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GAME · 2018 · USA

Return of the Obra Dinn

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Return of the Obra Dinn is a 2018 puzzle game in which players investigate the fate of a ship's crew by examining frozen memories. Each scene lets them identify the dead and record what happened.

9 Interesting Facts About Return of the Obra Dinn

Interesting Facts (7)

  1. #001

    Players can zoom in on other people within a memory, open their profile and record details as they learn them, for instance when one character addresses another by name.

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  2. #002

    Zooming in on an unclear figure in a scene brings up that person's sketch from the book, which helps players confirm whether it is the same individual across different memories.

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  3. #003

    There is no time limit: the rain and the shaking watch do not demand haste, and players can hold off submitting an empty or incorrect book until they are ready.

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  4. #004

    When a face loses its blur, the game considers the player to have all the information needed about that person, though further details may still surface later.

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  5. #005

    James McCreadie and Debbie May, who play siblings in the game, are married in real life.

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  6. #006
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    If the player correctly identifies a character's cause of death as suicide, the final insurance report notes that the character's estate was forfeited to the Crown. That matches real life: under 1800s British law, suicide was a crime and the Crown seized the dead person's property.

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  7. #007
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    If the player wrongly blames the Captain for every death aboard the Obra Dinn, they get the "bad" ending and also unlock a unique achievement, "Captain Did It".

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Production Story (1)

  1. #008

    Death descriptions are treated leniently: some people have several acceptable fates in the book, and a failed lock-in usually points to a wrong name or face rather than the wording of the death.

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Characters & Cast (1)

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    Each new game randomly assigns the player character as male or female. The protagonist's gender has no bearing on the story; the only difference is whether a male or female voice delivers the few lines of dialogue at the start.

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