Developer Frogwares has - following a run of evocative if not-entirely-informative cinematic trailers - released the first proper gameplay footage of its Lovecraft-inspired open-world detective horror, The Sinking City, walking through an early investigation mission.
The Sinking City follows the adventures of troubled private investigator Charles W. Reed, as he explores the mysterious goings-on in Oakmont, Massachusetts. We've known for a while that exploration and detective work are a major focus of The Sinking City (as was the case in developer Frogwares previous, frequently enjoyable Sherlock Holmes series), but we've yet to see how this might play out in-game.
That's all changed with the arrival of Frogwares' latest developer video, which walks viewers through the first part of an early, smaller-scale side-quest, titled Silence is Golden. Here, players are set the challenge of tracking down a mysterious figure that the local librarian, Joy, believes has been breaking into her home.