BUTCHER
A puzzle, drama game based on a mystery case in H.K. You play as a journalist looking into the horrid truth of a serial murder.
Game intro:
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Dubbed in Cantonese completely:
The game is the very first Steam game that is dubbed in Cantonese completely. In every chapter, you have to make the decision and solve puzzles to find out the real murderer. The game designer hopes to present the real H.K. to players, just like a series that you can play on the phone.
Fascinating puzzles:
Besides the appealing story, the game contains lots of puzzles. You need to solve them all to dig out the truth.
Multiple endings and side stories:
In the game, many side stories and endings are designed for even richer gaming experience. We present you a thriller game in the charming H.K., in which you need to figure out the truth step by step.
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
Overall this is a quite decent mystery visual novel with point&click gameplay!
The story itself isn't unique and had several predictable moments but I still found it quite intriguing and fun for having that nostalgic, classic detective-thriller plot. I especially enjoyed that there are choices that actually result in different endings! Also the side stories are pretty fun. Additionally the protagonist is very entertaining, together with most side characters. The general gameplay is quite nice too, mainly the investigations are interesting and not too difficult. However I greatly recommend to frequently save the game-progress, since there are multiple quick-time events that might immediately lead to a dead end!
Otherwise the game has pretty art, great voice-acting and good music, which could profit from more variety though. Altogether I'd say that this game doesn't necessarily offer anything new, since it mainly explores already existing concepts without going into much detail, however I still certainly enjoyed it and found myself entertained most of the time! I believe it's worth a try for those into that kind of games.