Adventure Escape: Murder Inn

Like the varied puzzles on the Haiku games. On some, I have worked off & on for hours because the game doesn’t save my progress, which I find frustrating. I had been farther along on a level and used 30 stars to skip one game, only to discover the next time I opened the game to have to restart the whole level yet again, minus the 30 stars AND still had the game to be played that I had previously skipped, before I could move on. I do understand not everybody will like EVERY game, but I do like your varied selection of games. A “restart” button would be helpful on more games.

Another fantastic game from Haiku games, which immerses the player in a snowy winter mystery, filled with suspense and intrigue at every turn. All that is needed is a cup of hot chocolate to go along with it. Just as intriguing is how this excellent game is actually getting low-star reviews from some nutcases claiming this game is putting out “anti-gun propaganda” or was “impossible”. Maybe if you have the IQ of a doorknob. This game has excellent artwork, a great immersive story, and just challenging enough puzzles. I would like to see what these armchair critics with impossible standards think is a good game, because I haven’t found anything better than these, and I’m an avid game player. Haiku Games, I think it’s time you start charging for your games, so you can be more selective as to who gets the privilege of playing and rating these games, and you get a more genuine audience who actually is smart enough to spot a good game when they see one.

I stumbled across Haiku games about a month ago and I have never been more impressed with a mystery game—and it’s even free! So far, I have played Framed, Xmas Killer, Murder Manor, Starstruck, and Escape Cult and I would probably rank them in that order from best to “worst”, worst being relative, because I truly enjoyed them all! But this one take the cake! Murder Inn is my new favorite—the story line was excellent and my jaw dropped more than once when new information was revealed. As always with Haiku games, the graphics and storytelling are top-notch and I love that the focus is more on solving puzzles than just hidden objects. Get this game—you’ll love it!

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I had just played Haunted Hunt and was so thrilled and impressed that I looked for another Haiku game. Murder Inn was such a let down. Waaay too many ambiguous clues and puzzles that were boring and redundant, not to mention frustrating. I think they tried way too hard to be clever at every single turn so gameplay was just tedious. Also, some puzzles have more than one correct solution (ie the dinner menu, and the checker game) so even if you are correct, you cannot move on until you figure out the “accepted” answer. I’m not in to having to re-solve things after spending a lot of time getting to the solution. This is a hard pass... it wasn’t even remotely fun because their clues and puzzles are so “out there”. I’m not saying the game should be easy but this game is chaotic and unrewarding.

This is my third Haiku game I have downloaded and enjoyed up to a certain point. I’ve loved the first two games (Asylum and the Mansion) and I was able to complete the first two games. However, I couldn’t get past the second scene in this game and have tried for days but couldn’t get past the extremely limited clues in it. I think this game would benefit in more bonuses like additional daily stars to help people like me get through tough puzzles or provide at least a little bit more guidance. I love the Haiku games and am actually downloading another one right now. I’ve had to delete this one because I just got fed up with the really cryptic clues.