Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 1: The Hangman
Description
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller is an engrossing narrative with truly evocative atmosphere. This chilling point-and-click adventure is a thought-provoking mystery following Erica Reed, a Boston-based FBI agent, haunted by the unsolved case of a serial killer who took her brother’s life. Taking a turn for the strange, Erica unravels her mystery with the help of her post-cognition abilities – seeing an object’s past with a touch. What unravels is a much greater, much more complex and enigmatic thriller, as it becomes clear that someone knows Erica’s secrets.
Game Features:
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Engrossing, Episodic Narrative – As a fully narrative-driven game, Erica’s story is rife with intrigue and suspense over four episodes of thrilling mystery. Supported by voiced narration, this story is truly engaging.
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Fully-Realized Characters – A very talented cast of voice actors rounds out the diverse characters with complex motivations. Each new character makes the game that much more dynamic.
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Mind-Bending Challenges – This game is easy to pick up and play, but it certainly doesn’t skimp out on the challenging aspects of puzzling. Uncovering clues and putting pieces together make for a trial of one’s intuition and savvy.
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Stunning Art – The breathtaking, hand-drawn art evokes the mood of the narrative. Intrinsic to the atmosphere of the game, dark hues paint gruesome scenes vividly.
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All-Star Dev Team – Developed by a true indie “dream team,” the lineup includes comics artist Romano Molenaar and renowned designer Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight, Gray Matter) lending her expertise to the story.
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Your Choices Matter – Each episode features branching paths, different ways to be complete and solve key puzzles, ensuring different paths for Erica to take to solve the mystery.
Customer reviews
78
Well worth the price
kaushik911 | Dec. 21, 2012 | See all kaushik911's reviews »I got this on sale at GMG, not expecting much. It really is a thriller; keeps you hooked. It's one of the better adventure games with a really intriguing art style. The storyline, character arcs, all feel very realistic, though there are times when things aren't immediately clear or things get boring. It provides a good 6 hours of gameplay - equivalent to some full length FPS games. The story is amazing; keeps it real yet manages to hook you in.
Music is average at best; but voice acting is very good. If you consider the budget of this game you should understand this is both a technical as well as aural achievement. I am looking forward to episode 2: Real thrillers; far better than most of the stuff on TV anyway. :D
Bring it on :)
82
Awesome adventure
DukePaul | Dec. 7, 2012 | See all DukePaul's reviews »This indie game offers an amazing art style, interesting plot and some very hard puzzles, the quality is very high and it feels like an adventure game from the golden age of the genre, all of this thanks to one of the developers, Jane Jensen, creator from Gabriel Knight and Gray Matter.
The music and voice acting are great and the main character is full of surprises, I don't want to say spoilers but you will see this adventure is very original thanks to the heroine of the game and the dark and thrilling story.
Right now I hope the Episode 2 will get a release date soon because this franchise looks promising.