Murder in Alps Reviews

This is billed as a mystery game, and it kind of is, but 80% of the time that I spent playing it you are actually just “finding objects” in a messy room, like ispy. There are occasionally puzzles too, it’s not primarily an action/conversation based interactive game, which it seems like it is from the ads etc. It has little snippets of that in between these other things. For example, in the morning my character woke up, and then had to search for fifteen items before finding her hat, and I couldn’t leave the room without it. Then someone gets murdered and first you have to go to the kitchen and find a knife (again you’re really finding 10-15 items each time you look for something so unless you use the hints it takes forever, and then they limit your hints if you ask for too many) then you go back and they say, go back and find a magnifying glass, then you do that, then go backAnd find some baking soda, three items that could have been found at once, or even just find the one item instead of fifteen!…no interaction with characters, all just finding these objects which you don’t even need, all you actually need is the one object. Not for someone who wants to actually interact with a story. Also, the complaints about energy usage stand. I would way rather just watch an ad, or even just pay for a game, but you can’t do that, you pay over and over in little bits, or you wait 24 hours and then your energy gets used up almost immediately. Very stupid design.

I would just like to add to my complaint of this game. Yeah, it does save your progress, but it does not save it correctly. The last time I played, I had found all but 2 items and of course I ran out of energy 🙄. So, I closed out the game like I always do to wait on the energy to refill🙄. I returned later to play only to discover that all the items I had found disappeared. I had to start over and again had to quit in order for my energy to refill😡. This is not the first time this has happened. Please fix this annoying problem.
Also, I have really enjoyed playing this game when I am allowed to play it. Having an energy bar imbedded into the game is completely ridiculous. Playing the game for a couple of minutes and then having to wait pretty much a whole day to play again just destroys any enjoyment a player could have for the game. Take out the energy bar and charge people a price for the game. If they complete it in one day or very quickly, then so be it. Having to wait for my energy to refill, having to buy items to upgrade my characters, or having to replay levels repeatedly in order to advance to the next level have pretty much turned me against any game play for any game, no matter how good it is. This “new way of playing” has destroyed games. I hope someday, game developers will see the error of their ways and bring back the good ole days.

I’m surprised energy isn’t consumed just walking from room to room because literally everything else does! For example: the game told me I needed energy to continue the story, so I reluctantly waited - HOURS! - for the bar to refill just that little bit. Restarting the game though, I then watched a VERY BRIEF clip before the next puzzle appeared, BUT THEN the game tells me I’m already OUT OF ENERGY again - in the MIDDLE of a puzzle?? Is that why the energy bar isn’t always visible, so we don’t see how fast it drains? Why doesn’t it tell you the minimum amount of energy needed to complete them? 2 stars REMOVED just for that! As for the third star taken off, the dialogue is very weak while the hotel owner is a lazy idiot(he can’t even fix his own phone or find a key behind his own desk!) and the lady we play is little more than a grownup errand girl, told to do even the most menial tasks - and she eagerly agrees every time! The pros: the visuals are very well done; the puzzles involve interacting with the scenes themselves, and not just tapping on random items laying around; and the plot does sound interesting, it’s just very unfortunate it could take several weeks to finish just because I’ll always be waiting for the energy bar to refill(and yes, I know about the in-app purchase options, but those prices are outrageous! I’ll try looking up a collectible guide online before I consider paying for one of those chapter guides!)

This game is so creative and beautiful. The art, game play and ever changing side tasks are so well thought out so I have to give appreciation where it is deserved. The thing that has truly disappointed me is the energy system. I have wanted to delete this game almost every time I’ve opened just because of the fact that you have to wait an ungodly amount of time just to be able to do the most minuscule task. Not only do you have to use up outrageous amounts of energy just to begin a task (which on its own could possibly have an argument made for it) but then every movement made chips away at your remaining energy until you have nothing left. If you enjoy opening a game, getting invested and then only have about 5 min of play time before you are forced to either pay an insane amount of money for a phone game just to extend yourself another few moves of play, or wait over 24hrs to inevitably restart this process over again than by all means you’ll love it. I tip my hat to the designers and applaud the obvious effort they have devoted to their creation, but to the greedy people trying to take advantage of short patience and creating a system that was in no way short of coercion for payment. The only thing they can get from me is a flip of my middle finger. The only reason I give this game any stars is solely out of respect to the idea this game should be.

This game COULD be so much fun. It has a very unique concept and is incredibly detailed (especially for a free game). But just like every other review, the energy is such a problem. You don’t even have time to enjoy yourself because you get to play for 5 minutes, tap the screen a few times times and you’re out of energy. The energy bar only has the capability to hold 200 energy. When you’re doing a finding game, it takes 5 energy to find the object and there are 12 things to be found. This one game uses more than 25% of your energy when in reality you only need ONE of those objects to move on. I’m currently on a task where I’ve had to do 3 things (literally tap the screen 3 times) and it’s taken over 25% of my energy and I can’t complete it because surprise, I “don’t have enough energy to complete the task”. And the only way to get more is to spend money and I’m not about to that. It would be a waste of money due to how quickly it would run out. If you want to get your energy bar refilled for free, you’re waiting over 24 hours. Over 24 hours of wait time for 5 minutes of game play! Anyway, I’ll continue to play (for now) because it’s still very new to me and I’m still intrigued. But I know that pretty soon I’ll get sick of waiting so long to continue the game and just end up forgetting I even have this installed on my phone. Missed opportunity by the developers. Could have had something great here!

So if I were to pay $5-10 to purchase this game outright, I would purchase it and give it 5 stars. Beautiful graphics, good puzzles, and all that. The game is not the problem. Every review that mentions the problems with having to sink lots of money in this game to buy energy is correct. Every review that mentions the drain on energy to accomplish tasks is correct. Essentially, you are “paying” credits for every single move forward in this game, so you can only accomplish maybe an hour of game play if your energy is fully charged, which takes about a full day. And if you wish to keep playing, you can spend anywhere from $3-$20 (or more) to gain extra energy credits, but you will burn through that extremely quickly. You can buy higher end apps for less than what it costs to get enough continuous playtime for this game to be with it.

So far the response from the developer is a generic “Thanks for the feedback; we are working to improve it in the future” but I don’t think they have any intention of changing this aspect of the game. I respect people’s right to make money off their work and It doesn’t need to be free to play, but honestly, having to wait over 24 hours to refill my energy so I can play a bit is enough to make me lose interest and quit and delete MurderinAlps . It’s a shame, because it would be a fun game otherwise and I’d buy MurderinAlps .

I love this game for many reasons. First, the atmosphere is amazing. You really feel like you are in their shoes and even in that time period. Second, it feels open at all times. You always feel like you can move around a decently large area. Third, it is not just a hidden object game. You also play interesting mini games, move around between rooms, and talk to people in the environment. It is more than just levels. Fourth, the hidden object part are really cool. It is pretty interesting to be able to look closer at things and interest with drawers and whatnot. There are so many reasons to love this game.

As much as I love this game though, the energy system is seriously terrible. I don’t always hate the energy mechanic in games, but this is simply way too much waiting for not nearly enough playing. If you made the energy regain faster, even if it just went from 1 every 8 minutes to 1 every 5 minutes, that would be a significant improvement. I stopped playing for a few hours, came back, and could only tap 4 items. That is ridiculous. I’m still rating this 3 stars though, because the rest of the game is so great. If this is fixed, then this will be the easiest 5 star rating I’ve ever given. (Also, if you added a one time purchase for unlimited energy, I would buy it in a heartbeat. As long as it isn’t like $10-20, that would be ridiculous.) Thanks for your time.

I started this game by chance. I instantly loved it.....but I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t play but a few minutes at a time. I was hooked on it from the beginning. But, again as others have said....it is IMPOSSIBLE to get anywhere because of the energy problem. I tend not to pay cash for use of any games...but this one had me hooked. So I bought $20 worth of energy. $20 bought 3,000 energy. Plenty I thought. WRONG!
I used that up in 15 minutes of play! There were several “ comic book scenarios” which use up to 20 energy....then some games 30 energy. Several find games which took a lot of energy 5 per item. Before I knew it the 3000 was used. WHY are we charged to WATCH the comic......we have no control of that and that uses up a lot of energy. So now I will never pay to play on this again. Definitely not worth what you are paying for!
NOW I have finished the first two murders. I’m going to the next but IT IS NOT READY TO BE RELEASED? It doesn’t even say how long we have to wait! REALLY? I’m not that good at the game so it’s not like I went through many stories. I can’t play! So now I solved a crime, didn’t get rewarded for it and now can’t continue because the next storyline isn’t ready? WHAAAAAAAT?
Don’t get started on this game. It has a good story line but we cannot play it either without a LOT of money or a lot of WAITING!

This game is so fun but the character periodically needs energy and it throws off everything. I just walked in and saw the corpse but the moment is ruined because I need energy, and can’t progress until I have some. Just let us buy the game and not have to deal with the energy restrictions. Having to wait is really a bummer, but oddly it doesn’t matter if you don’t play for a day or a month, when you get back you will have earned the same amount of energy, which is lame.

Also, are just going to sit here and act like home girl doesn’t have the stickiest fingers we’ve ever seen? She’s asked to find a knife, but she’s actually taking your curry. Maybe if she ate some she’d have enough energy. The puzzles that make sense (like fixing the phone), those are good ones; but I can only play so many games of ISpy: robber addition. (I’m not going to lie and pretend I didn’t enjoy playing solitaire, I just don’t know what the point of it was).

That all being said, these characters are super fun. There’s one death from the first game I’m still upset about and I’m several games later, you start to care about these characters! (The animation is slowly declining in quality though, the first chapter gave each character much more detail, which I really appreciated. (Spoiler: Anna and Walter would have made a way better couple than Anna and Luigi, just gonna say that. But if you kill Luigi, imma be mad. )

Okay, let’s get one thing straight. I like this game. I like the story. I like the gameplay. It’s clear someone put a lot of thought into this game. The only thing I don’t like is the fact that one energy piece takes a whopping EIGHT WHOLE MINUTES to load. Eight minutes! I mean, why? It took me forever to just get past the very first chapter of the game because every time I ran out of energy, I had to wait eight minutes just for one more energy piece. And if there are 200 energies total then 200 x 8 is 1600. So that means it take 1600 minutes for every piece of energy to reload. That’s the equivalent of almost 26 hours! So it takes a whole day just to reload every piece of energy. That’s just— absurd! One thing is for sure, unless you’ve got the patience of a hibernating bear, do not buy this game. Honestly, this game has probably earned the lowest review I have ever written. All because it takes forever to load energy. And, honestly, it wouldn’t be as bad if every little task didn’t take such an enormous amount of energy. I mean, even just handing something to another character takes a ton of it! Why? If you’re gonna make the energy take so long to load, at least make it last longer! I already mentioned that it would take 26+ hours to load a full tank of energy, but all that energy never lasts me more than I five minutes.

This game has great character storylines and amazing graphics, but I’ve had the game for over a week and have hardly been able to actually play due to how quickly your energy points are used and how expensive it is to replace them. You can only access points at no charge by subscribing to the game’s emails or linking your Facebook account. I don’t have a Facebook account, so I only received 50 free energy points. This is hardly enough to get you through a single scene. If your energy runs out in the middle of a puzzle, be prepared to start the puzzle over from the beginning once your energy is restored. I understand apps need to make money. I’ve spent money on several games, but always knew my spend was justified by the value received. I was able to get about 250 energy points for .99 during a promotion. It took less than 5-10 minutes to use that energy. It doesn’t make sense that each item you uncover on a hidden game requires multiple energy points. If the energy point system was more reasonable, if there were more ways to earn free energy points without the 24-28 hour wait, or if energy points were less expensive, I’d easily give this game a 5 star rating. Games like this should be either priced on the front end (purchase app) or allow more opportunities for users to accumulate points at no charge as well as making points more valuable.

I have been playing this game for over a week and haven’t been able to get through the first chapter. The story is excellent, as is the art and storytelling. The puzzles aren’t that difficult. The issue of why it’s taking me so long is the energy restoration.

To get full energy, you have to wait 26 hours, which will end up going fast as each puzzle will take you at best 60 energy (12 items), but what makes it interesting is each search has a hidden puzzle or two that will take 5 or 10 energy to solve. If you add that to 10 energy to hand over the clues, 20 energy to watch a comic scene, 10 more to pick up story items, and 10 more if you need a hint, you are getting less than half an hour of gameplay every 26 hours, but which point you are reaching for the diary just to see where you need to go. I know this because I’m a bit of an achievement hunter by nature and after playing for 9 days, my clock for solving the case in 3 hours hasn’t even hit the two.

It makes it very clear that the company is not interested in the experience of people not willing to drop some major money for their energy boosts, and that makes me wonder why they made it free in the first place. With the quality of the product, I would have been happy to shell out a competitive price to play through the story without the energy system.

This game is by far one of the best and worse crime mystery/hidden object games available on MurderinAlps Store. Visually it is amazing but the worst and most disappointing part is the amount of energy needed for every little thing as well as how long it takes to regenerate. I don’t believe it should cost so much for more energy when it’s utilized so quickly as well as the ridiculous and minimal energy you’re given after so long of waiting. Then when you’re in the middle of a hidden object scene and run out of energy, you have to spend all your regenerated energy again to do the same things you’ve already started before. It does not pick up exactly where you left off. For example, If you are in a hidden object scene and have already done a few tasks and found items but run out of energy, none of what you found before that is crossed out, stays crossed out so you have to waste the same regenerated energy to even try to get passed what you have already done. Why should it take 30 energy to watch a scene or open a door? There has to be a way to get free energy elsewhere. You look so long and hard for collectibles and when you finally find one you only receive 5 energy which does no good for the amount needed to do anything at all. This would be the perfect game if it offered free energy or daily spins or any incentives for how much energy it takes for tasks. Other than that, great visuals and presentation!

I wish I’d known from the jump that this game would be such a money-guzzler. The storylines are interesting and the graphics are very good, but it takes a ridiculous amount of energy to do something minor, like handing an object to another character. Because every single thing uses up energy, you run out extremely quickly. The rate at which the energy is refilled is like molasses. And if you bite the bullet and pay the $2.99+ to actually be able to play the game, then it’s money wasted because it doesn’t even get you 5 minutes of game play. I’ve spent more money than I ever wanted to because I got so into the plots and twists that I had a hard time putting the game away. I’m really frustrated both with myself and the design of the game. My advice: download this game if you have unlimited funds (because you will blow through it like wildfire) or you have the patience and self-restraint of a saint. Otherwise, unfortunately, I don’t recommend this game. I hate to even say that because the game is really really fun and you can tell there was a lot of thought put into the plot and characters and graphics. But ultimately, it’s too expensive. If tasks cost less energy and the energy was refilled faster than 24+ hours, I would recommend this game to everyone I meet! I just don’t have the impulse control to play a game like this.

Update: energy is much better. But new game content....only says “Coming Soon”. When is it coming? This game has great potential, but it is a game for developers to only make money buy getting players to buy energy and strategy manuals. The game would be enjoyable if it did not take forever and a day to get energy. You can wait a whole day an not get enough energy to do anything. The game starts with 400 energy. Then you can earn energy by connecting to Facebook, and liking their page, and a 1 time free energy. After that there is no way to get energy unless you purchase more or wait days for enough to play for less than 5 minutes! It takes the enjoyment out of even bothering with the game. Can’t even play 5 minutes without the energy running out. Who in their right mind would pay any money on this game when you can’t enjoy playing it long enough.....No using my money on this money hungry game. I signed on today and found 2 items in the hidden object mini game and all the energy was gone. Good riddance! This game has no freebies to get energy. Money hungry game. They don’t even give you much time to like it enough to want to spend hard earned money on playing it. Good luck to those willing to pay. Update...now have ways of earning energy. Thanks.

I’ve had this game for over 2 years now and I still haven’t finished all of them! It has nice graphics and fun gameplay and I play it at night and in the morning! I would recommend this to anyone with patience or someone who is willing to spend money on this game. I would also like to recommend this to anyone with a strong stomach and basically anyone who got through the whole squid game without being intrigued or disgusted. What I think should change and what all of think should is The Who long energy takes to regain and how much is used during the gameplay. What I mean is that when you do a hunt or when you are looking for something in the game it could take 100+ to get all the items out of the way. Then it would cost a lot of money or a lot of patience to even play again. I know they have to make money and all since it they have to pay everyone but they should they should think more about the gamers then their money. They keep saying they will change it but it still takes forever it still costs a lot of energy and it takes a ad or two to get so more energy. Another pro is that it doesn’t have a bunch of ads. That was my take on Murder in the Alps thank you and hope this helps before you download.

I very much enjoy the storyline of the game. The characters are also pretty likable (Otto is my favorite). The art style is also very nice to look at. There have been changes for how the scenes are played out in the new chapters (I like the way it was played out before in the first chapter). The main feature of the game is its, find the hidden objects, mini game. But it also has other mini games (like finding a path or trying to unlock a door) that turn up from time to time.v

The energy system is quite a problem, with 30 to play out a scene and needing at least 80 energy for the search and deducting 5 energy when you freeze the screen from continuously pressing on the screen too much (while searching). There are also some other instances where you’ll need 5 - 20 energy to do the smallest of things (like grab a crowbar to open a box). A 200 energy bar as a maximum is indeed too little for things like these (not to mention the wait to gain back all of that 200 is at most 1 day and a half). Although I do like the addition of watching videos to gain energy, which I use until I run out of videos and gain at the very least 500+ energy as each video gives you 20 energy.

Though the game has that as a flaw, I still enjoy it and will continue to play.

This is such a well developed game. I have loved every aspect of it so far, BUT there’s one big drawback. The game itself is free, but everything you do uses energy, & some things take a lot of energy, such as simply watching the comic storyline so you know what’s going on. I don’t think there’s even a way to skip it if you wanted.

So, they don’t explain all this when you start playing, & they give you some free energy to keep you going long enough to really get into it. Then you have to stop because you run out of energy, & you have to either pay (way too much for what you’d get) to instantly have more energy & keep playing, or you have to wait over 26 hours to totally rebuild your energy! You CAN play again in less than 26 hours, but that’s how long it takes to totally restore your energy. You can wait several hours & still not have enough to do certain things, or only have enough to play for a few minutes, literally.

This seems to be such a well made game that I would actually buy it if they had a version that cost a few dollars & I didn’t have to run out of energy so quickly. Or if it didn’t take so long to rebuild the energy & it didn’t deplete so rapidly I would love it. But there is no way I’m paying $2.99 for just a few minutes of play!!! I wish the developers would reconsider ways to improve this one aspect of the game.

First of all, the stunning art style must be addressed. It is probably one of the games with the nicest graphics. The animation, though slight, still helps bring the whole thing to life. The graphics are super realistic and have an almost surreal quality. Then, there’s the interspersed comic-like scenes, which are also beautifully drawn. I would highly recommend it just to experience the art.

Now, I mainly wrote this review to address the concerns people have about MurderinAlps: namely, people complain about the energy, and that it takes too long and the developers want money. First, although the energy runs out fast, the system’s improved and you can simply watch a video to gain 20 energy. Doing this repetitively makes it very easy to get though parts of the game quickly. Secondly, there’s nothing wrong with watching those ads; it’s a relatively short amount of time for the fun payoff, and the developers do need money. There’s nothing wrong with that, especially since the payoff is good storylines and stunning visuals. That takes a lot of equipment and, more importantly, talented artists who need to be paid. Labor is expensive, and that’s fair. The developers are far from being greedy about it. Ads are a small price to pay to experience this lovely game quicker.

I love this game and I love the replay ability and trying to find all the hidden collections items. This is a game of patience and if you’re impatient perhaps it’s not for you.
My favorite part about this game is the multiple mysteries that occur at different locations and the connection some cases have with each other. The art and details is another thing I love about the game and can see why it takes so long for new mystery cases to be made as they are hand drawn/painted I believe. I also enjoy the voice acting. The cat is fun to pet and hear meow and purr when you do.

While I don’t like how fast you loose energy, I do understand that if you had enough energy to finish a case within an hour or 3 then you’d end up finishing all the cases within a week probably then have to wait a up to half a year for another new one or replay a previous one. It’s better to space playability out and play other games while you wait for the recharge. This is a game that requires patience which from what it sounds like many players don’t sadly have but to each their own, I suppose. I like to replay mysteries because sometimes after a while I forget part of the mystery I previously played so it nice to play again to remember what happens especially since some cases have mentions or references to other cases.