5/16/2023 0 Comments Shadows of doubt apm music![]() Mistakes are costly, but then, in a real investigation, the clock is always ticking. The slow pace of creeping through the air vent is frustrating, especially since this Steam Next Fest demo only gives you 90 minutes to solve the tutorial case. Behind me, I hear the Enforcers searching the apartment. Instead of an exit to another apartment, the shaft leads me straight down. I go right, and slowly creeping through an air vent does trigger some nostalgia - but not the good kind. I’m not an HVAC expert, but this seems like a pretty crappy circulation system. The vent doesn’t lead to the hallway or an easy escape. It’s here Shadows of Doubt‘s ambition starts to show some cracks. I clamber up as the Enforcers bust the door down, assuming I’ll be able to sneak out of the vent in the hallway and escape. In the bathroom, I find the best friend of the immersive sim player: an air vent. Scrambling for a way out, I spot a note pinned to Craig’s fridge: Olivia, Shark Sandwich Shop, tonight. I’m not a cop, so I’m trespassing - and if they catch me, they’ll kill me. I’ve got a new problem: Using the phone triggered a silent alarm, and the stormtrooper-like Enforcers are pounding on Craig’s door. I check Craig’s phone and use his nearby Citizen’s Directory (a phonebook) to trace the number to a woman named Olivia. Who killed him? And why?ĭeveloper ColePowered Games describes Shadows of Doubt as a “procedurally-generated sandbox stealth game with a city of secrets at your fingertips!” And, yep, it did that! Think Deus Ex or Dishonored, but with a wholly simulated, procedurally generated world full of citizens with apartments, jobs, routines, and relationships, living their lives in a hyper-stylized, Lego-like cyberpunk 1980s. The note said, “Find Craig Bernasconi.” I found him all right: crumpled in a gory heap in the corner of his apartment, a spent shell casing at his feet and a bloody hammer on the mantelpiece. I broke into 302 Schumacher Terrace after someone slid a note under my apartment door.
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