
The biggest mobile game in China is a multiplayer murder mystery
Now NetEase wants to bring the smash hit to the West
China’s new mobile hit game isn’t a war game or fantasy adventure — it’s more like an Agatha Christie novel. You play a detective investigating a missing person case in a deserted manor, where you gather clues by walking through different scenes and role-playing as the killer or one of the survivors.

Similarly, part of Identity V involves characters running around in search of crypto machines and passwords.

There’s another parallel between the two games: Both feature four survivors plus one murderer in a format known as “asymmetric multiplayer,” because it’s effectively four against one.
Still, there are enough differences to tell the two games apart. While Dead by Daylight is notable for its gory designs, Identity V showcases an animated Gothic style and features the detective storyline.

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