Murdered Soul Suspect (Xbox One)

Murdered Soul Suspect released in 2014 and was the very first game I ever played on the Xbox One. You play as ghost detective, Ronan O'connor. He's on the tail of the infamous 'Bell Killer', only to be killed by him.

Now a ghost, detective Ronan must find out who killed him and get justice for himself and all the other victims of the Bell Killer. Seeing as you're a ghost, you're pretty limited as to what you can do now. But, you're able to do things you can in other games. You can walk through walls. What other game can you do that where it's not a glitch? You can posses people and cats, they help you navigate around a tight area, teleport and his own version of detective vision.

The story is very short, but there are a bunch of side investigations to add to the game. You can help fellow ghosts find out how they died, giving them peace and be able to pass on. The short story is a very interesting one, investigating your own death, with an excellent twist I never expected. The characters beside Ronan aren't really that interesting. Another huge problem is the lack of characters, for a game that has you trying to guess who the real killer is, you're options are very limited.

There are a tonne of easy collectables to find and they give you more information about the town of Salem and the Bell Killer. They're so easy to find, you can see most from afar, you'll find yourself leaving the story because there's so many collectables in sight. There aren't too many areas you're taken to, but they are well designed and interesting to explore. You can travel around the town of Salem, you're able to go to a church, a police department, a graveyard, a mental asylum, an apartment block and your own murder scene. Each place has their own side story to complete too.

As you're a ghost, there's not much harm that can come to you. However, there are demons that pop up from time to time. They can kill you, as well as demon pits. They're pretty easy to avoid, if you do get scene you're able to teleport into hiding spots, and switch between them as the demon looks for you. You can also distract the demons by using crows, their caws get the attention of the demons.

There's plenty of investigations for you to work out by collecting clues. You don't have to collect all clues, but you do need to find the ones that complete the investigation. They were too simple, once you found all clues you had to pick the correct ones to complete it. The problem was, you were fooled into thinking you couldn't make three mistakes or you'd fail. Turns out, once you get three wrong, you're just taken off that screen, you're able to go back to it and just keep picking the clues until you get it right.

This game was panned, I understand based on what many reviews said, but they clearly expected the game to be different to what it was. You're ultimately a ghost, ghosts can't be shot or detected to fail missions, so to say the game was too easy is silly, the only easy thing was not being able to fail investigations. The story was short, but it was good, it was interesting and had my attention the whole time, and the twist was so unexpected. The real problem with the story was the bland characters and lack of them to delegate who was the killer.

It's not a bad game. It's not a great game. It's a game you should play, it's unique, I can't think of another game like it. What else game has you play as a ghost finding out his own killer. Play this game, it's cheap!

7.2/10