A good murder mystery keeps its audience engaged, on edge, and guessing incorrectly until the killer is revealed. As the puzzle pieces come together and the list of suspects narrows, our vested interest in the mystery almost always turns into a competition of trying to be one step ahead of the...

Frustrating and unrewarding crime solving surrounded by inconsistent gameplay systems.

Salem's witchy history is interesting and well explored

The police work is either overly simple or frustratingly illogical; A story which promises a decent amount; but falls away badly

Murdered: Soul Suspect has the distinction of being the first next-gen game to have a dead protagonist (and also having the worst title this gen to date). Ronan is a detective, fedora and all, who has been caught up in a dastardly plot in Salem, Massachusetts and is murdered at the outset of the...

+ Ghostly gameplay a bit novel + Salem is a good setting

- Gameplay best described as "adventure-light" - Very short - Story tries but just can't establish itself

The adventure game has arguably died. With a couple of recent exceptions such as L.A. Noire and Broken Age , the genre has been left in the dust by bigger, more instantly gratifying shooters and platformers.

If Murdered: Soul Suspect had been released in, say, 2004, gamers might be speaking about it in quiet, fond tones, reminiscing about how it broke new ground for console adventure games and presented the kind of story you didn't see often enough in those days.

Driven by its story, fans of Quantic Dreams' ' Beyond: Two Souls ' and 'Heavy Rain' are certain to find 'Murdered: Soul Suspect' appealing. The setting, characters, and not- altogether-foreseeable-plot twist, truly set this game apart.

A ghost of a chance.

Lots of interesting stories to piece together; Great sense of empathy as you learn why people passed away

Dull combat encounters; Lots of bugs and glitches; Severe tonal shifts

The Mystery Is Puzzling

Murdered Soul Suspect is a game that is hard to recommend in terms of gameplay and due to a lack of substantial content

I purchased this game based on a couple of clips I watched on You Tube. It seemed like it would be a pretty good RPG with a decent story at the time.

Decent Story

Gameplay Lacking