When comparing Return of the Obra Dinn vs Detective Grimoire, the Slant community recommends Detective Grimoire for most people. In the question“What are the best murder mystery video games?” Detective Grimoire is ranked 7th while Return of the Obra Dinn is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Detective Grimoire is:
The whole game is laid out in an intuitive manner, from the menus to traversing each level. What's more the player is able to easily see where they need to go through highlighted objects on the map as well as receive hints when stuck.
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Pros
Pro Interesting art style
Using a dot matrix art style sets the game apart in looks from just about anything made before. A throwback to classic games but rendered in a 3D modern view.
Pro Easy to navigate
The whole game is laid out in an intuitive manner, from the menus to traversing each level. What's more the player is able to easily see where they need to go through highlighted objects on the map as well as receive hints when stuck.
Pro Well written and acted
The characters are fleshed out well through good writing and great voice acting, which makes for an immersive experience that feels believable even though the games story is a bit outlandish.
Cons
Con Not released yet
While a demo is available the game is still in heavy development and no release date has yet to be set.
Con Could be more challenging
Traditionally point and click adventure games have a difficult edge to their puzzles but sadly Detective Grimoire contains puzzles that are often easy, making for not much of a challenge for those that are fans of the genre.
Con Poor mix of easy children aimed content and an adult theme of murder
The games looks may appeal to children but sadly the content contained withing revolves around murder, which is not much of a kid friendly topic.