Curios: Jasper Park

 

It has taken me somewhat longer than anticipated to get around to this second case after Albrecht Manor, and this time, instead of letters we get a few photographs (which are a little dark and really would've benefited from a lighter print), a short diary (always love this sort of stuff) and a bundle of papers containing the results of various investigations, telephone calls, and reports.

The story is darker than the previous product, and every step you take moves you closer to the inevitable conclusion -- but what is important to note is you do not get any form of resolution in the package itself, that comes in response to a report you email in via their website.

So it falls a little between two stools -- if we are going to have a purely offline product (with phone calls and video footage represented by reports) then don't have the finale done purely online! Similarly, if you want to have an online component, then put some key information online -- I want to hear that phone message -- I want to see the photos and footage referred to in a report.

As a report it doesn't work as well as opening letters in the first game, and whilst the story is perhaps a step up, the presentation is a step back. Still creepy, still massively narrative (there's nothing really to solve other than put some obvious things together in a final email) but a good evenings entertainment nonetheless.