Investigating your own murder in extraordinary mediocrity.

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.

First things first, it is genuinely nice to see an almost new type of game, far away from FPS, Driving and Sports games that seem to dominate this and the last generation. The story is pretty good, as you play Ronan O'Connor, a man who has been brutally murdered.

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 with absolutely no hype behind it, and that's pretty sad, in my opinion, because this is a very enjoyable and fresh take on a genre that hasn't strived in quite a while.

For all its shortcomings, Murdered remains an enjoyable romp. The lack of direct combat never becomes an issue, and the pacing of the main plot is just right. What immersion is lost through lazy NPC behaviour and limited interaction with the world is gained back by dint of the wonderfully sinister...

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...

And it's that underdog likeability that rescues Soul Suspect from the lower reaches of the score table. It's a Good 6, that delightful strata of games that stumble in the technical aspects, but compensate with personality and charm, somehow all the more enjoyable for their imperfections.

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