Detective games get extra cryptic with TR-49’s code-breaking mystery
We're living in a pretty great time for detective games. Over the last few years, developers have been experimenting with all kinds of different ways of turning the act of investigation into a compelling game, which has led to the likes of Her Story, Return of the Obra Dinn, and the Golden Idol seri...
We're living in a pretty great time for detective games. Over the last few years, developers have been experimenting with all kinds of different ways of turning the act of investigation into a compelling game, which has led to the likes of Her Story, Return of the Obra Dinn, and the Golden Idol series, to name just a few. Now you can add TR-49 to that list - a game that builds on the genre by introducing a bizarre code-breaking computer.
Developed by Inkle, the studio behind 80 Days and Heaven's Vault, TR-49 is confounding from its very first moments. When you start the game you have no idea what's going on - and neither does your character …