看到前面两个留言……突然也想留言了。如果用鼠标滚轮能回滚对话就好了。。

虽然对外国友人做的中国题材不能太苛刻。。
但天授二年，武则天的坐标是不是应该在洛阳
从明清穿越而来的：狄大人衣服上的盘扣，王大人的茉莉花茶，朱师傅的洋葱……

不过比起之前 某狄仁杰解谜游戏里 爱收集皇太极盔甲，继承老公县令职位的县令夫人，进步巨大

还有，解出围棋谜题后，只想说设计者出来挨打。下面是围棋+大转盘+陵墓谜题的答案：

围棋谜题答案：激活谜题后，先回书房右书架上拿一本初级围棋指南，然后你最好截个图。
把石板抽出来，然后上面写着：永恒阶梯。永恒二字是白色的，就是说只放永恒棋谱里的白棋，阶梯是黑色的，只放黑棋。。。是不是特别坑……=。=（如果我颜色说反了，你们调换一下就行，反正就是这个原理）
后面凶手家大转盘：第一转3，2，第二转：3，4，第三转：5，4
陵墓门口大转盘：土火水
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我感觉我全程都在推理制作者的脑回路……
对这个剧情真的没话说了，3个密探，被一个人干掉了……你们咋当上的密探，咋执行的任务……无语了……
这个游戏世界里的狄大人也是一言难尽，难怪天授年间还没当上宰相……
而且大理寺少卿还要去抓猫……大唐公安部业有点广啊
故事水平和那些打着破案旗号的古装偶像剧不相上下……

不仅屁话多还剧透
入手一年多才点开，买的时候没注意到是加拿大团队制作的，看见像素+侦探我就无脑冲了，今天打开之前逛评测才发现不是本土团队开发的，评测里有些许剧透让我了解到整个游戏的核心就是赞扬女性力量（忠诚 团结 不怕牺牲），作为女性虽然不喜欢游戏里夹带政治正确的私货，但是也并不排斥（往自己脸上贴金的行为）。
然而很快我就明白好几篇评测里写的所谓“出戏”“没内味儿”是怎么回事了。
如果说故事内核非常西式、人物的思考方式和语言全盘西化（譬如序章里反复提到的“签订条约”有清末内味儿了，许爹在牢里说“我爱我的祖国”，凶手在杀人现场扔绢花←这也太本格推理了，还在箱子里做了个受害人信息板←就是经常在美剧中连环杀手家里看到的那种，把我看呆了）还能忍受的话，作为线索串联起整个剧情的关键——女书，实在是让人无语凝噎，诚如另一篇测评所言，唐代女子无论是社会地位还是自由度，纵观中国封建社会历史都是个中翘楚，不仅不会禁止女子识字，甚至还专门设有女史女官（参考上官婉儿及女校书薛涛），倘若故事发生在对女子禁锢思想讲求三从四德的明清还有些可能，设定在唐代实在荒谬，整个故事依然是男人想象出来的女性当权/反抗的样子，仿佛在屈从于男性和奋起反抗杀了这帮狗男人之间再没有第三条路可走，对中国封建王朝中存续千年的“她”力量的解读过于浅薄和流于表面了。
即使故事背景设定是发生在唐朝，也只能说是发生在平行时空里的另一个唐朝，因为本作中不符合史实的情节设定以及穿越而来的器物实在随处可见，我原本想着是外国团队不应苛求太多，并不想一一列出，但是玩到后面谬误实在多到让人无法忽视，因此不得不重新开始游戏，记录下我注意到的全部错误，这并非是我有意吹毛求疵鸡蛋里挑骨头，只是客观反映我看到的问题。
1.高句丽和大唐谈判的问题
贞观十九年（645年）至总章元年（668年），唐朝多次大破高句丽与百济， 唐朝在总章元年（668年）攻灭高句丽。唐高宗时期大唐几乎每年都会摁着高句丽的头打，高句丽头铁正面刚坚决不谈判，何来剧情里高句丽不愿开战一心求和？到公元668年高句丽的狗头都被打爆了，唐军一路推到平壤，灭高句丽设安东都护府，到唐高宗驾崩（683年）之前安东都护府都存在十几年了，狄仁杰去蓬莱见得到谁啊？
2.狄仁杰并未在山东做过官，高句丽跟高丽没半点关系
狄仁杰年轻时以明经举，任汴州判佐（今河南开封），后经阎立本推荐，升任并州都督府法曹（今山西太原），任大理寺丞是高宗年间的事，武称帝时狄任洛州司马，次年升任宰相，狄任大理寺丞和武称帝在时间线上没有一丁点重合。
高句丽使节姓崔实在是思之令人发笑，大抵是听信了韩国人“高句丽是我们的祖宗”的鬼话，高句丽使节既不会姓崔/金/朴，也不会穿明代服饰，更不会佩戴朝鲜式的乌纱帽，当时的高句丽贵族普遍服鸟羽冠、兽皮冠或类似秦汉时期的巾帻折风，是富有异域风情的的民族服饰和中原地区服饰的混搭。
3.武周的首都都错了我还能说什么呢
倘若前面是我吹毛求疵不懂艺术，那这处谬误就是真的无法容忍，尽管长安是十三朝古都，是整个大唐最繁华绚烂令人神往的所在，但是在本作的背景设定中，长安只能活在追忆里，因为武则天称帝 是 在 洛 阳 ， 是 在 洛 阳 啊！！！无论狄仁杰在剧情里提及多少次长安，他都注定只能看到洛阳的人物风景，每次他感叹长安如何如何时，我都由衷地替他感到尴尬又迷惑啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊！！！
4.无处不在的道具时空错乱
位置（和出现的年代）都很奇怪的月亮门、据说是周朝遗物但形制不对材质也不是青铜的大花瓶、匾额朝里挂的大理寺、明朝才传入中国但已经挂在序章厨房里和第三章养猫大娘店里的（疑似）辣椒、频频出现的明式家具（尤其是无处不在的圈椅）、画舫宴会厅中清末才出现的圆桌（甚至还有折叠的我真的服了）、画舫里挂着的巨型折扇（典型西方想象的用途-挂墙上）、依旧是明清时期才会出现的茶壶茶杯、狄仁杰房里唐代没有的书画缸、书院兄弟头上方方正正的宋式幞头、街市上的宣传单里最早出现在清末的“功夫”一词、当时根本不存在的剧院（以为唐朝是古罗马吗？）、不可能出现在同一时代的竹简卷轴和书籍，以及从广东来的著名琵琶家周氏姐妹，这个要重点吐槽一下，两位姐姐穿着即使是像素风也能看出来是旗袍的衣服，从当时还是荒芜之地都不一定有琵琶的岭南东道来到作为琵琶最先传入地的长安，用宋以后才出现的竖抱琵琶的方式（还是一左一右抱着）弹琵琶……
哪怕稍微查阅一些有关历史背景的资料都不会犯如此多的谬误，唐代的故事背景宋代的器物明代的家具清末民初的措辞，这样的大杂烩居然还被吹捧为“比国内做的所谓国风要舒服多了”“不是国产游戏常见的凑数华容道”，看来在某些人心里不仅外国的月亮圆，外国的月饼也圆？自己无知并不可怕，可怕的是这种水平还在嘲讽别人看不懂里面的书法连母语都没学会，真的思之令人哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
推荐还是要推荐的，我只是吹毛求疵爱挑刺，又不是心眼坏[○･｀Д´･ ○]

Wer ist Detektiv Di Renjie?:
Mir sagte Di Renjie vor diesem Spiel gar nichts. Bei Di Renjie handelt es sich um eine reale historische Persönlichkeit aus China. Di wirkte im 7. Jahrhundert unter anderem als Beamter und Richter während den Tang- und Zhou-Dynastien.

Die Figur Di Renjie hielt Einzug in die chinesische Kriminalliteratur. Diese Kriminalgeschichten dienten auch als Vorlage für diverse Filme und Serien. Nun ermittelt Di Renjie erstmals in einem Point & Click Adventure.

Die Geschichte:
Inmitten anhaltender politischer Turbulenzen kommt Wu Zetian, die erste und einzige weibliche Kaiserin Chinas, an die Macht. Innerhalb weniger Monate nach ihrer Thronbesteigung schwelt die Unzufriedenheit und eine Revolution droht. Kritiker und Feinde schmieden Pläne gegen die neue Kaiserin. Vor diesem Hintergrund muss unser Protagonist, der neu ernannte Ermittlungsrichter Di Renjie, eine grausame Mordserie aufklären. Seine Ermittlungen führen ihn auf Kollisionskurs mit dem kaiserlichen Hof und der Kaiserin selbst.

Wird der junge Detektiv Di seine eigenen inneren Dämonen und seine Loyalität gegenüber dem vorherigen Kaiser überwinden? Welche Verbindung besteht zwischen den Mordopfern und den vielen politischen Geheimnissen der Hauptstadt? Di Renjie muss die Wahrheit aufdecken...

Grafik / Ton / Übersetzung:
Das Spiel hat einen Pixelart-Stil der relativ grobkörnig ist. Vielleicht nicht so extrem wie beispielsweise beim Adventure “The Darkside Detective”, aber auch nicht so detailliert, wie man es aus anderen Pixelart-Adventures kennt. Es ist irgendwo dazwischen einzuordnen. Mir hat der Look recht gut gefallen.

Eine Sprachausgabe gibt es leider nicht und leider auch keine deutsche Übersetzung. Daher muss man sich mit englischen Texten arrangieren. Mein Englisch ist nun wirklich nicht das Beste, aber es reichte aus um den Handlungsrahmen zu verstehen und das Spiel durchzuspielen.

Durch die fehlende Sprachausgabe rückt die Musik etwas zu sehr in den Vordergrund. Als dezente Hintergrundmusik hätte sie mir besser gefallen.

Kickstarter / Rätsel:
Vor dem Hintergrund, dass das Spiel mit einem kleinen Budget von 12.161 EUR über Kickstarter finanziert wurde, ist doch ein sehr anständiges Spiel dabei herausgekommen. Eine Sprachausgabe und eine Übersetzung in Deutsch wären bei einem höheren Budget durchaus wünschenswert gewesen. Die erforderlichen Stretch Goals in Höhe von $ 19.000 bzw. $ 26.000 wurden bei Kickstarter leider nicht erreicht.

Dafür sind die Rätsel ganz gut und interessant gestaltet. Die Rätsel sind aber eher moderat schwierig und ggf. so machen Adventure-Experten zu einfach. Ich hatte jedenfalls Spaß bei den Ermittlungen mit Di Renjie, mit ihm alle nötigen Informationen und Beweise zu suchen und die Mordfälle zu rekonstruieren.

Fazit:
Dieses Indie-Adventure hat mich gut unterhalten. Es erhält aber Abzüge in der B-Note, wegen der fehlenden Sprachausgabe und der fehlenden Übersetzung in Deutsch.

Bewertung: 71 %

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I would recommend it to old-school Point-Click AVG lovers, pixel-art lovers and those who enjoy Di Renjie's stories.

The downsides are:
1. The English letters looks fine, but the Chinese characters are not well polished. Those characters looks a little big, and inconsistent with UI.

2. One big fault in text, sometimes Di calls Empress Wu her name, and it is forbidden in ancient China. Also in Chinese Text Empress Wu's name is Wu Zetian (武则天), which is a common error (and please don't tell me that it is just a game), the name should be Wu Zhao (武曌) as she calls herself, 'Zetian' is the title after her death.

“忠诚和盲从的界限在哪？怎样才能维护正义？”
“排除心中疑虑，便能明晰地看见目标。我们的权力也是我们的职责，就连天子也不例外。天下百姓都在看着我们。肯思辨自然没错。权力会滋生腐败，权威也可能是盲从的根源。我们必须时刻警惕，不能湮没在扭曲的潮流中。身为执法者更应以身作则。”

听说《狄仁杰之锦蔷薇》是出自加拿大友人之手。我认为，制作团队的外国朋友对中国文化的理解和喜爱，甚至高于不少国人——质朴的古风像素画面，切合场景的中式音乐，儒道文化内涵的谜题，唐朝人的生活细节，相信是经过一定的考究。另外，相对妥帖的文言翻译以及飘逸的书法，也为游戏的代入感增色不少。而Steam评论区许多中国玩家直接以为这是国产游戏（大误会），可以看出游戏表现出来的中华文化得到了大家的认可。不过，游戏在细节上还存在少量疏漏，以下列出，谨供开发商日后在开发续作时参考：
1. 序章中的高句丽，于668年被大唐和新罗的联军灭国，直到两百年后半岛才有高丽国。这里如果要描述武后登基前的事，无论翻译为高句丽或高丽都不妥，使臣的母国应为新罗。
2. 在殿前，姚校尉因为情急而一边走路一边向武后进言，一方面不符合古中国礼仪，另一方面显得这位高官不够沉实稳重。
3. 武后的统治中心在洛阳，而非长安。她在作为皇后的35年里培植洛阳的政治势力，确立政治根基。
4. 至690年武后登基时，狄仁杰已经是一个60岁的老人，而不是青年人。（但这一点会影响剧情编排，可能是开发商作了适当的创作）
5. 洋葱和辣椒等食物是在明清时才传入中国。
6. 狄仁杰称呼蓝海峰为“蓝先生“，不符合蓝海峰的身份。古中国的先生并不等于对男性的称呼“Sir”，而是对学问有成就者或医者的尊称，比如李清照先生、冰心先生等。对于武将出身的年轻人蓝海峰，在此称为蓝卿或蓝君即可。
7. 画舫“祥云号” 的命名方式不符合古代标准，唐代交通工具取名应为两字的组合，加上“号”字是近代化的命名方式，西学东渐后才开始有某某号的叫法。另外，剧院也是近代词汇，金门剧院应称为“金门乐棚”。（这两个名称也可能是翻译问题。）
8. 集贤书院柜台的小牌子上写道“此时无声胜有声”，该句出自白居易的《琵琶行》，而白居易是在狄仁杰死后72年才出生的人，因此，在这里属于穿越。其次，开发商取该句的字面义，与原文意境不符，原文是“大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私语。嘈嘈切切错杂弹，大珠小珠落玉盘。间关莺语花底滑，幽咽泉流冰下难。冰泉冷涩弦凝绝，凝绝不通声暂歇。别有幽愁暗恨生，此时无声胜有声。银瓶乍破水浆迸，铁骑突出刀枪鸣。曲终收拨当心画，四弦一声如裂帛。东船西舫悄无言，唯见江心秋月白。“当然，这也不是不可。
9. 狄仁杰为官清正廉洁，竟然“四处偷东西“，好像不太妥当，但作为游戏也可以理解。我之前玩过一款叫《风之幻想曲》的游戏，虽然游戏中大部分物品都设置了互动，但作者为了表现主角正直的性格，没有加入在别人家偷东西功能（只能在自己家里偷）。不过，作为推理类游戏，没有这个功能会逊色不少。
10. 部分人物的命名方式明显比较现代化，不过作为游戏也情有可原。

接一下，聊一下游戏本身。
游戏的谜题难度适中，需要一定的观察力，否则可能会卡关。有些线索会隐藏在地毯的褶皱或墙上痕迹，可用鼠标指一下看似特别的位置，如果有显示名称，则可能是线索。另外，操作方式有待改进，比如物品栏，需要用鼠标指着画面靠上方的位置才会弹出，我认为有可优化的空间。
游戏的玩法集中在线索收集，需要推理的部分较少，或者说答案明显。流程上主要是调查、搜集、质询等几个部分组合而成。所有的玩法都在引导和铺陈剧情，故事情节在编排上可以说是相对考究，在细节中留下了不少悬念和暗线。人物的语言和行为也有良好的表现，无论是作为主角的狄仁杰和武后，抑或是配角的姚仵作、姚校尉等，都能做到惟妙惟肖，将人物性格和命运娓娓道来。游戏的文本量不少，内涵足够，没有用玩法或过大的场景搪塞，几乎没有多余的角色，这一点比《OneShot》做得更好，实在难能可贵。故事的逻辑虽然存在漏洞，但整体合理，加上良好的铺陈，让几个事件交织成的一个阴谋，让人最终有较好的体验。因此，我认为无论谜题和推理如何，代入感不错，剧情足以引人入胜。
开发商能够辨证地看待狄仁杰、武则天、韩思东等人，每个人都有背景、有感情、有苦衷，而不是幼稚的非黑即白。
狄仁杰聪明正直、明察秋毫，但终究不能左右大局，甚至可能只是围棋局中的一枚棋子——是孙英的棋子，是韩思东的棋子，也是武后的棋子。天道苍苍，人力有限，尽力而为，但求不忘初心、不越底线、不违道德。
武后不失为一代英主，为中华的发展立下不可磨灭的功勋，但她有残忍的一面。人都是矛盾体，坚强的武后也是有血有肉，会高兴、会愤怒、会落泪，还有知心至交。无字碑历尽风雨沧桑，功过是非众说纷纭。然而，她的顾全大局以及雄才大略，足以让她留名汗青。

Summary：7.8

荷兰外交家高罗佩先生的 《大唐狄公案》使狄仁杰成为了欧美人最熟悉的中国历史人物。《大唐狄公案》是一个系列的故事，出于欧美人对推理故事和狄公的喜爱，我觉得这部游戏也有成为一个系列的潜力。况且，游戏的序章留下了梁家灭门的伏笔，希望能看到《Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders》的续作。

2020.10.25

The best point and click adventure game I have played in a long while. A really gripping story full of twists and turns that will keep you entertained to the end.

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👍Gripping Story
👍 Wonderful music
👍Great atmosphere
👍 Achievements and Trading Cards

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👎Sometimes the scene music felt repetitive and annoying


Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders is a point and click adventure game set in ancient China.
As the newly elected magistrate of the province you are tasked to investigate a murder of a high ranking official.

I wasn’t familiar with Detective Di before I started playing. Detective Di Renjie, is a Chinese television series based on gong'an detective stories related to Di Renjie, a Tang dynasty magistrate and statesman. The show was aired between 2004-2010 and the game is based on the television series.

As usual with point and click adventure games you will need to examine all objects on screen. During these examinations you will learn a bit about Chinese history. It is effective in immersing you within the lore and along with the wonderful music, transports you back to a bygone time.

I never felt that I needed help in large amounts. I had to use a guide on one puzzle which was a riddle I didn’t understand but apart from that I solved all puzzles. I did need a helping hand on a couple of occasions in the last chapter but overall the game really hit the sweet point between being not too easy and not too challenging. The game took me roughly 8 hours to complete.

The title music is wonderful. When I first started the game, I was so impressed that instead of diving into the story I actually listened to the whole song before it repeated. There are some nice sound effects in the game and most scenes have their own background tune. Some of these tunes were great but some were annoying and they repeated every time you revisited the scene. In some puzzle scenarios and scenes where I spent a lot of time investigating or thinking, I had to turn the sound off as it became annoying.

The graphics are an odd 2d pixel style which makes everything look blurry but manages to create detail at the same time. The graphics do succeed in creating an ancient Chinese theme and also portray drama when animation is warranted.
Characters are all voiced by text speech and at no time does anyone audibly speak. Therefore, there is a lot of reading in this game. The font is the old-style font you’ll likely to see in games like Monkey Island. Sometimes I had to read text again as I felt it looked a bit blurred but it never ruined the enjoyment of the story.

I’ve left the best to last as the story is the most enjoyable tale I have experienced for a long time in a point and click adventure game. I don’t want to give any of the plot away but it was full of intrigue, twists and drama. The text was very well written. I’m not usually a fan of adventure games with lots of text but at no point did I feel bored reading it and it was very successful at building the plot gradually to a climatic ending. Very well done indeed.

If you like point and click adventure games then I can highly recommend this one at full price. I would urge you to buy this and don’t miss out.

Behind every good adventure game lies a decent story and this game certainly does not disappoint. Wow. I felt at the end that I had experienced it all with Detective Di.

The story was full of emotion. You felt like you got to know all the characters because Di thoroughly interrogates his suspects asking them all about their backgrounds. The characters are all known to us at the end and we almost begin to form alliances with some and hatred towards others. The story worked so well because I cared about the characters within.

The plot was amazing too, full of twists and turns and dramatic scenes. It kept me guessing right up until the end and it was a very satisfactory story which I really enjoyed. I would say it is one of the best stories I have experienced in a point and click adventure.

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Gameplay is the usual fare where you will need to examine everything on screen. Unfortunately, there is no key to highlight active objects (whether you want it or not) but personally I believe this is a good omission. Others might argue it would be nice to have the choice maybe appealing to a younger audience or help when you’re stuck.

You have an inventory and are able to pick up certain objects. Once in your inventory you can examine them further to reveal extra clues or even combine items in your inventory to make new objects. Solving some puzzles involve you combining items.

There are quite a few different puzzles to solve. Some are side quests you need to complete for characters before they will talk to you and some are puzzles you will need to gain entrance to buildings. The puzzles were just difficult enough to appear challenging and were rewarding to complete. There was one puzzle that annoyed me at the time but on reflection it was perfectly feasible. In fact, all the puzzles were logical and all completely solvable after a thorough investigation of all the clues. I think this was part of the charm of the game. You felt like a detective.

Obviously, there is a lot of interrogation in the game and you will spend most of your time talking to characters. You will get to know them very well. Uncovering new evidence may reveal new lines of enquiry with certain characters so you’ll end up revisiting the same scenes trying to find that crucial bit of evidence.

Di will need to walk the whole length of the scene to exit but a double click will make him run meaning he’s never on screen long enough to annoy. There is a map where you can fast travel to places once they are discovered.

Discovering important clues vital to the investigation will be placed on your deduction board. There’s usually about six vital clues you will need to solve the case. Once your deduction board is full, a reenactment of the murder is provided where you will need to answer questions to complete. If you get the question correct the reenactment continues, if you get the question wrong, the scene is replayed. There is no penalty for guessing wrong however.

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There is a wonderful title track which I kept listening to over and over. The in-game music is very oriental and fits perfectly within the Chinese theme. The sound effects are also very good if not a little repetitive in places.

The characters do not speak at all. All speech is text based.

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Using the Unity engine and distinctive 2d hand drawn pixel art, the scenes are beautiful if not a bit vague. It really is an odd combination but it works really well. It was reminiscent of games I used to play on the Commodore 64 but at a much higher level.

There were some really clever animations and the artwork created a wonderful depiction of ancient China. It was all very colourful and bold and even though it seemed a bit blurred there was some incredible detail also. In some places it had me mesmerized.

Priced at £8.29 for around 8 hours of playtime it comfortably fits within the pound an hour scenario. I thoroughly enjoyed all 8 hours of playtime so I can happily recommend this at full price.

I have no hesitation whatsoever about recommending this game to point and click adventure fans. This is the most fun I’ve had playing an adventure game for a long time. If you enjoy the genre then I urge you to go out and buy it.

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以狄仁杰作为主角的游戏是真的少见。狄仁杰作为一名名声响亮的大侦探广泛活跃于各种影视、小说中，但正因为他莫大的名气，想设计出一个符合其身份、历史背景的优秀案件无疑是十分困难的，但《狄仁杰之锦蔷薇》却完美的达成了以上的几点，既符合人物的形象，整体游戏也极具可玩性。

说到狄仁杰，我们就会想起一句“元芳，你怎么看？”的话语，可惜在这里也许是因为狄大人刚刚新官上任，元芳还没来自荐吧，因此寻找案件线索（捡木头、挖墙脚、搬动衣柜）时狄大人都只能亲历亲为，可以说是当官当到这个份上，也有够惨的了。虽然你也有验尸官、捕快等手下，但根本使唤不动啊！对此，元芳你怎么看？啊，抱歉，我忘了你现在连个可以吐槽的人都没有。

大唐天授二年，武则天即位，成为了中国历史上唯一的一位女皇帝，而我们的故事也是始于此。高宗末期，女帝武则天秘密组建了以女性作为杀手、耳目的组织：锦蔷薇，她们以女书为暗号，发誓不惜一切推武则天上位。游戏剧情是连贯着的，加上序章一共是四个章节，但与其说这是四个案件，倒不如说是一个完整案件的四个不同片段。

游戏画面我是真的想要吐槽一下！像素风，这本身并没什么问题，游戏也通过像素风还原给了我们一个古风古色的社会环境，历史感说扑面而来有点夸张了，不过却也是十分合格的。但是！！为什么这些青楼艺妓、剧场琴女都只能看到一个大致的身体轮廓啊！大唐以肥为美我是知道的，但你不能更精致一点，将脸部也还原出来，不然我只能感到这些美人都是身圆体胖的大妈...

背景配乐单独来说还行，每个场景都有专属的音乐，但是场景转换时音乐的转折却略显突兀，不太自然。

与其说这是一个侦探游戏，倒不如说这是个点击解谜游戏，通过查看与互动两种方式一步步深入谜题。最终收集齐要素，开始推理，重现案件发生过程。游戏中大量的运用了八卦、围棋等中国传统元素，这很有趣的同时但也增加了部分解谜关卡的难度，能否像《达芬奇之家》一样增加一定的任务提示或者指引呢？

留意案发现场的每一个细节，分析物品、人物之间的关联性。破案需要多方取证，所以游戏中的还有地图这一设定，可以自由前往地图上目前可前往的地区，游戏的额外内容（比如抓猫）也使得游戏整体更具可玩性。

书信、手稿中的书法苍劲有力，可以说是整个游戏中的点睛之笔，极大程度的提高了游戏整体的艺术性。但是却也存在部分难以辨认的情况，能不能考虑增加个更方便阅读的打印版呢？（比如点击一下手稿在其上浮现出打印版这一方式）

游戏中场景切换的动画场景还算不错，优美别致。

为了增加游戏的紧迫感（比如最后一章陵墓处）是否可以考虑增加个解谜倒计时呢？

希望在开始菜单处增加章节可选功能，只能读取存档极大的影响了后续重复体验章节案件的可能。

新手引导有一定欠缺，一开始不知道怎么开启背包、存档等。

多次使用鼠标点击一个地方可以使人物跑动起来，但是跑动过程中游戏画面会出现卡顿。

游戏总流程大约为4-5小时，强烈建议新增后续dlc。

跪求增加人物配音啊！

I do not regret backing this game, and I feel slightly guilty for giving it a bad review when so many of its components are high-quality...but when the actual plot is put on hold so you can play a drum for a deer so it will let you climb up a metaphorical stairwell that doesn't even exist outside of your dreamscape...or you have to put fish on a stolen umbrella and combine the umbrella with a chair to lure down a cat so the cat's owner will deign to answer the questions of you, a medieval-era inquisitor who could have her whipped for literally no reason AND is racing against time to save someone's life...or you have to find a hammer and a chisel and combine them to smash a brick behind which a conveniently located bird showed you is a medallion you have to give to a boy so he'll tell you who he saw murder his pal...it starts to feel less like a plot and more like an excuse for contrived, illogical puzzles.

The pixel-hunting is worse. If you don't specifically examine the following miscellanea- a rain puddle beneath a window, a tiny wooden shard, a slightly askew corner of a rug, old leaves scattered on the ground- your investigation immediately and inexplicably grinds to a halt because the writers didn't feel like giving you the necessary event flags. Everything is interconnected, but not in the way of a good thriller. This is the way of an author who simply doesn't provide any details irrelevant to whatever the protagonist is doing at that moment. Di succeeds not because of good detective work, but because of serendipitous witnesses, a self-sabotaging killer and- in one particularly egregious instance- the fact that an obstructive mourner's sister isn't really dead but escaped into the countryside, which Di is luckily around to figure out because said mourner happened to be carrying an encoded letter at the exact moment we needed to persuade her to move. You can have all the clues telling you where to go, but until the plot has stretched itself out sufficiently, you won't be doing anything. Conversely, once you're supposed to do something, Di will eagerly confront suspected murderers/terrorists/blackmailers in their lairs all on his lonesome.

Everything other than the gameplay is good. The music is compelling, the writing evocative (even when it's covering over obvious filler subplots), and the backgrounds beautifully detailed and painstaking. Maybe too much so- the latter made it harder to figure out whether I'd missed a clue somewhere or just needed to combine stuff in my inventory instead. If it were a visual novel and not an adventure game, I know I would've given it a positive review. But it is a game, and I don't want to spend a game spearing fish guts, manually navigating my character through doorways, and jumping through sidequest hoops so people will feel like helping you protect them from a murderer. I'm sorry.

Is this game a masterpiece? Maybe.

It definitly is a captivating mystery story, in which you take the role of Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator. Solve the murder of Korea's ambassador to China, or war between the two countries will erupt. No stress, it's just the lifes of thousands that depend on your investigative skills.

The game is not for kids. It takes place in a city full of political intrigue and backstabbing, and you follow the trail of a series of gruesome murders. The story contains some narrative twists, so you won't get bored.

You advance the story with classical point 'n click gameplay with dialogue choices, interaction with objects, and puzzle-solving. Beautiful pixel graphics and well-written dialogue (no voiceovers, though) make this thrilling point 'n click adventure a joy to play.

Conclusion:
Immersive political murder mystery in ancient China.

还可以的一款外国人制作小游戏，虽然有很多诸如旗袍啦、明清风格的地砖啦、西式风格的坟包啦等等的细节真是一言难尽……
流程挺短，但是有的地方操作上的提示程度不够，好几个地方纯粹因为不知道接下来该干什么而卡关，还是很头疼的。
最大的困惑就是那个梦境，也太超现实主义了一点吧？