This post is part of the Keeping Score series about games and their soundtracks. As always, you may click on images to view larger versions.
Long time readers may remember that I wrote about Lucas Pope’s Return of the Obra Dinn about a year ago. Specifically, I wrote about the experience of playing it with my partner, who is less well versed in games than I, and how it served as an excellent introduction to games. We enjoyed its intricate puzzle-like mystery so much, we looked into other games that might offer similar deduction puzzles. A kind reader suggested The Case of the Golden Idol by Color Gray Games — although mistakenly referred to it as The Curse of the Golden Idol, a mistake I keep repeating as I write this. It was inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, and it got a lot of praise from the press, so it seemed like a good choice. But then we got distracted. Now we’ve finally given The Case of the Golden Idol a try, and I’m happy to report that it not only offers some quality detective work, it may be an even better introduction to games.
