Return of the Obra Dinn

i wish i could wipe my memory so i could play it blind again.
my mom whos never touched a video game in her life, but enjoys crime fiction, is loving it too! she didnt want to play any games at first, but when i showed her the very first death scene, she got really intrigued, thats how catchy the premise is. the soundtrack is incredibly good as well

Imma shamelessly steal someone's youtube comment:

"i would give myself brain damage just to forget this game and play it again"

Most historically accurate 1800s game beacuse you get to a point where racially profiling is a viable strategy.

I previously tried to complete this game once a few years ago, but I let the game slip away from me and ended up too disconnected from the progress I had made to continue.
More recently (a year ago at this point), I had a roommate with whom I played this game to completion alongside. He and I both sat on the couch for a few nights in a row making verbal deductions and piecing together the story--and we were both hooked. By the time it was over, we were both left shocked in absence of its continuation. My roommate was not someone who played games ever and so he asked if there was another title like this to play. Naively I thought we could recapture the magic of investigating the Obra Dinn with another game, but I have yet to find anything that is quite as enthralling as this story. He moved out once the semester was over; this game was the highlight of all the media I had consumed throughout that time.
My recommendation cannot be more glowing. This game is one of the best titles out there--across any genre.

If you’ve ever thought, “You know what my life is missing? A monochrome migraine and the exhilarating feeling of failing upwards,” then Return of the Obra Dinn is the game for you. Lucas Pope hands you a notebook, a magic pocket watch, and a ship full of creatively deceased individuals and says, “Have fun, detective!”—then immediately walks away, leaving you to fend for yourself like a confused Victorian gumshoe cosplayer.
The game offers absolutely no direction beyond “figure it out,” which is bold, artistic, and deeply inconsiderate. You wander the decks like an underpaid insurance investigator (because you literally are one), desperately trying to distinguish between sailors who all dress like they shared one communal laundry basket.
Every time you identify a fate correctly, you feel like the world’s greatest detective. Every time you get it wrong—and oh, you will—you feel like you should turn in your badge, magnifying glass, and any pens that write.
The Good:
That intoxicating moment when your deductions click and you briefly ascend into a higher plane of detective enlightenment.
The glorious “I AM THE SMARTEST PERSON ALIVE” rush after solving three fates in a row.
A truly original aesthetic that makes you feel like you’re playing inside an old Macintosh printer.
The satisfaction of finally understanding that one scene you misinterpreted 12 times in a row.
The Bad:
The overwhelming detective pressure of being a big-ass gumshoe with zero training and even less guidance.
Constantly mistaking one crew member for another because apparently everyone owned the same beard.
The notebook slowly transforming into a graveyard of your wrong guesses.
That sinking feeling when the game politely informs you that no, actually, these three fates you “solved” are all hot garbage.
Final Verdict:
Return of the Obra Dinn is a brilliant, brutal, directionless detective fever dream. You’ll succeed, you’ll fail, you’ll confidently identify a man solely by the way he’s standing—incorrectly—and you’ll love every frustrating minute of it. If you’ve ever wanted to feel like both Sherlock Holmes and a lost intern doing paperwork on a haunted ship, congratulations: your dream game awaits.

Man, I wish I could play this for the first time again. It's one of those that I have to recommend playing blind. If you like mystery games and having to really use your brain, get this.

“Memento Mortem"
Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) represents an adventure game with emphasis on solving events through logical deduction. It has been developed by Lucas Pope and published by the company 3909 LLC. Further notable games by the developer are Papers Please (2013).
Pros & cons:
++ What begins as a bureaucratic routine for an East India Company insurance investigator on a ghost ship soon develops into the uncovering of an unlikely chain of events full of heroism, murder, mutiny and theft, including some maritime horror stories.
++ The actual gameplay consists of identifying the crew members through astute deductions based on clue fragments and a process of elimination. And it is precisely at this point, dear reader, that you will experience an unprecedented feeling of accomplishment.
o During my second playthrough, I would have liked the option to skip the dialogue and cutscenes. For it would have significantly shortened my work as a corrupt investigator, accusing the captain of being a savage cannibal responsible for the cascade of misfortunate events.
Summary:
The depth of the investigations on board this cursed vessel completely surprised me, and presented an originality that my cold, logical heart had long forgotten. Towards the end, I became obsessed with finding out what ill omen had befallen the Obra Dinn and its crew.
Achievements:
Estimated time for 100% completion: +18 hours
Singleplayer achievements: 16
Multiplayer achievements: none