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Hnnnnngh, yes, I just spotted it before I was going to go to bed. An hour ago. Stupid, sexy Picross.

What I liked about Obra Dinn is that I didn't need many notes. I made 6 notes for the entire game, all from the same scene. You can probably guess which chapter. The rest I did via the UI; this is a very well-designed game. But I like the look of Paradise Killer; it's just moved up my list.

I'm a little at a loss now I've finished it. It's such in intense experience. In a way, you feel the action so much more because, paradoxically, the game was just frozen moments in time. That you experienced in so much greater depth as a result; you see each fate in intimate detail, over and over, from all angles.

Yeah, I just had to play it straight through, ASAP. First game I've played through to completion in a while, too.

Hope we were spoilering responsibly and didn't ruin your enjoyment too much...oh, he's gone.

Agreed. He's been solidly...solid in stuff I've seen him in; has grizzled and world-weary down to a tee.

Yeah, I spotted that, too. Which is how I got him.

Yeah, my last three fates were the seamen who I simply could not identify before the end. And I only sorted the Chinese topmen out just before that, using a really bloody obscure clue. I kicked myself when I got it. Did you find

And we're done. 60 down. Not too shabby a completion time, 14h. Although I was a little surprised at:

Got it! I had one wrong cause of death - a crush instead of a drown. I have now done all I can on the Obra Dinn! All currently solvable fates down (58, I think). The last four get solved in pairs, so you can brute force them a little. Time for that last chapter.

Sooooooooo close. 56 fates down, 13h20 on the clock. Now to work out where my logic fell down. Plus there’s one guy who was

Yeah - for the first, I clearly remember seeing it in a memory before linking it to a name, so I'm in the same position as you. For the second, I ended up not needing it.

Well, you're on the right tracks with the three guys in question; one of those reasons matches mine. Bosun's mate: Yeah, that particular Ch 2 spoiler is given away immediately after the spoiler alert in that video @Paulando posted; I'm steering clear of that whole thing until I'm done.

And another 3 down at lunchtime. Including one of the 3 guys @scottcr mentioned in his spoiler, in that location. What cause of death did you have?

Yeah, think so: I seem to recall that one reason to be out in a sandstorm was that you'd pick up more parts that way. But I've forgotten most of the details. Must give it another spin; great game.