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January 2011
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The editors liked
Interesting story
Excellent animation
Welllocalized dialogue is actually funny.
Intriguing premise and unique gameplay mechanic
Compelling mystery that comes to a rewarding conclusion
A ton of memorable characters and great dialogue
Engaging
Often suspenseful puzzles
Terrific visual style and impressive animation.
The editors didn't like
Some levels involve more waiting than puzzling
Cutscenes are unskippable
Story gets preachy toward the end.
Gameplay doesn't evolve at all until late in the game.
Abstract: We all know that the visual novel does not enjoy the same level of success abroad as it does in Japan. Maybe it's because we would rather be mindlessly shooting zombies, robots, and terrorists. Critical thinking, logic puzzles, and most importantly, readi...
Abstract: In Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, you are Sissel and Sissel is dead. While you may think being dead is bad, there is certainly something worse than that. What's worse than being dead? Having no idea how you ended up that way! The only clue Sissel ha...
The point-and-click adventure genre has seen a dramatic decline since its golden age, and that’s partly because of its refusal to evolve with the times. What Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective brings to the table is the classic feeling of puzzle solving f...
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective proves to be another strong showing from the mind behind the Ace Attorney games, and it retains much of the charm and humor from those games while also branching out into new territory. The animations are nicely done and...
Abstract: Dead people don't get a lot done. They don't talk or argue or travel or work—unless they happen to be dead people in Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. This new logic puzzle/adventure game by Shu Takumi, creator of the Ace Attorney series, tells the st...
Abstract: There’s a conspiracy afoot, involving a pack of blue-skinned assassins, a murderer on death row, a music box, and a rookie detective who with a knack for stumbling into danger. Sissel is the one man capable of untangling the knots of this caper, but t...
Abstract: Ghost Trick isn't the first story to start off with a dead protagonist; but instead of reliving the events that lead up your death, you're taken on a journey to find out why you're dead, who killed you, and to save several other people along the way. T...
Fans of games like Phoenix Wright and The Secret of Monkey Island are going to love Ghost Trick. It's a spirited point-and-click adventure that manages to innovate in an aging genre and the animation has to be seen to be believed. Provided you're not a...
