It’s just such a shame you have to wade through so much detective work and guessing to even come close to satisfied. The Sinking City is a Love raft game that really nails the atmosphere and setting but more importantly tells a powerful story.
Hit detection woes with melee in particular.With such minimal hand-holding or guidance of any type, you feel alone and frustratingly lost.Graphics look washed out in places and especially cutscenes.Does a really good job with the source material.Combat is simplistic with you using weapons or melee.Getting this right will add it to your Mind Palace. Clues are generally an item found or when you watch back an event and you must put the sequence in order so you get the true facts.Branching conversations with other characters.Horror aspects with the odd jump scare.Map-can place waypoints and has a clever marker system that is tied to missions and clues so in a way it gives you all the info in one go.Living world with many people walking about their business.Crafting-ammo, health, items and you can loot materials from around the game world.
Finding clues will auto-fill the mind palace. Mind Palace-when you get clues you can group them together to make them deductions which you then get in order to solve the case.You put in info parameters like area, time period, etc and get more information or hints. Archives-found around the map and used as a database.Whilst in the other realm you can see re-enactments of interactions/events, find clues and get very basic navigation help. Able to see the “other side” thanks to your unique ability.The city is made up of like 60% of land and 40% water.Adventure gameplay with a strong detective/puzzle influence.Difficulty–3 for investigation and 3 for combat and are independent.
Motion controls for aiming and boat control.The Sinking City is an action-adventure mystery horror video game developed by Frogwares and published by Bigben Interactive, inspired by the works of horror author H.P.