Retro Replay Review

Gameplay

The first few minutes of Misty Vol.2 make its priorities plain: this is a detective game about legwork. Instead of being pushed through a single route, you choose one of five cases from the main menu and begin working through a text list of city locations. You search, talk, leave, return, and gradually narrow down what matters. If you enjoy the feeling of worrying at a case until a small detail finally starts to connect, that basic loop has real pull.

The structure is admirably open for a mystery game. You can investigate the cases in any order, and you can accuse a suspect or submit a solution whenever you think you have enough. That freedom creates tension because the game will let you be wrong. An early guess is not treated as a harmless experiment; insufficient evidence means failure. Take notes, pay attention to who has been questioned and where you have already searched, and resist the urge to force an answer just because a suspect feels plausible.

Efficiency matters as well as correctness, since points are awarded for the speed and economy of your investigation. That turns repeated travel and questioning into more than flavor: wasted steps can cost you. The downside is that the routine can become grindy when you are circling through locations trying to discover the next useful lead. Automatic saves make the pressure sharper, and restarting an investigation requires deleting its save file. That is a notably unforgiving choice, so Misty Vol.2 suits a patient gamer who accepts consequences better than someone who likes freely testing every possible accusation.

Graphics

Most of the game is text, with occasional sparse black-and-white digitized photos for locations and scenes. These images are more like case-file inserts than richly illustrated backdrops, but they break up the reading and give a few investigations a tangible visual reference.

Story

Ryū Kamishiro, a young private investigator in modern-day Japan, anchors five unrelated cases. The selection has a good detective-fiction spread: a prank sits alongside theft, disappearance, and murder investigations, so choosing a new case does not simply mean replaying the same premise with different names.

Because the cases stand alone, Misty Vol.2 is easy to sample in whatever order appeals to you. “Corpse from the Sky” has an immediately attention-grabbing title, while “Do You Believe in God?” and “Ambition’s Edge” suggest a more pointed mystery mood. The game’s case-by-case construction favors the pleasure of solving separate puzzles over building one long-running narrative.

The writing carries nearly all of the dramatic weight through descriptions and dialogue. That makes the act of questioning suspects central to the story rather than a brief obstacle between scenes. If you like detective fiction where understanding people’s statements is part of the investigation, the format fits. If you need constant imagery or heavily staged scenes to stay engaged, the amount of reading will feel demanding.

Overall Experience

Misty Vol.2 is a hard-edged, text-first detective adventure with enough freedom to make you feel responsible for both breakthroughs and mistakes. Its strongest quality is that it does not pretend investigation is effortless. You have to revisit leads, search carefully, and decide when the evidence really supports an accusation.

That same commitment makes it a specialized recommendation. The sparse imagery and repeated location visits will test your tolerance for deliberate, menu-driven investigation, and the restart restriction is harsher than it needs to be. Yet the five-case format gives you clear stopping points and variety, while the scoring system gives careful play a reason to matter.

Give it a chance if you want an old-school mystery that asks you to keep your own mental case notes and live with a bad call. The payoff is not flashy; it is the satisfying moment when the loose questions finally seem answerable and you commit to a solution with confidence. For patient detective-game fans, that is enough to make its stern approach worthwhile.

Retro Replay Score

7.2/10