{"id":40639,"date":"2016-10-06T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=40639"},"modified":"2016-10-06T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T02:37:00","slug":"case-silver-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2016\/10\/06\/case-silver-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The case for The Silver Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Silver Case, a 1999 game for the Playstation 1 at a time when it was also the only Playstation, is now available on Steam.  Here&#8217;s the Wikipedia description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The setting is contemporary Japan&#8230;. Within a place called the 24 Districts, a series of bizarre murders occurs, prompting the 24 Districts Police Department to send two detectives from their High-degree Murder Division to solve the case. The killings are soon linked to Kamui Uehara, a notorious killer who supposedly died several years before. The gameplay revolves around text-based situations, point-and-click mechanics, and interactive question and answer segments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So other than being really old and apparently really Japanese (High-degree Murder Division?), what sets it apart from the hundreds of other point-and-click adventure games on Steam?  Or even visual novels?  I mean, really, what else should I make of &#8220;text-based situations&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>The Silver Case is the first game by Goicha Suda, aka Suda51, after he quit working for &#8220;The Man&#8221; and formed his own studio, Grasshopper Manufacture.  Their credits include marvelous oddities like Killer7, No More Heroes, and Sine Mora.  Especially Killer7.  I&#8217;m convinced Killer7 has got to hold up (okay, it probably doesn&#8217;t).  Their credits also include non-marvelous oddities like Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw.  I have no idea where The Silver Case fits into their range of titles, but as a brand and a developer, Suda51 has been nothing if not, uh, distinctive.<\/p>\n<p>You can get The Silver Case <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/476650\/\">here<\/a>, with the option to pay more for <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/bundle\/1659\/\">a deluxe version<\/a> with an art book, comic, and soundtrack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Silver Case, a 1999 game for the Playstation 1 at a time when it was also the only Playstation, is now available on Steam. Here&#8217;s the Wikipedia description: The setting is contemporary Japan&#8230;. 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