Fingered is a casual indie "hyperrealistic police sim" from the legend who brought us the Binding of Isaac. In Fingered you're give four clues by a crime victim and you have to determine who's guilty of the crime. Whoever you believe is guilty is sent to the electric chair and executed! In case you hadn't guessed, not exactly a family friendly game.

+Great art style which fits the game perfectly
+It's pretty damn funny, particularly when you look up people on the crime database and it assigns them a crime as well as a punishment
+Very good criminal variety, in an hour of gameplay I don't think I've seen the same criminal twice
+Quite a lot of different victims, each with their own unique characteristics
+As well as written clues from the victim for the criminal's appearance the criminals' names also provide clues sometimes
+After fingering a criminal the game shows you the front page of the next day's newspaper (including the news of the execution) and they're rather amusing, though they do get repeated
+A few of the victims require you to finger a criminal in a certain amount of time otherwise a random one is chosen for you adding a nice challenge every so often
+For an hour or two of entertainment (much more if you want to get all the achievements) it's well worth the small asking price
+Great sound effects and a good soundtrack both of which fit in with the feel of the game rather well

+/-I found some of the clues to be a little too ambiguous, such as "I'm positive he was light" (either meaning skin tone or body weight) though others may like the added challenge

-No fullscreen and using Alt+Enter causes the game to crash
-It does begin to feel repetitive quite quickly but considering the price that isn't too bad
-Sometimes the spotlights don't appear in the right place, it's not game breaking but it is rather frustrating

Verdict:
Worth Purchasing (8.5/10)

With a great art style, lots of humour and lots of criminal variety, Fingered is not one to pass up on, particularly at such a low price. If you're a fan of Edmund's other games or you're just looking for an amusing time waster then do yourself a favour, get Fingered!

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El K.

Fingered is a very creative and surreal indie game. The unique painting style, combined with the innovative gameplay, will undoubtedly provide players with a unique gaming experience.

The player must identify the crime's perpetrators by the information given by the witnesses. As all the perpetrators are randomly generated in the game, the player has to improvise and use his observation skills to find the only culprit out of the many pieces of information.

Although the game is very creative, there are many problems with the game itself. The descriptions of the characters are very vague and it may take a long time for the player to figure out the true meaning behind them. The gameplay itself is also very tiring, and after a short period of novelty, it may be difficult to keep players interested.

Fingered is good for a low-budget indie game, and I think it's only worth a try for those who are interested in it. However, players still should not expect too much from it.

Apparently all positive reviews for this game are 'joke' reviews.

This isn't!

For $2 you get a puzzle game with a distinctive art style, kooky music and disturbing capital punishment gameplay mechanic.

Each level consists of listening to 4 clues provided by an eye-witness (to a crime? It is unclear) which range from the lucid ('I'm positive he was tall') to the bizarre ('I think he was not a baby man'). There's a game-logic here that revolves around language rules and motifs that are coherent only within the game world. Once you've started to fathom the meaning of 'tiny' and 'chunky', 'odd' and 'manly' you progress further into the game. As you do the descriptions become increasingly unreliable, the lineup becomes obscured, you are given limited time and you end up battling yourself as much as anything.

The game uses the same sort of puzzle logic as a cryptic crossoword, and once you are tuned in to its rules and systems it all makes a lot of sense.

My only criticism is that I'd like to be able to quit a bad run (say I've accidentally clicked 'release' on the wrong person). But then there's something really quite sad and thought-provoking about watching someone you know is innocent going to the chair. I feel like the governor of Texas or something.

This isn't going to last you 60 hours, but it will comfortably occupy a weekend. At this price point, I cannot not recommend play thingy.

Its ok if you want to give Edmund a 2$ tip, but not if you are really expecting to play a good game.
All the positive reviews are just jokes.

Pros:

+ Edmund McMillen Art
+ randomly generated
+ its 2$

Cons:

- it gets old pretty fast
- its not really clear who you have to point out as the clues are so generic, like "He looks like a freak" Everybody in this game looks like a freak....even if this is some kind of political statement, its not good for a game concept
- often it would say something like "Im positive he looks like a pig" and I pointed out the only guy that had an actual pigs nose....and he was innocent. The clues are not consistent and therefore frustrating to play with
- this is basically freeware that you pay for. The community lets this one fly as it is from Edmund. If this was from anybody else, people would tear this game appart.
- the "International Crime Database" is not funny. You type in a name and the game generates a random mugshot and a crime. But they were never funny, like at all.
- no resolution, no fullscreen, no sound options, no options at all!

Edmund I love The Binding of Isaac and various other games you made, but that musnt mean you get a freepass on everything you do. I dare to say that this game is terrible and not worth the 2$. I think even the most passionate fan has to be critically thinking, not just buying everything somebody throws at us. If you wanna support Edmund, thats fine, but dont say this game is good.

Unlike the previous negative reviews, I'm gonna explain a bit in depth why I don't feel this is up to par for Edmund's standard.

Fingered is more or less a police line sim where you pick whodunit and based on the clues you'll either be wrong or right.

While some clues initially do seem hard to recognise (he looks ugly/messy/dumb/hippy/fat/goth/gay/like a bear/etc), the visual clues actually are very similar. That being said, I feel it's unfair for people to point this out as being impossible to notice; as once you do, you will always nail that visual clue down. I actually find it hard not to make it to day 10+, where the game does start to become difficult.

Looking messy will always have that person having disheveled hair, or a snotty nostril; for example. Once you get that down, the curveballs are what will usually get you. A good example is on one of the later days, a character speaks almost in gibberish for the clues.

Unfortunately, Papers Please has done this type of game far better in terms of not only visual but textual clues; and as a game as a whole. It's not a bad game, but considering who made it, (Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy!) it's quite disappointing; even despite its low price tag.

Sometimes the puzzles are pretty hard to finger out. Alright that was bad bye

✿ first five minutes: was mildly disconcerted at executing people at the fingering of a switch, stubbornly refusing to back down from my strong personal support of the death sentence *yet* (something like 90% of us singaporeans support it!), questioning the mental states of my witnesses, cursing the deliberately vague artwork, briefly contemplated thronging through the game files to delete the screaming audio files to distance myself on one dimension. even though the visuals and audio are already pretty vanilla in terms of graphic violence, and you know, it's meant to get you to think. so i soldiered on with the spirit and the glory of arstotzka. slay on!

✿ next thirty minutes: have generated a lengthy notes system. "smart" usually meant book-wielding / glasses-strapped / pencil-tucked, and "odd" was nerzha-eyed / cochineal- or algae-skinned / wrath of the ram, although i questioned negative nancy's taste in "not ugly" men on several occasions...

✿ three hours in: pretty sure i have lost my humanity and at times randomly fingering people who just plain looked mean. as edmund suggested. JUST LOOK AT 'EM YOU CAN SEE TEH GUILT. even if he leaves a chiding note in-game, "just because people look bad doesn't mean they do bad things... ugly people aren't all mean."
burning questions have welled up too. Does the pet snake / pet cheep-cheep get electrocuted, too?

+ unique edmund mcmillen graphics (finger stubs yas)
+ non-repetitive parade of suspects to sift through
+ almost-Stanley Milgram electric shock experiment experience (dehumanising included)
+ makes you feel like a massive ♥♥♥♥ everytime you flip the switch on a marginalised member of society ("wimp", "feminine", "dark", "gay", etc.). also wtf twisted canned laughter when you execute the wrong person!!

- replayability likely tapers off after a while. but hey, this costs only SGD $2.50!!!
- if you're a "system 2" thinker (deliberate and conscious), this will absolutely screw you over. everything is coasty if you're "system 1" (automatic and snap judgments), however. that may very well be another point of the game...

7/10




* as a 12 year old, i was actually summoned to a police line-up before to identify someone who committed outrage of modesty against me. it was VERY unsettling to stare at downcast scruffly people behind a one-way mirror. after a lot of trepidation and intense poring, i declared none of the choices were right. i studied later in forensic psychology that this is the reality in many cases (i.e. the guilty not in the line-up) but majority of people choose to identify someone anyway due to pressure / obligation. eyewitness accounts are also very flawed in many ways. finger that! *

i fingered so many people.

I love Edmund McMillen games - everybody should try them. This is no exception, either. Honestly, the team should charge more for this, but lol 1.87$ is funny too (187 is the Los Angeles police code for homicide, I believe).

This title is best described as a mash-up of Mike Tyson's Punchout and Guess Who (the boardgame). There is a non-random series of witnesses that all have their own quirks. For example, some only tell clues once. Some tell half-truths. Some have a time limit attached. You need to choose from a lineup of semi-random crooks. The appearance and names of the members in the lineup help you use the clues you are given to spot the guilty party. You get one continue.

Pros:
+Awesome artwork from the legendary Edmund
+Great music from Ridiculon
+Mathias is back!
+Addicting gameplay that rewards knowledge - it feels impossible at first, but like an onion skin, you peel layers back and it becomes easier and easier
+Its way too cheap

Cons:
-The non-random nature most likely limits replayability, but I have not finished the game yet, so who knows what is in store
-The game has no replay value after you finish it. I don't even feel like getting the Golden Finger achievement
-It appears that sometimes you have to guess a bit, but once again, I don't know all the details yet

Buy this, or we cannot be friends anymore.

So I know I havent played much of this game, just take my review with a grain of salt.

This game is good - for a game that cost less than $2. Having played a hell of a lot of Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy, I was super keen when I heard this game was coming out. You basically get a bunch of randomly generated faces, and four clues, and have to finger one person (in an accusatory, not sexual way) that fits the witness' description. It's basically a digital, more disturbing version of that old game "Guess Who". Only Con I can note so far is that the game won't fullscreen.

If you're a fan of Edmund McMilen and can spare $2, buy this game. Just don't expect it to completely fill the void until McMillen releases Mewgenics.