Sinking Island

This game is, in my opinion, extremely underrated. The atmosphere is absolutely amazing and playing it can feel oddly like taking an actual vacation. The story is solid. Making progress in a few of the later "key question" resolutions is the most troubling point worth mentioning -- one of these in particular requires an extremely counterintuitive selection of evidence to move the story forward. However, this...

81 found this helpful, 2014-12-10

The Phoenix Wright games taught me two very important things about gaming, that detective games could be amazing, and that they almost never were. Outside of those courtroom drama classics it has been terribly difficult to find games that let you gather clues and piece together answers in clever ways. That's why I was cautiously optimistic while starting up Sinking Island and learning about all the investigative and...

150 found this helpful, 2017-06-29

Recommended for fans of the genre. Not for the typical gamer. This is a murder mystery game. The story is quite good, and the solution is revealed step by step. You won't guess it right away. Positive points: + Good story. Actually quite sophisticated and nuanced + Everything is voice acted, and the voice acting is pretty good + Different and unique kind of game. You won't find something exactly like this + Great...

32 found this helpful, 2016-05-03

I bought this game after the 1 hour bug had been fixed, and everything else seems to work as it should. As a fan of this type of adventure game, I thoroughly enjoyed playing sinking island. The scenery is beautiful and the storyline kept me interested right until the end. The use of a special police computer system, used to track where suspects are on the island and collect evidence among other things, was an...

27 found this helpful, 2015-01-05

Sinking Island has a lot going for it: Very good story with a tight, sensible plotline that unfolds naturally, and realistic, intriguing characters. The voice-acting is good, and the graphics are good (for 2007). But several design choices are just so wrong that it tips the scales over into this being more chore than worth it. One of the more tedious flaws is that every time you go to question someone, you have to...

12 found this helpful, 2023-05-17

As an avid fan of point-and-click and detective style games, I loved this game! Playing it was incredibly entertaining and satisfying. You play a police inspector who is sent to a remote island to solve the murder of a money-hungry, ruthless mogul. Your job is to question all of the island's inhabitants, explore various locations, and find clues that will help you deduce the murderer's identity, means, and...

6 found this helpful, 2021-01-24