#Dark nights with poe and munro cast full#

The beginning of each chapter features this image of moving colour, like ink or paint being slowly swirled together. For the player, the situations often feel surreal in a dream-like way. Dreams are a running theme: nightmares, dreams-within-dreams, dissociation (life feeling like a dream). The mysteries are spurred by something relating to the radio show, whether it be a caller or a stunt the hosts have thought up to bring in more listeners (such as partnering with a local museum for a prize giveaway). Death and the supernatural are often involved, and sometimes there’s violence, but there is always a mystery afoot. There are six chapters, each putting Poe and Munro in new, precarious, absurd situations. It suits the character and the narrative perfectly, it just gets sketchy at times. It adds to the story and atmosphere, just in a real-life we-all-know-one kind of way. It’s kind of… gross, at least in a moral sense. Poe plays so innocent, like he’s not married. At one point Munro literally says, “I’m just sitting here looking pretty.” As we learned in The Shapeshifting Detective, they’ve been having an affair. They each remind me of classic fiction stereotypes: the female, doe-eyed and flirty, and the man, a gruff womaniser. Ellis Munro appears soft, sweet, and innocent. John Pope, AKA Poe, is super dark and dramatic. The game puts the player in control of two radio hosts’ exploits.

#Dark nights with poe and munro cast full#

That being said, if this is your first D’Avekki title and you enjoyed it, I highly recommend playing The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective afterwards, to get the full context.

The thread is clearly there for fans that have played the trio of titles, but you’re not missing a whole lot if you haven’t – unless you’re extremely upset by a minuscule offhanded comments taking a dig at August’s chief of police. It is mostly related due to taking place in August and expanding on the small roles of Poe and Munro in The Shapeshifting Detective however, since it happens prior to The Shapeshifting Detective, it really doesn’t matter which order they are played. Dark Nights with Poe and Munro has nods to each, but it is set between the other two titles. This one is about a shapeshifting detective trying to solve the murder of a young girl in August that was predicted by a trio of tarot readers. The second title is The Shapeshifting Detective, another supernatural mystery. Four years post-launch, it still holds the Guinness World Record for the most FMV footage in a single game (seven hours, 11 minutes, 58 seconds). It’s about a psychiatrist who is filling in for a colleague, following them through several conversations with each of several patients, digging into the patient’s past and usually finding something bizarre or supernatural. The first, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, is inspired by Lovecraft tales.

You don’t need to play its previous games to understand Dark Nights with Poe and Munro, but there is a common thread between the three titles. Thankfully, it has met my expectations.ĭark Nights with Poe and Munro is developed by D’Avekki Studios, arguably the best developer within the FMV game niche right now. This time, it seems more rooted in moral or practical choices rather than digging for information (although there is some of that, too). Dark Nights with Poe and Munro is the developer’s third title, and it’s another supernatural mystery FMV. If you have read any of my FMV game reviews of the past few years, you know I will always reference either The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective, the first two titles from a developer that I have come to whole-heartedly love and support.