Others - Completed - Mindwipe Castle [Final] [Changer]

Summary: I played the main story and the four villains. I found the trials confusing, but using the walkthrough got me over that. The art was nice, and the writing very good.

Cons:
* I haven't played 'trial/courtroom' games before, but I found this rather difficult. Trying to object on the correct text line when an idea is relayed over multiple dialogue lines felt similar to pixel-hunting with a time limit. So, I decided to just use the dev-provided walkthrough, and that made the game way more enjoyable.

* The game's menus are a bit clunky. If you go to the menu, you can only go back if you save the game, the text history is limited, and it's slow to scroll scenes to find interactible points.

Pros:
* The writing is good-to-great. It was nice to get to know the characters, they all acted true-to-character, the plot was good; I also enjoyed some characters having some personality flaws, which brought in some nice complexity. The strong point of the game.

* The art was a bit sparse, but very nice. This is a slow-burner, rather than a porn fest, and, fortunately, the writing was good enough to carry that.

* The investigation part of the game is also good.

Suggestion:
I think that I would've had more fun with the trials if the choices were structured in a dialogue tree; perhaps discrete choices, rather than the continous ability to press Object/Agree/Disagree, would have made the gameplay 'crisper', and easier for me to orient in.

The mysteries were pretty weak but overall the story was interesting and I like getting this second take on the Spiral Clicker universe. Only major problem is the lack of a gallery combined with only three save slots.

Things happen during the day, you have to talk to people to collect evidences, and at the end of the day, you take part in a trial to dicuss what happened during the day and try to identify the villain.

Thing is, the trial makes absolutely 0 sense.
For each statement, you can choose if you agree, if you object, try to present evidence or denounce the statement as a distraction.

Simply put, nothing works.

I saved before the trial, tried to spam any of the options with every statement, it always result in a mistake.

This game is like sneezing with broken hands. You know how to do it, but it doesn't work out well.