Read my full review on Adventure Game Hotspot. Excerpt: I must admit, I was hoping to be a bigger snoop in this game, so I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t go into every room of the hotel at will and see everything there was to see. And yet while the narrative hijacked my intentions, it also raised the bar. This Bed We Made could very well have been a Hitchcock movie back in the 50s. The result is more of an interactive story than a true adventure game, pretty much devoid of typical puzzles, instead challenging you to think about your every move and what the repercussions might be. The intricate narrative encompasses the game’s global “puzzle,” and is certainly harder to figure out than which item or dialogue option to choose. It’s obvious there are several variations to the ending – concerning your own employment at the hotel, your relationship with your confidant, and which suspect is charged with murder – but even after a single playthrough, my curiosity is fully satisfied, as I found myself content with my particular ending. It’s a different, gameplay-lite take on the detective genre, but if you’re looking for a riveting mystery in which you leave no sheets rumpled, and even have a say in the final outcome, This Bed We Made is one you won’t want to turn down.
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