Thoughts on the first half(ish) of Murdered: Soul Suspect

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream featured the 2014 game Murdered: Soul Suspect... and I'll be upfront, yes I was using a guide because it was made real clear early on that some of the puzzles and collectables were going to be real pain to deal with. That said, I did enjoy the visual look, sound design and over overall presentation of the game. It's kind of like a low-key Resident Evil, sure there some 'enemies' you have to deal with, but for the most part it's all about just finding clues to piece the overall story together. 

I found Ronin to be a decent protagonist as a cop who was killed by a serial killer and now has to solve his own murder while being from beyond the grave. A lot of the NPCs are interesting, some having side stories to be resolved, or just commenting on the situation when possessed. In fact there is a nice little line about "What is that game about the girl who raids tombs', which of course refers to Tomb Raider... which is no longer owned by Square Enix.

If there is one big draw back is that I've never been a fan of stealth mechanics, and dealing with the 'Demons' to get them into position to take them out from behind seems clunky at best. Granted I've only seen like 6 or 7 so far, but it's the one part of the game I don't care for.

Near as I can tell I covered about half the game last night. Currently, it's slated to be featured on Monday stream, where we may have an outside shot of finishing it... depending on how long it takes me to find the remaining collectables along the way. We might play it safe and start early that day. We'll see.

Murdered: Soul Suspect Achievements

• The Death Wish of a Shady Man: Became a ghost and met a strange ghost girl
• Mindreader: Used Mind Read for the first time
• Investigator: Completed the first investigation
• Discover Reveal: Used Reveal for the first time
• Collector 1: Collected an artifact
• The Missing Body: Helped Ingrid find peace
• Interrogator: Interrogated a ghost for the first time
• Exorcist: Defeated a demon
• Poltergeist: Used Poltergeist for the first time
• Collector 10: Collected 10 artifacts
• A Watery Grave: Uncovered the Watery Grave ghost story
• One of Us: Revisited the scene of your murder and discovered there was a witness
• Discover Remove: Used Remove for the first time
• Amnesia: Helped Julie find peace
• Collector 25: Collected 25 artifact
• Possess the Cat: Possessed the cat
• The Bell Tower Banshee: Uncovered The Bell Tower Banshee ghost story
• Makeshift Sanctuary: Found the witness and learned what she knew
• Collector 50: Collected 50 artifacts
• Collector 75: Collected 75 artifacts
• Carnage: Helped Brad find peace
• Baxter's Story: Learned about Baxter's Life
• Collector 100: Collected 100 artifacts
• Ronan's Story: Learned about Ronan's Life
• Rex's Story: Learned about Rex's Life
• The Stalwart Specter: Uncovered The Stalwart Specter ghost story
• Half-Truths and Whole Lies: Helped the witness escape the police station and gained an ally
• Scorned: Helped Katy find peace

Twitch Clips

• Hey She Beamed On Up... Neat
• Finish Him... 
• I'm A Ghost Not A Plane
  

For the raid we dropped in on Cammi_316 who was playing Rumbleverse over at twitch.tv/cammi_316! 

Side note, in the last 20 minutes of the stream, we did start to drop frames, but when I pulled up the gateway I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Still I didn't have noticeable internet issues beyond that over the last 2 days, so hopefully things have been fixed.

Last night I earned my 3,750th Xbox Achievement... yay!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 session featured Body Straight Combo, Body Uppercut Combo and Advanced Combo #2 for 31 minutes.

Why shouldn't you make a "dad joke" if you're not a dad? Because it's a faux pa.

A man died after drinking varnish. It was a terrible end, but a beautiful finish.

Song of the Day: Howlin’ For You by The Black Keys 

My off-stream grind quest as it relates to Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium resulted in another achievement being unlocked. In terms of hours 'played'... however figuring out what would be the best game to rack up CAPSO is proving more difficult that it did in the first collection.

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Achievements

• Newbie: Play for at least 10 hours.

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For tonight's stream we're back to Fallout 76, as we'll take on a few some quests. We might be joined by Iceman for random stuff as well. We'll see how that goes.

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!