Gamedec Review

Take on the mantle of a detective that specializes in solving crimes within virtual worlds in Warsaw City. As a Gamedec it is up to you to solve the cases presented to you, but you will get to do so as you see fit. This game is all about allowing the player to shape the character to their play style. You will be put into situations where your decisions will give you different trait points which you can then use to unlock different characteristics that will allow you different options of interaction throughout the game. 

As you progress through the game you will be exploring both the real world (or Realium) and several different virtual worlds (or Virtualium) all with different themes and twists. The main focus of the game will be on interacting with NPCs and getting information pertinent to the case you are currently working on. The interesting thing about this game is that when you have collected enough information you can draw your own conclusions to questions about the case. Once you’ve made that conclusion there is no going back, the story will continue so understand that your decisions have lasting effects. This mechanism definitely makes you, or at least it made me, really think before I leapt to some of my decisions. These decisions will also have lasting effects with NPCs that  interact with them, so the chance for the exact same playthrough is pretty slim if you decide to take different approaches to your cases.

I kind of stumbled upon this game one day and decided to take it for a spin. Once I got a feel for the game I couldn’t put it down and aggressively played through the game from start to finish. I ended up putting just over 9 hours into it, and I have to say that there were only a couple of parts to the game where I lost my cool because I wasn’t able to do everything I wanted to do. My biggest obstacle in this game was that I tended to approach situations in a very similar fashion which meant that I racked up some serious trait points, however in order to unlock the different characteristics (professions) I was left scrambling to figure out how to get that 1 extra point. The sad reality is that you can’t create additional interactions to gain those extra points so you will have to deal with some less than informed situations where you’re going to have to really take an intuitive leap and hope that it doesn’t come to bite you in the ass later. 

If you’re looking for a game full of battles and fast paced action, this is not going to be for you, but if you’re looking for a game that has a ton of twists and turns, and really feels like your decisions mold a unique experience for you, you’re going to want to check this game out. It’s well worth the entry fee, and like I said there’s always the replay factor to think about.