Who Is The Killer (Episode I‪)‬ 9+

This is a fun and yet at the same time, annoying game. It's a great concept and different from the other so-called detective games out there but it does have it's quirks. I had the murderer figured out by day three but couldn't figure out how to "accuse" the person because apparently I hadn't questioned the appropriate people, not knowing I had to investigate each and every one. I then ran out of coffee (energy), which meant I had to wait hours until it was replenished. This is incredibly infuriating but I guess that's why you can pay money to speed up the coffee pot. I would like to see more modern day stories, though.

I won't harp on the energy system for too long, because everyone has brought that up, and many games have a similar mechanic. However, that's not to say the mechanic is clever or fun. It's annoying, limiting, and predatory with the amount of times you need to pay to get anywhere in the story.

I understand the plight of indie devs, especially for story driven games, really, I do. However, just make the game cost a dollar or two. Or give us the first day for free, and you have to pay a dollar or so to have the rest of the story. It's leaves less of a bad taste in the player's mind, and I think the game could easily be worth a few bucks with a little polish. It's certainly better than the system in place right now.

My main problem, however, is the word puzzles. My god, are they frustrating. The words usually have nothing to do with the characters, it's not just finding words in the letters, it's set words, in set patterns, so if you can't find exactly what the devs coded in, you're stuck.

I love these kinds of games so I decided to try this one. It seems like it will be fun, but I totally don’t have a clue what I’m supposed to be doing!! I went from looking for clues to solving word puzzles but no instruction!! Do the words have to be in a row or just click on the letters?!?! Then, I literally talked to one person, then tried to talk to another, and I guess I’m already out of juice!( or coffee in this game!) I mean, I thought I’d get a little more play time!! Or some instruction to what I’m doing!! I barely started, ran out of coffee, now the charges start-$1 for a cup of coffee that only lasts maybe an hour, if that?? I’ll try another day or so, and I’m ok to buy extras here and there, but dang, that seems like a rip off to me!! Either I’ll get hooked on the game soon, and go broke buying coffee or I’m gonna give it up after another day! Please, give more specific and clear directions!!!!