Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher

Hotels can be pretty creepy if you are not used to them, especially old ones that still look like they could host a few ghosts. On the other hand, hotels are not places people spend a lot of time around, so it’s pretty unlikely that anything major in your life is going to happen in one of them. Still, the universe has a funny way to surprise you every now and again.

Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher is a hidden object adventure game in which you play the role of a detective tasked with solving a gruesome murder committed in a hotel. Thus, your duty includes getting to the hotel in question, analyzing the crime scene and investigating everyone at the hotel in order to establish whether any of the guests had any reason or opportunity to kill the victim.

As you may have already guessed, the story is not mind bending in any way, but the presentation is actually quite pleasant and engaging. Hence, if you enjoy detective novels or Agatha Christie books, then this should be right up your alley as well. There’s some disturbing imagery involved, on the other hand, so it may not be suitable for children or those who are faint of heart.

Although most of your game time is spent jumping from room to room and trying to pick up anything that may be useful in the future, there are other ways to occupy your time as well. Puzzles are a great distraction, and some of them can really put your mind to work if you are not familiar with the genre. Even so, the great majority of the time you’ll be carefully scanning every scene for stuff you might have missed.

Thankfully, the exploration bit should be more than pleasant, especially thanks to the gorgeous graphics and exquisite level design. Every room and hallway in the hotel is full of interesting objects, which helps a lot with the general atmosphere as well. The soundtrack is decent, while the voice acting is pretty convincing most of the time.

All things considered, Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher is a great way to occupy your time when you need to relax a bit, even if the puzzles can stress you out a bit. On the other hand, the story is intriguing, and it’s always nice to follow the clues from one epiphany to the other.

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