Identifying possessed

[Ectoplasm Extractor]

Any tips for finding the correct body? I had one with new marks showing and moving fairly often but it turned out to be incorrect. So if clues can prove and disprove a body is correct, what should I be looking for?

[Ed]

Originally posted by The Ish:

Originally posted by Ectoplasm Extractor:

Are you serious? Then this really is Russian Roulette and I guess we have to live with the 33% chance to get it right.

I don't see how this could be true. I've completed the game 3 times now, the first time I didn't even access night shift app and failed. The next two times I got the demon name correct simply after revealing 3 sigils (4 are required) , finding the body with the most activity (cuts and such), and then going to the night shift and finding the appropriate name via process of elimination. It is a bit funny seeing people say "I did everything without a doubt perfectly 100% correct" even though they absolutely didn't because if they did it works.

Slow down, take your time, and stop getting all riled up and going to forums to complain.

It absolutely does happen because the game is bugged for some of us, and if you click new shift instead of clicking continue the bug will fix itself. Contemplate that others can have different experiences to yourself before you write such nonsense to others.

[ate0ate]

Originally posted by snarewaves:

any body that gets ♥♥♥♥ popping off in there lol never failed me so far

I hear you and that does make sense, but for me that is always the last body I work that has things happening around it since events escalate as time goes on in the shift. First body I do nearly nothing happens, second body a couple things, and the third body a bunch.

[RabidRadioactiveRaccoons]

Originally posted by ate0ate:

I just wanted to reiterate that, for me, using the ashes to reveal the sigil that matches the family name of the demon is unreliable. I've played through a bunch of times experimenting with this and sometimes, despite the sigil matching the name, its not the correct body. Out of four times that I've been certain of the markings and revealed the matching sigil with ashes, two were correct and two were incorrect. It really does feel pretty random.

Based on my use of the ashes, I am beginning to suspect that they are used for revealing the demon's House rather than whether or not it is tied to that particular body.

[Ed]

Originally posted by Nikki:

Originally posted by Ed:

It absolutely does happen because the game is bugged for some of us, and if you click new shift instead of clicking continue the bug will fix itself. Contemplate that others can have different experiences to yourself before you write such nonsense to others.

I haven't seen a bug in identifying the body, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. It's hard to tell what is a bug or not just on how some people explain things, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not a bug and you missed something.

The last shift I finished no extra marks showed up, I had embalmed all 3 bodies, I had the name of the demon. or which body it was. One body moved, so I used the ash on that one, it caused the house symbol to appear on it's chest, and the house symbols to appear on all 3 foreheads. Using the night shift database I put the symbols on the mark took that, put it on the body where the symbol on the forehead matched the house, burned it,and it was the correct body. So far I've found that is the body you want to burn.

Yes, I know all of this already. I also did these steps 3 times when my game was bugged and all failed. When I started new shift I have yet to fail in choosing the right body.

As for the Ashes being there to reveal the Demon house. I doubt that, since the game only allows you to mark one of the 3 bodies, as if it is there as a confirmation that you have chosen the right body.

[MassivePsychosis]

I have to agree with the majority on the issue with trying to logically work out the correct body! I am pretty sure I got the name correct cause 3 out 4 sigils were solved and the house was correct, so its just a simple elimination process. I am enjoying the game a lot but there needs to be more signals or hints, cause I really felt that all the bodies were behaving strangely. I do enjoy detective style games, but I think a lot of people may get turned off, if it's too frustratingly hard...?

Also couldn't seem to work the code box in the storage room? Is there a key somewhere, cause I found an old key in the embalming room that didn't work, don't know what that key is for either? I gather the code 19704 or 197044, you obtain from the statues in the underground shelter is used with the code box?

[Lazaruz]

Originally posted by MassivePsychosis:

I gather the code 19704 or 197044, you obtain from the statues in the underground shelter is used with the code box?

Correct. Input the code and you'll get the key for the underground shelter on the outside (you'll spawn almost right next to it after one of the major events)

[ate0ate]

Originally posted by RabidRadioactiveRaccoons:

Originally posted by ate0ate:

I just wanted to reiterate that, for me, using the ashes to reveal the sigil that matches the family name of the demon is unreliable. I've played through a bunch of times experimenting with this and sometimes, despite the sigil matching the name, its not the correct body. Out of four times that I've been certain of the markings and revealed the matching sigil with ashes, two were correct and two were incorrect. It really does feel pretty random.

Based on my use of the ashes, I am beginning to suspect that they are used for revealing the demon's House rather than whether or not it is tied to that particular body.

Yeah, that is what I was starting to think so I purposely just ashed the first body to see what popped up. When I got further and could determine the correct sigil it did not match the one that appeared on the body. I have no clue how the mechanic is supposed to work at this point.

[ate0ate]

Originally posted by Nikki:

Originally posted by ate0ate:

I hear you and that does make sense, but for me that is always the last body I work that has things happening around it since events escalate as time goes on in the shift. First body I do nearly nothing happens, second body a couple things, and the third body a bunch.

I've had it where the first body had the most events and the rest didn't really do anything, and it wasn't the first body that was the right one. I also had one female body that turned into a male body for every event, but it didn't impact identifying the correct body.

I believe you, but for me the pattern I stated remains true. Over twelve shifts now and every single one has escelating activity as time goes on. First body nothing, second one or two, third a ton.

[The bachelor]

Originally posted by Nikki:

Originally posted by Ed:

Yes, I know all of this already. I also did these steps 3 times when my game was bugged and all failed. When I started new shift I have yet to fail in choosing the right body.

I don't know then. It's worked for me 4 times in a row.

Originally posted by Ed:

As for the Ashes being there to reveal the Demon house. I doubt that, since the game only allows you to mark one of the 3 bodies, as if it is there as a confirmation that you have chosen the right body.

That's how it's works for me. In my last shift (just finished another one) I had an event that showed me the house, and then when I used ashes it showed me that same house. I picked the body that had that house symbol on the forehead, and it was the correct one. I find trying to judge what body is correct by how much it moves or how many events you get around it tends to point to the wrong one, as if the demon is trying to mislead you.

ok but doesnt this prove that the mechanics of this game are wholly broken or INCREDIBLY MISLEADING.

if the game tells u. "do this and this and u will win" and u do this and this and lose only to come to the forums were people tell u. "ignore what the game is saying and follow these instructions that i found myself." which if uve been following this specifc thread everyone that comes with a solution 5 other people respond with "that doesnt work and this is what worked for me." which further leads that it really honestly is a russian roulette of a 33% chance of winning.

if the ways to win are so incredibly random that there is no sure way to properly do it then the mechanics in the game need to be reworked or the narrative needs to say "there is no proper way to do this, go with ur gut and pray."

[[HdF] Almut Grete]

I only did the demo and 2 shifts but i find it is a relativly easy elimination process.
-> with 3 out of 4 symbols you should be able to get the name, that just happens over time when running around with the sigils (heck name on computer database)
-> at least 1 if not all corpses lead you to certain "events", but you can always eliminate the ones that do not
-> posessed bodies move and well they do (some more some less; some on the table, some in the box)
-> when you take your sweet time with the 3 embalmings, you will get the house symbole from teh scribbles and from the heads of the corpses, varifiing you "name guess" (if that happens the corpse with the house symbole on the forhead is the one)

- the number of cuts, scratches, blemishes, etc. does not seem to be of interest
- the "new markings" on the bodies only come in if you take very long; if you are so far in, you should see the house marks and hae at least 3 symbols (from what i understand you also should see the house symbol in the scribbles but that means you are nearly done for)


tldr: Just do the 3 embalmings and "events" in between, while useing the sigils regularly, then burn the body that moves on its own (or rattles with teh doors, or whatever), you pick up the name on the go.

Wannna realy be sure? Just run around getting the 4th symbol and scribble a lot to get the house symbole. Be sure to embal fast anyway and keep all bodies locked in their boxes (for teh new markings and forheadmarkings to spawn in).


side note or rather a question: what are those ashes ppl are talking about? never even seen those oO

[RabidRadioactiveRaccoons]

Originally posted by HdF Almut Grete:

-> at least 1 if not all corpses lead you to certain "events", but you can always eliminate the ones that do not
...
side note or rather a question: what are those ashes ppl are talking about? never even seen those oO

Events are tied to your embalming progress, not the corpses.

The ashes are easy to miss. On the bottom of the metal rack across from the furnace, there are bags for cremated ashes, you use the bag on the furnace to get the ashes, then you use the ashes on a body to spread them, finally you use the matchbox from the little table next to the bathroom door to ignite them. How useful they are exactly is questionable due to a lack of information on their exact purpose.

[GrumpNtug]

The ashes are meant to be a very hard to learn method as basically a bonus technique. My main goal is to try and keep it an observation method but there are currently too many false positive events imo. I added some more events last patch but the next patch has a very large adjustment of these events basically removing a bunch of the false positives and moving them all over to the positive event bucket.

Might be word mush but overall, it means that what you observe will much more likely be the correct body and should keep you from having to stand there looking. My reasoning for staying with this method is a desire to keep the player involved in the events around them.

This next patch should hopefully help smooth things out a bit more. As for the walk through, that was posted at launch as apposed to a reaction to player difficulty. I wanted people to have the option experience the game and have fun with it event if they were hitting a major wall for themselves as everyone plays at different levels.

I hope this info is helpful and I'm working on smoothing out the tell events.

[Thinknoodles]

Originally posted by DarkStoneDigital:

there are currently too many false positive events imo. I added some more events last patch but the next patch has a very large adjustment of these events basically removing a bunch of the false positives and moving them all over to the positive event bucket.

I hope this info is helpful and I'm working on smoothing out the tell events.

Thanks for removing the false positives. It's been extremely frustrating to have a body trigger all kinds of events, while the other two seemingly lay still and trigger nothing and then just to get told I somehow chose the wrong body again after a good half hour of repetition of the gameplay.

It has felt way more like gambling on a 1/3 chance than actually any understanding of why it is the correct/incorrect one.

Any ETA on when this patch will be applied?

[Cheerows]

Originally posted by Thinknoodles:

Originally posted by DarkStoneDigital:

there are currently too many false positive events imo. I added some more events last patch but the next patch has a very large adjustment of these events basically removing a bunch of the false positives and moving them all over to the positive event bucket.

I hope this info is helpful and I'm working on smoothing out the tell events.

Thanks for removing the false positives. It's been extremely frustrating to have a body trigger all kinds of events, while the other two seemingly lay still and trigger nothing and then just to get told I somehow chose the wrong body again after a good half hour of repetition of the gameplay.

It has felt way more like gambling on a 1/3 chance than actually any understanding of why it is the correct/incorrect one.

Any ETA on when this patch will be applied?

Would be cool to know, I'm planning to play it in a few hours again to get the other endings