I played this game with my kids. When the game ended, my oldest asked if I was going to post it on Grouvee. "Of course," I responded. "What should I give it?" Five, ten, a hundref - the kids haven't decided what the rating scale of Grouvee is, but they are certain that they loved this game. And there is a lot to love! Gorgeously designed characters deliver well written dialogue through some solid performances. It features a handful of fun puzzles to tell a story that is one part Laika film, one part Home Movies season two, and one part Agatha Christie.*

But unlike my children, my enjoyment was hindered by some design/plot choices. The worst of which is the way you solve the mystery. You combine clues, suspects, and preset clauses to deduce truths about the titular tower. Not the worst way to solve a mystery, but this makes moments where you're forced to trial and error your way through solving the mystery. It makes those wonderful "Aha"s into forced tedium.

I have a few other gripes (including the rushed ending), but I did enjoy my time with Sally and Grimoire. Not enough to give it a five or a ten or a hundred, but enough to try out The Mermaid's Tongue, their next adventure, when it comes out later this year.

*I only know so many mystery authors, so maybe another name makes more sense. But the game features a big cast of characters all with their own secrets to uncover... that's Christie to me!

I found this game to be a charming little murder mystery.

It didn't over stay it's welcome, and in fact, I feel like it maybe ended too abruptly.

I was just starting to piece together some of the items on my own (and actually going on a rabbit-hole styled conspiracy theory that was ultimately wrong), and the game forced my hand to solve it and spoon-fed me the ending.

The art was nice and the sound that I actually listened to (I played during meetings at work and had it muted some of the time) was pleasant. The voice acting was fine, nothing good or bad that I encountered.....I just wish there was a way to speed it along at time without spending cycles clicking to pause and unpause the dialogue to make it move faster.

I did get it on sale for $5 USD and felt that to be about fair for pricing perspectives, but if I had paid the normal $20 USD, I may have felt robbed. I think a good price is somewhere in the middle, so the price I paid was a decent deal.

Overall, it was a good day or so of puzzles during my work meetings.

~David.