Solve Crimes With Batman In Upcoming DETECTIVE Game EVERYBODY LIES
DC and Warner Brothers have teamed up with Portal Games to bring you a unique gaming experience. Based on their award winning Detective series, Everybody Lies will be a cooperative deduction game where you team up with Batman to solve crimes. Sadly, you won’t be able to play as the caped crusader, instead you’ll be able to play as instinctive journalist Warren Spacey, tenacious reporter Vicki Vale, brutish detective Harvey Bullock, or the cunning Catwoman. Given those choices I think Catwoman will definitely be the role fought over at my gaming tables. Be careful who you choose though, each character will have their own motivations and individual win conditions that are kept secret from the other players.
The game will feature an original story told over the course of 4 cases. The prologue will help players get acquainted with game play before going on to solve 3 more cases each one taking about 2-3 hours. Players will visit famous locations in Gotham City (like the Batcave, Arkham Asylum, Blackgate Penitentiary, and the Gotham City Gazette) and cross paths with well-known Batman characters (like Batman, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, and more) as they chase leads, identify suspects, and gather enough information to help save Gotham City. Each case can be played as a stand alone, but all 4 will create a master narrative.
Players will get to use a variety of physical and digital game components, such as a deck of cards with essential clues and plot twists, various physical handouts, and a dedicated website with access to in-world resources from the Gotham City Gazette archives, to solve the crime. New to the Batman version are scenes that bring memorable gameplay moments to life via original comic book illustrations.
The game sounds really fun and will be available for preorder March 4 for $50 with a retail release in Summer 2022. That is actually a great price for a game like this, though I wouldn’t expect to be able to play it again once you have finished all the cases. Mark your calendar, you won’t want to miss your chance to pick up this game.