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'Return of the Obra Dinn' reinvents the murder mystery game


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Lucas Pope sure knows how to undersell his games — which, by all accounts, continue to push the limit of what we can expect from the medium.

The one-man powerhouse first exploded onto the scene with his wildly popular and morally existential bureaucratic puzzle game Papers, Please. Five years later, he's released the equally undefinable Return of the Obra Dinn, described on his website as "An Insurance Adventure with Minimal Colour."

LOL — I guess that's one way to put it!

Showing an unmatched skill for turning the most seemingly boring scenarios and basic mechanics into something ingenious, Pope's new game is in a league of its own.  Read more...

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