Murder Mystery Adventure

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Murder Mystery Adventure is a single player action game with a mystery theme. It was developed by EnsenaSoft and was released on October 25, 2016. It received negative reviews from players.

Murder Mystery Adventure tells the suspenseful story of a chilling murder committed in a mysterious mansion upon the hillside at the outskirts of town. Only you can solve the crime. Only you have the wits to solve challenging puzzles to unveil critical clues. Only you have the investigative knowledge to interact with possible suspects to decide who is lying and who are innocent.

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Audience ScoreBased on 43 reviews

humor3 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game presents a murder mystery concept similar to Clue which some players find charming and engaging.
The mansion environment and visuals, while basic, have been described as beautiful or exquisite by a few reviewers.
The music and sound design fit the setting well for some players, adding to the atmosphere.

Extremely slow and frustrating movement with unskippable long transitions makes gameplay tedious and causes motion sickness for some players.
Poor graphics quality, glitchy controls, and lack of customization options result in an outdated and unpolished presentation.
Gameplay is shallow with minimal interaction, poorly designed puzzles, hidden objects that blend into the environment, and required mini-games that are difficult or not enjoyable.

graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics are generally regarded as mediocre and poorly optimized, with generic models and clipping issues, lacking resolution or fullscreen options. While some users find the visuals nostalgic or occasionally exquisite, most agree the graphics are uninspired and not up to modern standards.
- “Pros: the graphics are exquisite.”
- “While stills make the game look inviting and lush, the pre-rendered 3D graphics are static with a panoramic effect allowing you to rotate in place up to 360 degrees.”
- “You have correctly solved the crime. If this game had been made in the heyday of adventure games in the late '80s and early '90s with these graphics, it would have been a masterpiece.”
- “There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
- “Game didn't want to make a fullscreen mode and for such weak graphics it shows FPS like games with photorealistic graphics.”
- “The graphics are mediocre.”
music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's music received mixed reviews, with many players finding it bland, inappropriate for the setting, or even annoying enough to mute completely. Some noted issues with the music not turning off properly and odd choices like loud vocal tracks as ambient sounds, while a few felt the music and sound fit well overall.
- “The music does change from room to room.”
- “The music and sound fit perfectly.”
- “Sound and music rated 4 out of 5.”
- “The audio design (if you can call it that) is just bland music, which for me at least got so draining that I muted it completely, which is something I very rarely do, so you know it's bad.”
- “The music is wildly inappropriate for the setting.”
- “I have turned the music off, but the music was still playing.”
gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is generally criticized for being weak and unengaging, with persistent glitches even after updates. Players find it lacks compelling mechanics and fails to deliver an enjoyable experience compared to expectations for a 2016 release.
- “Neither gameplay nor graphics are compelling enough for a game that was published in 2016.”
- “This one, unfortunately, offers very little of any of those kinds of gameplay.”
- “The gameplay mechanics are weak.”
- “This particular mini-game is a point of contention for me because there were many glitches even after the recent update said to resolve gameplay problems.”
- “I spent more time here than in any other part of the game, but it was not fun gameplay.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is minimal and underdeveloped, offering only basic suspect interactions and evidence logging, which is disappointing for a murder mystery. Characters lack depth, and the game environment feels disconnected and uninspired. Overall, the narrative fails to engage or provide meaningful immersion.
- “Yep, that's about all that you get for the story, you can talk to the suspects which will give a detail which you log as evidence, but that's about it, which is incredibly disappointing for a murder mystery.”
- “The characters have names reminiscent of a short story from a freshman creative writing class.”
- “The story barely exists, very few things in each room are interactive, and the game environment has nothing in common with how a murder mystery should be.”
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Replayability opinions are mixed: one user finds the murder mystery adventure poorly executed with no replay value, while another praises the game for highly replayable puzzles and engaging exploration. Overall, replayability depends on the player's appreciation of puzzle variety and game design.
- “Replay value of Sleuth: it's over 9000.”
- “Replay value: 0.”
- “You move through a mansion similar to 7th Guest solving 6 replayable puzzles.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game arises from its unexpected and absurd juxtapositions, such as blending cyberpunk elements with an 1800s murder mystery, and quirky animated objects that add atmosphere without relying on supernatural themes. However, some players find the juvenile tone frustrating, especially given that similar games often discourage such humor.
- “The errors are made more hilarious by how serious things are supposed to be, like a cyberpunk guy and red-ninja girl in an 1800's murder mystery.”
- “There was a living doll, a maniacally laughing jack in the box, a book flipping its own pages, moving utensils in the kitchen... all to add atmosphere to a game premise without a supernatural element.”
- “What's especially infuriating about this to me is the fact that similar games discourage players from juvenile humor.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The grinding in this game is widely criticized as excessively tedious and frustrating, with players finding the required repetitive tasks, like collecting items to progress, to be dull and unenjoyable to the point of inducing nausea.
- “Moving around the mansion in this terrible version is frustrating, tedious, and nauseating.”
- “It was painfully tedious to struggle through the required 3 out of 5 full games to get the necessary lockpicks in order to progress.”
- “It's been a while since I've played a game tedious enough that I'd have more fun having my bones torn from my body one-by-one.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is widely criticized for poor performance, subpar graphics, and unresponsive controls, leading to a frustrating experience that many feel is not worth its price.
- “The first thing that catches your eye is awful optimization.”
- “It's poorly optimized, with horrible graphics, terrible controls, and it has a price; the devs should pay the players to play this game.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is problematic, with frequent glitches persisting despite recent updates intended to fix them. This ongoing instability negatively impacts the gameplay experience.
- “It glitches continually and sucks.”
- “This particular mini-game is a point of contention for me because there were many glitches even after the recent update said to resolve gameplay problems.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere is richly immersive, featuring eerie and unsettling details like a living doll, a laughing jack-in-the-box, and animated objects, effectively enhancing the game's mood without relying on supernatural elements.
- “There was a living doll, a maniacally laughing jack-in-the-box, a book flipping its own pages, moving utensils in the kitchen... all to add atmosphere to a game premise without a supernatural element.”

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Murder Mystery Adventure is a action game with mystery theme.

Murder Mystery Adventure is available on PC and Windows.

Murder Mystery Adventure was released on October 25, 2016.

Murder Mystery Adventure was developed by EnsenaSoft.

Murder Mystery Adventure has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its humor but disliked it for its graphics.

Murder Mystery Adventure is a single player game.

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