PC Games – Emerald City Confidential

PC Games – Emerald City Confidential
The magical Land of Oz has never seemed so gritty! Petra is the only private detective in this reimagining of the Emerald City, so it is up to her to find Dee Gale’s missing fiancé. Dive deep into the seedy underbelly of the criminal underground, and track down the kidnappers, as well as learn a few secrets about Petra! This sprawling Adventure game pulls out all the stops!
- Film noir style mystery
- Beautiful hand drawn art
- Intriguing Puzzles
- In-game Strategy Guide
Emerald City Confidential is an adventure game with 50 quests, which means you will be clicking on people to have conversations to get clues on where to go and what to do next. You start off the game as Petra, a young detective trying to make ends meet and who is especially touchy over the topic of her missing brother. If you find anything that you think is suspicious and would like to know more about it, simply click on it and Petra will describe it, use it, or even explain what is needed to use it. At every completion of each quest you’ll receive a gem, collect all 50 gems and you will complete the game.
Moving from one place to another is easy as you just have to go to the nearest Gump Stand and a Gump Taxi will bring you to the main map where you can click on the area you would like to go. Don’t worry about getting lost in the game as you can click on the hint button in your notebook anytime for more reference. You also don’t have to worry about picking the wrong sentence for every conversation as you will get to the right one eventually. There will not be any penalty for picking the wrong sentences in each conversation except that it will probably take you a longer time to complete but I guess this is fine as I find the conversations pretty amusing and entertaining to follow.
There will be 3 different colored buttons for you to collect and they are Red, Green and Yellow. They often appear as tiny sparkles during gameplay, click on them and they will be added to your inventory. After collecting the buttons, go to Scraps Store which is located next to your office building to exchange for pieces of concept art.
Overall I think this game is highly recommended for people who love adventure games but there will be a lot of reading to do. Just some side information, even though the characters are from the fairytale, The Land of Oz. I wouldn’t recommend this game for children as they are not your average Land of Oz characters cos whatever you know about them in the fairytale is not the same here. But then again I do love games from PlayFirst so any game that has PlayFirst trademark on it is definitely worth playing!
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