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Overboard!
Released On: Jun 2, 2021
86
8.3
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
86
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
86
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Seriously, I can’t stress this enough: Overboard! is one of the best games I’ve played this year. It’s a delight in every way, and if you want something that’s unlike anything else out there — except, I guess, for 80 Days — then you owe it to yourself to pick it up ASAP.
Overboard! is one of the year’s most delightful surprises so far, a terrific reverse murder mystery with several twists and turns around every corner, and one that can still put up a notable challenge as you try to figure out every possible step towards getting Veronica off the hook and on the path to a life of luxury instead. A mix of sharp writing, clever puzzles and simple yet effective gameplay results in a killer experience that will leave you coming back for more.
Where 80 Days was about the broad implications of travelling the entire globe, Overboard! focuses instead on the minutiae of a single day, and the intricacies of interaction. It's a glorious study in how to create a delicate Rube Goldberg machine of dialogue and dependencies, as a cast of mostly terrible people waltz around each other with ulterior motives and pre-existing feelings about everything, including our Veronica and dear, departed Malcolm. It's excellent: play it.
Inkle Studios' Overboard won't be every gamer and why should it be? If you're the type who likes to take a more relaxed approach to their gaming and don't mind reading then Overboard is a solid game choice! You as the player make your own choices and choose your own actions to drive the story down different paths. A lot of the fun is based on playing a detective's nemesis where you're trying to outwit other characters to get away with murder!
Overboard! is a short but sweet murder mystery adventure with lashings of sophisticated style and an addictive gameplay loop. There’s always something new to see when playing the same day over and over again by making different choices and decisions.
Funny, engaging, simple yet satisfying, this little narrative adventure gives a great amount of fun, despite being relatively short for non-completionists.
Overboard is a 2D puzzle murder mystery, and is infectiously intriguing with a quirky art style. If you love murder mysteries and choice based games, you will have a lot of fun with this short snapshot version of one suiting it’s release on Switch and IOS/Android. Your patience may run short replaying 35 minute sections from the beginning however.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
8.3
73% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
13% Mixed
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13% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
8.3
73% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
13% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
13% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Summary GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Initial Release Date: Jun 2, 2021
Developer:
- inkle
Publisher: inkle
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