Shadows of Doubt is a new, procedurally generated stealth, detective immersive-sim game. A lot has been said for its in-depth, highly detailed city generation system and procedurally generated murder cases. Does this Early Access game release live up to all of the hype?
Find out in this detailed review video where I go over all of the good, the bad, and the bugs from my time with Shadows of Doubt.
A big thank you to @colepoweredgames and @fireshinegames6830 for the game key. This review was not expected or requested by the dev team but I appreciate their looking out for small creators and offering up access to the game.
I've included video chapters and more details about Shadows of Doubt further down in the description but you can wishlist (or buy) it on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/986130/Shadows_of_Doubt…
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Overview
1:53 The Good
4:50 The Bad & The Bugs
6:43 TLDR
🕵️♂️More About Shadows of Doubt from Steam 🕵️♂️
Shadows of Doubt is set in an alternate reality in the hyper-industrialized 1980s. Think like a detective and use a variety of gadgets as a private intelligence investigator, gathering evidence and making money by solving cases, finding and selling information and more.
Play your own way in a fully simulated world with hundreds of citizens. Discover, meet and tail individual citizens, each with their own name, job, apartment and daily routine, in unique, procedurally-generated cities. Each case has different culprits, clues and experiences for you to test your investigative skills.
Explore anywhere in the city! Every nook of every trashy bar, every place of work, every seedy hotel room… This dystopia is your oyster. Break into apartments, rifle through secret documents or hack security systems - even a discarded receipt can be the key to cracking a case. Trace the receipt back to an individual location, scour CCTV footage and match the time up to the receipt to find out who it belonged to!
The entire world is fully simulated. Each citizen has an apartment, job, daily routine, favorite things to do, places to go, and people to interact with. They live out their lives independently, in a world that moves on with or without you— uncover this knowledge and use it to your advantage!
Become a private investigator in a truly unique detective experience. Think like a detective to solve the cases around you: check call histories, find passwords, read private emails, speak to persons of interest, watch CCTV footage and more to retrieve evidence and build your case. Store information on your investigation board and link evidence together as you piece together the full picture.
⚫ Become a private investigator and track down a serial killer in a fully-simulated sci-fi city.
⚫ Think like a detective and use a variety of gadgets to gather evidence and solve cases in this truly unique detective experience.
⚫ Meet individual citizens, each with their own name, job, apartment and daily routine, in unique, procedurally-generated cities.
⚫ Take on new cases to earn cash, purchase new gadgets and equipment, and customize your apartment.
⚫ Gather evidence to build your case - scan fingerprints, check call histories, read private emails, watch CCTV, and find key pieces of evidence to gather information and accuse your suspect.
⚫ Play your own way - pick locks, break down doors, sabotage security systems and bribe citizens for information, or stick to the law and play by the book. There are multiple ways to approach each case.
⚫ Explore every room in every building, and talk to every citizen. Lose yourself in a detailed sci-fi noir
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