Murdered : Soul Suspect is a game developed by Airtight games. The game is all about "ifs". If the game is to be criticized I will criticize it on poor combat, short length, lack of replay value and lack of difficulty. In the prologue of the game the setting of the game comes forward. In the game you are an ex-con turned Cop. Who was shot by a serial killer (i.e. the bell killer) while pursuing him turn into a soul and try to solve you murder mystery.
Murdered : Soul Suspect takes place in the American town of Salem. The game is played in a third person view. The player navigates the protagonist, Ronan, around Salem and buildings and areas within the town such as a church, an apartment and a graveyard, completing levels to progress further into the game. There are over 400 collectables in the game, including ghost girl messages to scraps of paper with information about Ronan's life. Since the player is a ghost, they have a number of ghostly abilities, such as teleportation and possession. Each area has clues to collect to progress through the level and story.
Storyline :
In Salem, Massachusetts, Detective Ronan O'Connor is thrown out of a window while pursuing the brutal and relentless serial-killer the Bell Killer, who finishes Ronan off by shooting him. Revived as a ghost, Ronan meets the spirit of his long-dead wife Julia, who informs him that he cannot join her until he completes the unfinished business binding him to the living world. Ronan investigates his murder, and gains instruction into his new ghostly abilities from the ghost of Abigail, a young Puritan-era girl. The investigation leads to a local church to find a young girl, Joy, who witnessed Ronan's murder and possesses the ability to see ghosts.
In search of her missing mother Cassandra, who was consulting with the police on the Bell Killer case, Joy refuses to help Ronan. He travels to the police station, freeing Joy after she is arrested for petty crimes. While leading Joy out of the station, Ronan discovers that Baxter, a hostile fellow officer, was the person working with Cassandra. Cassandra's research leads the pair to the Salem graveyard to investigate a possible Bell Killer victim. After pursuing the ghost of the young drowned girl, Sophia, Ronan's abilities allow him to view flashbacks of the murder. Sophia reveals that the Bell Killer asked her about a contract.
Cassandra's research leads the pair to a mental hospital to find the Bell Killer's surviving victim, Iris. Infiltrating the facility, they find Iris possesses the same ability to see ghosts, and realize the Bell Killer is killing psychic mediums. It is revealed that Iris is possessed by the spirit of her sister, Rose, whom the Bell Killer burned alive after she helped Iris escape. Rose, Iris, and Joy return to the church, while Ronan investigates a museum exhibit about the Salem witch hunts. There, he deduces that the Bell Killer is executing his victims as if they are witches; psychic flashbacks reveal that Baxter suspiciously concealed evidence at the museum about the Bell Killer. Believing Baxter is the Bell Killer, Ronan leaves the museum, but notices several police cars heading towards the church.
At the church, Ronan learns that the Bell Killer attacked the building, crushing Iris to death, and slaughtering several people who stood in his way. Although Joy is safe, she is re-arrested and taken away by Ronan's brother-in-law Rex, the lead detective on the Bell Killer case. Investigating the church, Ronan realizes that the Bell Killer is hiding in the derelict Judgment House. There, Ronan discovers evidence of the Bell Killer's activities, and clues implying that the killings have been occurring for hundreds of years. Ronan discovers Baxter's corpse; Baxter's ghost reveals he was murdered by the Bell Killer while secretly still investigating the case following his demotion, alongside Cassandra, who is still alive. In the basement, flashbacks reveal that Abigail had been imprisoned there before she was hanged as punishment for accusing several innocent people of witchcraft, resulting in their deaths. In anger, Abigail drew a bell symbol on the floor, swearing that she will never stop until the bell tolls for all of the witches in Salem, believing they made a contract with demons to gain inhuman powers.
Following the evidence, Ronan returns to the museum to discover that Rex is the Bell Killer, having been possessed by Abigail. As he prepares to hang Joy, Ronan manages to force Abigail out of Rex, and the pair battle by inflicting painful memories on each other; these memories reveal that Abigail has possessed many people to become the Bell Killer, before killing the possessed themselves, including Baxter, who she used to kill Rose, and Ronan, who killed Sophia. Abigail summons a portal of demons to swallow Ronan, but he manages to escape it while simultaneously dragging Abigail in; she is submerged as the portal fades. Joy is saved and later reunites with her mother, and Rex remains unaware of the crimes committed using his body. In the aftermath, Ronan hears Julia calling him, and turns towards her voice.
Game Mechanics :
The game doesn't have many interesting mechanics but to influence people by possessing them is a bit interesting but it also could have been used in a better way. For enemies you have creatures who can kill you and to escape them you have to hide your signs. To kill them you have to get behind them in stealth and initiate a murdering sequence. This makes the game stealthy. You can also walk through walls which fits well in the ghostly theme.
Graphics and System Requirements :
The game graphics are well and they are the only point which raises the game ratings to a fair level. The game requires at least the following requirements to be met by your PC :
| CPU: | High-Performance Dual Core CPU or Quad Core CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+) |
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| CPU Speed: | Info |
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| RAM: | 2 GB |
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| OS: | Windows Vista (64-bit) |
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| Video Card: | AMD Radeon HD 3870 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB VRAM) |
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| Sound Card: | Yes |
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| Free Disk Space: | 12 GB |
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But we recommend the following requirements to be met by your PC :
| CPU: | Intel Core i7-920 or AMD FX-4100 |
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| CPU Speed: | Info |
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| RAM: | 4 GB |
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| OS: | Windows 7 (64-bit) |
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| Video Card: | AMD Radeon R9 270 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (1 GB VRAM) |
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| Sound Card: | Yes |
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| Free Disk Space: | 12 GB |
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Price Of the Game : RS.999
Developer : Airtight Games
Publisher : Square Enix
Platform : PC, PS 3, PS 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Contact : info@expressgames.in
Release Dates :
Release Dates :
- June 5, 2014
- June 6, 2014 [ European Union ]
- July 17, 2014 (exc. PC) [ Japan ]
- September 4, 2014 (360,XONE) [ Japan ]
Our Rating - 72/100
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