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Investigation time is limited in Tassing, and a conviction closes off the other suspects. Use the first run to learn the town and gather evidence; for the platinum, track actions that affect your standing with the abbey as well. Plan your branches before the verdicts.
A route through the three acts, mutually exclusive accusations and evidence lost as time moves forward.
- Difficulty: Dialogue planning is the main challenge.
- Missables: Yes: accusations, actions and dialogue tied to individual acts.
- Online: No online trophies.
Set up Andreas’s investigation
Choose Andreas’s background with dialogue checks in mind: Imperial Law helps with legal issues and Logician supports reasoning. Encourage Paul to draw on the first day and interact with animals and flowers along the way. Some conversations close at the next meal or appointment, so finish the ones related to your current lead before advancing the day.
- Note the next event that advances time.
Plan for both outcomes with the abbey
For Good Graces, stay on respectful terms with Gernot and ask permission before digging up the grave. Plan the disgraced outcome separately: securing Ferenc’s conviction can cost you the abbot’s favor. To reach the library, investigate the hidden route from the crypt. Find Ferenc’s cipher and decode it with the volvelle before reporting to Jacob.
- Check which abbey outcome this branch is set up for.
Stop before presenting an accusation
Act I has separate trophies for Lucky, Matilda, Ottilia and Ferenc. Gather evidence about the person you want condemned and present a coherent case to Jacob Estler. Before the interview, check which save state you can actually return to: if evidence is missing or that point has been overwritten, revisit an earlier part of the investigation rather than simply naming another suspect.
- Check off the trophy after the verdict scene.
Separate the Act II branches
Track Martin, Hanna and Guy’s outcomes separately in Act II. Before closing the investigation, finish side activities you have left open, such as Aedoc’s medicine and Lansquenet. The card table has opposite outcomes: win everyone’s money and lose all of yours. The hunt also has two decisions to cover, shooting the deer or sparing it.
- Finish time-sensitive tasks before the hearing.
Finish Magdalene’s act
As Magdalene, check the optional activities before finishing the mural: cut enough cookies for the feast, arrange help with the mine descent, and follow the conversations about the frog plan and the mystery of the cats. Compare the three act-completion trophies with the PlayStation list and replay the missing branches.
- Check the feast, mine and conversations before the ending.
Trophies to watch
Good Graces
End Act I in the abbot's favor.
Set up the favorable branch before the autopsy and grave digging; several choices shape your reputation.
Like a Record Baby
Solve Ferenc's cipher with the volvelle.
Find the volvelle while investigating Ferenc and solve the cipher before the hearing.
The Stonemason
Get Lucky executed.
Follow Lucky’s lead and bring Jacob the evidence before the act’s deadline.
The Imposter
Get Martin killed.
Dedicate an Act II branch to Martin and check the outcome in the scene after the accusation.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need more than one investigation outcome?
Yes. The platinum requires mutually exclusive convictions: after committing to one outcome, return to an earlier point or start another run.
Can I select a chapter from the menu?
Do not plan cleanup around a chapter select. Check your available resume point before the scenes that end an act.
Did the 2022 game launch on PlayStation that year?
The PS4 and PS5 editions launched on February 22, 2024.
Sources
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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