Ronan was the victim of a murder and finds himself living on in a non-corporeal state. In Murdered: Soul Suspect the player will be taking control of the unethical detective, Ronan O’Connor. Matthew Brunner, the chief creative officer at Airtight Games has said that although Ghost Trick was a hugely successful video game release with no mainstream score beneath an 8/10, he was not aware of its existence, thus making any similarities purely coincidental. Ghost trick was developed and published by Capcom and was released on iOS and Nintendo DS. The game’s supernatural premise has been compared to a 2010 adventure game, Ghost Trick. Some controversy has arisen as what little information regarding the game has come to light.
The game presumably carries the tagline “What is the hardest case to solve?” because this is the only real sub title that has been released alongside anything promotional. To me that is a massive risk that could prevent us from making a great game.”
Yosuke Shiokawa, the games creative director had this to say on the matter “I don’t know about the future, but for now we are concentrating on creating a current-gen experience, so basically I want to create a great game and focus our resources on making a great game instead of heavily investing in hard console research, R&D, and building new pipelines. With the next gen consoles currently predicted to sell large numbers, and not supporting backwards compatibility it’s unlikely that video game enthusiasts are going to return to their current consoles to experience this single player, puzzle action adventure game.
Murdered: Soul Suspect has been confirmed to be running on Unreal Engine 3 and with the coming next generation consoles, this game’s technology is soon to be eclipsed by bigger titles with better marketing campaigns resulting into Square Enix’s fans expressing concerns over this. The third person jet pack shooter Dark Void, which was poorly received across the board despite its innovative combat mechanic and Quantum Conundrum digital download exclusive single player puzzle platformer that received good reviews thanks to its well implemented physics puzzles. The developer, Airtight Games, has only previously worked on two titles of any particular note, and out of them only one was well received. Concerns were raised since the game was first (and unofficially) announced via Twitter, the lack of a direct announcement was and is considered a failed PR move or a foreboding glance of what is to be expected. Publisher Square Enix and Developers Airtight Games have been very tight lipped regarding the current state of development when it comes to talking about Murdered: Soul Suspect.
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