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Contradiction - Spot The Liar!
Released On: Jul 10, 2015
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8.1
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
72
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
72
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Play Contradiction - Spot The Liar! and you will re-evaluate the full motion video adventures sub-genre.
Very quick after Her Story, Contradication is another great FMV-game. It follows the standard whodunit formula, but because of the convincing acting, a likeable key character and hours of detective gameplay, this is one of the best in the genre.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 User Ratings
8.1
78% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
15% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
8% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 User Ratings
8.1
78% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
15% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
8% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
This is a great game. The murder mystery hook is a strong one, and the performances that deliver the story are surprisingly endearing. Not long after starting the game I had definitely been won over by the main character Detective Inspector Jenks.
I never felt overly frustrated by the contradiction "puzzles," which is certainly appreciated given that they make up a majority of the gameplay here. Discovering the contradictions themselves is rewarding, you might find yourself shouting "gotcha" at your monitor more often than you intended.
At a cost-effective price of $10, this game is a must buy. For anyone. I really feel like just about everyone one can come away from this game with something of value. High praise from a cynical jerk like me.
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It is a unique mismatch of ideas, and that is what makes it so uniquely appealing, and very much worth giving a go.
A decent murder mystery game that suffers heavily from poor controls and menus.
There are some great actors in here, and the effort gone to for the filming, and the extensive script, deserves credit. But the framework into which it’s all been put is deeply flawed. Which is a huge shame. Someone is going to get this idea right, but it’s not this time.
Very interesting game between videogame and film. I enjoyed a lot trying to guess the contraditions.
I'm looking forward to new games like this because it has an open ending
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Very nice adventure.
Let's start saying that the acting is really, really good. I absolutely love the over-the-top acting of the main character. He's fantastic. I want more of Detective Jenks. Hope he's gonna be the new Tex Murphy.
The interface is clearly designed for tablets and gamepads, and while I'm usually very annoyed by this (not using the full potential of a PC and mouse+keyboard combination), in this case I'm not too annoyed by it because it's pretty well designed and very readable, even if there are some weird and awkward control choices here and there, but nothing major. It also has a certain "old style game" quality that I like. The map is really nice, very well thought, extremely well designed and very useful.
Puzzles are good for the most part, but sometimes I felt too guided by an invisible hand: for example, I noticed right at the beginning a very important detail but the game didn't let me do anything about it until the very end. It's also a bit frustrating that you can't disprove a person's statement with another person's statement. But the game would have become way too complex.
Directing is also very good, I liked the camera use, the framing and the shots.
It's not long, but it's of the right lenght. Any more, and it would have been too convoluted and would have become stale. The ending part (let's say, last two hours) is quite a letdown though. Not only the case resolution feels a bit forced and unsatisfactory, but the scene in the woods feels really out of place, very badly thought, the characters behave absolutely irrationally, doesn't add anything to the story and the game would have been better if it had been cut.
Let's hope for a sequel, there are still a lot of unanswered questions.
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Honestly why it is highly rated is beyond me. The controls are awful. There is no tutorial. you just have to find out stuff along the way. Which could have been fine had it been straight forward, but it isn't. Not just that, but it is poorly acted, buggy, poorly made and there are grammar and spelling errors. Whether the story is good or not I can't tell as it was impossible for me to get through the first few minutes
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