TR-49 Turns Deep Research Into an Immersive Interactive Puzzle
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TR-49 is a dense, non-linear interactive fiction from Inkle that simulates scholarly research: you operate a steampunk computer, entering two-letter-two-number codes to reveal cross-referenced library entries and researcher notes, gradually uncovering a sci-fi mystery and a metaphysical quest within four to five hours of play.
- TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes Ars Technica
- TR-49 review – inventive narrative deduction game steeped in the strangest of wartime secrets The Guardian
- Inkle says TR-49's $7 price point was experiment to encourage "an impulse, 'jump in' mindset" GamesIndustry.biz
- TR-49 is a strong—if irritating—addition to mystery gaming’s best new genre AV Club
- Inkle co-founder says WW2 puzzler TR-49 is 'our best launch, ever, in 14 years,' and they made it in just 9 months PC Gamer
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