Set in an outrageously gray version of Salem, Massachusetts (a travesty to those who have ever visited the colorful city), Murdered: Soul Suspect tells the story of freshly-deceased detective Ronan O’Connor. We have reached the point where being a game can get in the way of being a good game. Even though it’s not a colossal train wreck, Murdered: Soul Suspect‘s gameplay structure directly impedes nearly every aspect of its novel concept. Square Enix Japan and Airtight Games’ purgatorial murder mystery suffers from “Should Be a Television Show” Syndrome it is the direct opposite of Revolution, the television program that should have been a video game. No, it’s not spectacularly brilliant, nor does it change the way we play our games. Murdered: Soul Suspect is one of recent history’s best examples of how video games are evolving.
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