The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a full-motion video (FMV) game from Square Enix. The story is told through gripping live-action footage, brought to life by director Koichiro Ito and cinematographer Yasuhito Tachibana. Featuring a cast that does a commendable job of stepping into the shoes of multiple characters over the course of a century, the plot will have you at the edge of your seat.
A GLANCE
DEVELOPER h.a.n.d. Inc.
PUBLISHER Square Enix
GENRE Life action, mystery, adventure
PLATFORM PC, PS4, PS5, Switch
PLAYERS SINGLE
You follow a chain of murders that have dogged the Shijima family over the past 100 years, in 1922, 1972, and 2022. There are four murders to solve in total, each comprising an incident phase, a reasoning phase, and a solution phase. You’ll be tasked with piecing the clues together, forming hypotheses, and then finally solving the case.
The game is played from the perspective of mystery novelist Haruka Kagami, who finds herself taking on the role of detective. The segments set in the past see Haruka perusing books or reports, reimagining each member of the Shijima family as a new character. In this way, you get well-acquainted with the same few faces, and the cast never has to expand to unwieldy proportions.
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