Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure is a detective, story rich and mystery game
developed and published by Team Tetrapod.
Released on April 30th 2023 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 5 languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 2,864 reviews of which 2,721 were positive and 143 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel I3 2.0Ghz +
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 capable GPU
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: High Sierra 10.13 +
- Processor: Apple M1 or Intel I5 1.4Ghz +
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000 +
- Storage: 3 GB available space
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Staffer Case is a point-and-click detective mystery game about using supernatural powers to solve crimes. The atmosphere is great, and the plot is satisfying, including a handful of surprises. **This is a spoiler-free review** It took about 14 hours to complete all branching paths of all five stories. The main gameplay loop involves reading dialogue until you reach an investigative minigame. The main ones include a sort of lie detector interrogation, a forensic analysis of physical evidence, and a power that lets you read the recent memories of an object. Using these clues combined with the dialogue, you'll make "deductions" to piece together the truth and advance the story. The difficulty of the various deductions is on the easy side compared to similar games like Phoenix Wright, but there were one or two moments I referred to an online guide to help me find the solution to an obscure deduction. Overall, it was a very satisfying experience that left me feeling good about connecting the dots successfully. There is a lot of dialogue in this game, and there are no dialogue choices. You just read it, click to the next, read it, click again, repeat. The dialogue itself is fairly well written, and the characters and writing are engaging enough that I never felt the need to skip past dialogue to get to the next deduction. The plot is interesting and the twists are satisfying. There are multiple layers to the various stories, which grow in complexity as you progress from one to the next. At times, the game fools you into thinking it's being predictable, just to throw a wrench into the works and keep you guessing. The music is awesome, if a bit repetitive. Looking back on my playthrough, there can't have been more than a handful of tracks, but they're all very catchy and set the mood excellently. I wish there was an option to purchase the soundtrack as a DLC. Overall, I'd recommend this game to anybody who likes the sound of a magic-powered detective game with a Victorian-era vibe and doesn't mind a bit of reading.
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If you have any interest in detective games, PLEASE get this game. I played the demo while randomly trowling through Steam, and I was NOT prepared for what I was in for. This game is genuinely amazing. Amazing story, characters, worldbuilding, and the cases are all really solid, too. What I love the most is easily the worldbuilding. The world of Staffer Case is so fascinating and I would love to see more of it. They do have a spinoff game that tackles the world from another story, but I can't wait for this game to get a sequel. To Team Tetrapod: Amazing work! Please keep it up and make more amazing stories for us!
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God I love this game so much. Honestly, probably my favorite rendition of "The world but a fraction of the people have super powers" trope. It is so... depressing basically all the time. It made me cry many many times. And that was amazing. Other than some translation stuff and the music not being the best for most visual novels (still very good, just a small selection of pretty good songs, not like most vns), I just think that this game is amazing. Case 4 is a complete mind fuck in the best way, and just some of my favorite storytelling in general. If absolutely anything, at least play the demo, though the full game is definitely worth it.
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This game is, in my opinion, a hidden gem for anyone who loves logic deduction and detective fiction. You can tell it is heavily inspired by Ace Attorney, especially in how one of the main gameplay is listening to testimonies and finding contradictions. The way the game uses the magic abilities of its setting as part of the logic puzzles is interesting and sets it apart from its peers. Just the fourth case alone makes this game worth its price tag, that mystery and the way it unfolds is just incredible. I'm not exaggerating when I say I got chills from finishing that case. Not only does every mystery require you to understand the magic powers at play on a technical level, but you also use powers to gather clues. See even though the main character, Notrick, has no powers other than that of deduction, his colleagues all have their own special powers that can provide unique information that you use to solve every mystery. The story is also quite interesting. I would say there is one case that feels like filler, but even then every case serves a larger purpose of world building and teaching both Notrick and you, the player, about this fantastical world setting. You also get to know the cast of characters better through the cases and learn about their motivations. The final case touches on all of these things and wraps everything up narratively. Though on that note, the game does have its flaws. The final case, though providing a satisfying story, falls a bit short on its logic deduction puzzles as some of them feel a bit too simple or even superfluous. And throughout the game there are times where it can be hard to understand what the game is asking of you for a puzzle which is frustrating. The UI for the deduction puzzle also took a bit for me to get used to. I also wish the game was longer or had a proper sequel (there is a spinoff game out right now). Though honestly that just speaks to how much I enjoyed the game and its world. In conclusion, this game is hardly perfect but what it does do well makes it a diamond in the rough. I would recommend it to anyone who loves mystery stories, or anyone who loves thinking about supernatural powers on a technical level. I hope this game gets a sequel because it really deserves one!
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It's a really good mystery game with an unusual setting. The game makes a surprisingly full use of both its world and characters, and has pretty complex mysteries that can throw you with their twists while still being understandable. Most of the reviews currently here are from before the English translation, so for anyone wondering about that: the localization is excellent, both from a grammar and writing standpoint.
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Developer
Team Tetrapod
Publisher
Team Tetrapod
Release
30 Apr 2023
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