{"id":1030637,"date":"2026-01-14T22:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-rise-of-the-golden-idol-review"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:52:23","slug":"the-rise-of-the-golden-idol-review-the-best-detective-game-since-obra-dinn-makes-a-killer-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-rise-of-the-golden-idol-review-the-best-detective-game-since-obra-dinn-makes-a-killer-return\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of the Golden Idol review &#8211; the best detective game since Obra Dinn makes a killer return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/the-rise-of-the-golden-idol-review-the-best-detective-game-since-obra-dinn-makes-a-killer-return.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>After playing as an eighteenth-century detective to solve 12 terrible murders in Color Gray Games&#8217; sensational debut, The Case of the Golden Idol, the decision to suddenly jump the story forward 300 years for this near-contemporary sequel came as something of a surprise. Not only did there seem to be unfinished business ripe for further unravelling at the end of Case&#8217;s conspiracy caper, but its detailed pixel art and gurning cast of grotesques also felt so of a piece with its historical set dressing that I wondered whether its freeze-frame tableaus would have quite the same effect at such a far remove from their stylistic beginnings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-rise-of-the-golden-idol-review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-rise-of-the-golden-idol-review\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After playing as an eighteenth-century detective to solve 12 terrible murders in Color Gray Games&#8217; sensational debut, The Case of the Golden Idol, the decision to suddenly jump the story forward 300 years for this near-contemporary sequel came as something of a surprise. Not only did there seem to be unfinished business ripe for further unravelling at the end of Case&#8217;s conspiracy caper, but its detailed pixel art and gurning cast of grotesques also felt so of a piece with its historical set dressing that I wondered whether its freeze-frame tableaus would have quite the same effect at such a far remove from their stylistic beginnings. 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