Also, a very delicate
element of detective stories is information that only the player knows about, so I took a lot of care in that area as well.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner works best when the disparate
elements of detective story, alternate history, and mysticism come together, but the somewhat clumsily - applied combat system hampers the overall effect.
Not exact matches
The
story and journey
of «Silent Hill: Revelation 3D» isn't cohesive as
elements, like a police
detective investigation, are never realized, built upon, or returned to.
If read as an ideological tract, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue could refer to the expanding gyre that separates distinct concepts
of «authenticity» — hence the
detective story in this ersatz Night
of the Living Dead (commissioned to do a straight ripper
of the Romero classic — which was completely without a
detective figure — Grau inserts an
element of Tiresian knowledge) that underscores the futility
of investigation into areas that, by their nature, resist clarification.
During the many lulls in the
story, viewers can pick out
elements from other films: The design for the Doberman evokes «Up,» one potential buyer imitates Edna Mode from «The Incredibles,» a tracking shot through the engine
of a wrecking crane recalls a clockwork sequence in «The Great Mouse
Detective.»
At least that's the official
story passed down through the generations; it'll be challenged as the film unfolds, not through a traditional
detective story (although there's a mystery
element to «Coco») but through an «Alice in Wonderland» journey to the Land
of the Dead, which the hero accesses through the tomb
of his ancestors.
In this new way
of telling his
stories, Crais combined the classic «first person» narrative
of the American
detective novel with flashbacks, multiple
story lines, multiple points -
of - view, and literary
elements to better illuminate his themes.