the video yet and i already want a series
this game scratches a itch i didnt know i had and would like to see more of it
no way. i'm from stoke and had this on in the back ground. this is brilliant
This game fits with Jon so well 😂
Yay, I'm glad you played it, would love to see more
The murderer's name literally being pronounced You Can Die has so much Ace Attorney energy
This game seems like a great livestream option
I was just about to play this!
Really hoping we can see more of this in the future!
Such an interesting game
This is like a playable detective pulp. I love it! Hope they don't focus too much on guns
The Many a True Detective Agency methodology:
1) B&E
2) ?????
3) Profit!
Yeeeees!! Been hoping you'd either be streaming or making a video on this for weeks! After how much Nerdcubed loved I had a feeling he'd be like "Jon, Jon you have to see this game"
Would love to see this or Disco Elysium as a series. Watch you almost every day, you are great and make really good content, keep it up!
It is amusing to see a detective occasionally commit robbery just so he can live in a better apartment
Yueqin Dai....You can die. My god this world works on comic books rules if you have an evil name you will be evil.
As I live in Stoke I can confirm that Stoke will never be that tidy 😂
Y'know if you still want more sim games Landlord Super just fully released....
Jon arrested someone in their own home after breaking and entering, with nothing but circumstantial evidence. He should work for the LAPD.
Come on, he had probable cause! The suspect's fingerprint was on a calling card left at the crime scene, and the murder was work-related judging from the messages left at the scene and the suspect was a coworker of the victim.
I kind of want to turn this into a live in life simulator while a serial killer just roams, or even your own serial killer adventure until you accidentally kill the murderer
I like to think that the room that Jon broke into with the chicken wallpaper is Dan's. He used that wallpaper in the stream he did of this game. Lol
I've had a blast playing this so far
I been waiting for you to get to this one.
I'm pretty sure my first investigation ended with me committing hate-crimes.
I had "fun" with security. In the tutorial I was investigating a burger place the victim had been to the night before being killed. I didn't see someone in the office, they ran off and triggered the security, which promptly gunner her down.
You can buy furniture for you apartment.
32:01 I didn't know Jshlatt worked in a coffee shop
pretty engaging game. I've been systematically breaking into as many apartments as possible between murders to get as much info and loot as I can. I love bashing in the door and knocking them out cold when they come to answer it. Could use some optimization, but quite fun : ).
46:40 Jon makes himself the #1 suspect in the murder case.
This was a blast
"Hi, I'm here to investigate your partner's murder and steal all of your valuables, may I come in?"
Lmao "But that's fine." This can't be fine
This game is super impressive, please do play it again
I pray that there’s more! I can’t wait for more!🎉
Watched Nerd³'s videos on this and decided to come see how John handled being a detective by comparison
Jon missing the human skull in that first apartment 👌
"Someone in this city is a murderer."
I wonder if it's the person who worked next to the victim. You know, the person named 'You Can Die'.
YES I’ve been waiting for Jon to play this.
The man with the worst perception in the world playing a detective game? Oh this will be fun.
He did pretty good, I think he played some of it before making this video because he has a good grasp on how the game works
Worst perception, but he otherwise does consistently shown he has the int for solving mysteries.
I was thinking that you misspelled his name
Would love to watch an extended series on this
I was waiting for this video since the game came put