Murdered: Soul Suspect
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| Developer(s) | Airtight Games |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Director(s) | Yosuke Shiokawa |
| Producer(s) | Naoto Sugiyama |
| Designer(s) | Eric Studer |
| Composer(s) | Jason Graves |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, stealth |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (PS4) 61.29% (PC) 58.00% (XONE) 55.76% |
| Metacritic | (PS4) 59/100 (PC) 59/100 (XONE) 50/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 4.5/10 |
| Edge | 4/10 |
| EGM | 5.5/10 |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| Game Informer | 6.5/10 |
| GameSpot | 6/10 |
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| IGN | 5.5/10 |
| Joystiq | |
| Polygon | 7/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 4/10 |
| Digital Spy | |
| Metro (UK) | 3/10 |
| NowGamer | 3.5/10 |
| Hardcore Gamer | 2.5/5 |
Murdered: Soul Suspect is an adventure mystery stealth video game developed by Airtight Games and published in 2014 by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
The game is played in a third-person view as the player navigates the protagonist, detective Ronan O'Connor, around a fictionalized version of the American town, Salem. The story centers on Ronan as he hunts down an infamous serial murderer stylized 'The Bell Killer'. After getting bumped off by the Bell Killer at the beginning of the game, Ronan returns as a ghost. He is then informed by his long-dead wife, Julia, that he must solve the Bell Killer mystery so he can rejoin her.
Murdered: Soul Suspect received an average reception upon release; most criticisms centered on the poor combat, short length, lack of replay value, and lack of difficulty. The game did however receive praise for some aspects of its story and its original concept.
Murdered: Soul Suspect takes place in a fictionalized version of Salem. Played in a third-person view, the player navigates the protagonist, Ronan, around town. There are multiple areas in Salem to explore such as a church, an apartment building, and a graveyard. The player completes levels in order to progress further into the game. There are hundreds of collectibles in the game, including 'Ghost Girl Messages' and various different types of scraps of paper which contain information about Ronan's life. Since the character is a ghost, he has a number of ghostly abilities such as teleportation and possession. Each area has clues to collect to progress through the level and the story; the clues are found in a way similar to L.A. Noire's investigation sequences.
In present-day Salem, a serial killer known as the Bell Killer begins murdering seemingly unconnected victims. Police Detective Ronan O' Connor is able to track down the Bell Killer, but is thrown out of a window and shot to death during a fight. He returns in the form of a ghost, and learns that in order to reach the afterlife and meet his wife Julia, he must first discover the identity of his killer. With the help of Abigail, the ghost of a Puritan child, Ronan is able to use his ghostly abilities to return to the fight scene, and discovers that a medium named Joy witnessed the fight, and is now hiding in a church.
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