3.5/5 ★ – Mornal's review of Return of the Obra Dinn.

Very very strong concept, with a fun loop that feels good to succeed at. The problem is the game doesn't really build to anything. You just kind of, gradually get a better understanding of what happens, and then you get the last mystery correct and then you're just done. And even the tail end of that doesn't feel particularly triumphant because by the time you're down to the last, like, 20 people, dominant strategy becomes random guesses based on assumptions, often just based on race. So you just wind up finishing by going "hmm, this guy looks Chinese, let's try these names" until you get the last solution and then the game just unceremoniously ends. I think this concept could really come into its own in some kind of sequel or spiritual successor that has more refinement in its gameplay loop, a more climactic end point, and, maybe a point. A higher budget sequel could maybe even be several more reasonably-scaled mysteries that have some kind of throughline the game has you solving alongside the individual deaths.