The Case of the Golden Idol is 'delightfully weird.' ColorGray7's latest is well worth a look for anyone who likes a compelling story. Our review:
Color Gray Games' The Case of the Golden Idol is a unique blend of cryptic puzzles and intriguing murder investigations, and despite a few obtuse solutions provides satisfying and cathartic gameplay throughout. Animated in beautiful-yet-grimy pixel art and best played with a mouse and keyboard , The Case of the Golden Idol tells a story of power, greed, and corruption spread over generations, one which gets surprisingly large in scope near the end.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY It's hard to not think about Lucas Pope's Return of the Obra Dinn while playing The Case of the Golden Idol, and a quote from Pope on the game's Steam page praising The Case of the Golden Idol's demo appears to confirm at least one source of Color Gray Games' inspiration. Unlike Obra Dinn, however, TCOTGI splits its central mystery up into separate chapters spanning over 70 years.
TCOTGI's Exploring mode is a glorified point-and-click-like pixel hunt where players navigate through multiple screens and click on hotspots to either get a closer look at an item, add the subject's associated keyword to the growing list of clues at the bottom of the screen, or both.
Thinking mode is where the fun detective gameplay of The Case of the Golden Idol really comes together. In each of the game's twelve chapters players are presented with different "scrolls" which need to be filled in properly, and players must combine what they learned in Exploring mode with the clues they have on hand to figure out the proper order of events.
For situations where players have exhausted all their available options and brainpower, The Case of the Golden Idol also offers a fantastic in-game hint system. It doesn't overreach and offer solutions blatantly, but instead uses phrases like "consider the food on the dinner table, and everyone's personal eating habits" to point confused players in the right direction.
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