![]() ![]() ![]() It's enough to push anyone over the edge, and so it proves with the Fellows and Pointers, all of whom are perfectly happy to pin the crime on whoever they like the least. If your mother-in-law isn't criticising the cooking, it's your wacky uncle going a bit Brexit over pudding while the children run riot with the latest flashing gadget that's destined for the bin. Now, if you've ever had two families over for Christmas, you'll know that having that many people in the same house for a couple hours is a setup rife with murderous intent. Grimoire and Sally have something to say about everything in any given scene. Adopted into the halls of Tangle Tower as a young girl, Freya grew up alongside her fellow, err… Fellows, as well as her similarly distant Pointer relatives, who occupy the second of house Tangle's two towers. ![]() It's yet another impossible mystery to solve, making the whodunnit just as compelling as the how.Īt the centre of it all is poor Freya Fellow, a gifted artist, scientist and all-round wunderkind who met her untimely end while painting her dear friend (and distant relative) Flora Fellow. By beginning its tale with something so patently preposterous, Tangle Tower manages the rare feat of making everyone in its titular mansion feel like a genuine suspect. "Of course, a painting can't kill anyone", your mind shrieks. It sounds ridiculous, and yes, I don't think it's a spoiler to say it is ridiculous. a portrait holding a blood-tipped knife? Instead of a person being the prime murder suspect in this charming Phoenix Wright meets Professor Layton-style detective puzzler, it's *checks notes*. Tangle Tower, the latest game from Snipperclips brothers SFB Games, goes one step further, though. The former's still important for a satisfying ending, of course, but unravelling what appears to be the impossible (how did they get in? How did they leave?) is a much more brain-pleasing knot to unpick than figuring out which of the many shifty faces in front of you looks the most suspicious. The best ones aren't so much about the 'whodunnit', but the 'howdunnit'. ![]()
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