Hope in the City Sets November 10 Launch For PC And Xbox
A Toronto studio known for China-set work is trying a mystery built around the protagonist's own drawings rather than a conventional inventory of clues.
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Lofty Sky Entertainment announced on September 17 that its story-driven mystery game Hope in the City will launch on November 10. It is coming to PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, and to Xbox Series X|S, and will be available through Xbox/PC Game Pass. The game follows 17-year-old Hope Song, an artist who searches the city of Shenyang for her missing parents, recording what she observes in a sketchbook.
The release date locks in a game about a 17-year-old artist, Hope Song, who comes home to find her parents gone and the house ransacked, then searches the city of Shenyang for them. Observation is the mechanic: Hope records what she sees in her sketchbook, and players combine the fragmented records to find breakthroughs. Clues can be pursued in the order the player chooses, and solved mysteries trigger cutscenes. A demo is already on Steam.
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