The Silver Case (PC) Preview

The actual demo of The Silver Case isn't particularly long, being easily completed in under twenty minutes. There's very little to do, aside from advance the dialogue and one brief segment in the woods, chasing an apparent killer.

The little bits and bobs of story that are shown are mostly presented through character actions, and a full half of the demo is allocated to several that aren't likely to show up in the rest of the game. Between that and the fact that a solid ten percent of the demo's dialogue consists of the word "fuck," there isn't really much to go on.

One of the first things that does jump out, though, is the interface. Everything looks busy, and with the typewriter-esque sound effects that constantly play when text appears on-screen, the experience comes across as slightly headache inducing. None of the text can be skipped, and some of the random effects that come up also feel out of place.

The demo doesn't do enough to establish the world or the gameplay, at least in any meaningful way. The premise that is there is compelling, but not in a way that comes across as new. It might be one of the most amazing remasters in years, but from what there is so far, it's not really selling itself as well as it could.