Return
Return is a Chinese-style horror mystery puzzle game. Anzhen, from a southern fishing village, ventures alone into a legendary land to find her missing brother. This perilous quest reveals a tremendous secret about herself and a conspiracy with mysterious local forces...
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Game Setting
Return is a 2d horror and mystery puzzle game with a local Chinese theme. Protagonist An Zhen lives in the southern fishing village. In order to look for the missing brother, she was guided alone on the legendary land. Through the multi-protagonist mode of exploration and interaction, the forgotten truth gradually revealed. The fires of many years ago, the strange villagers, the lost books and newspapers, the strange customs and the ubiquitous blessing fish, all point to the mysterious organization, the supreme association of the gods in the villagers' mouth.
Plot
This is a strange and dangerous journey to find family. Follow the pace of the protagonist An Zhen, through different time and space and characters, the secret of Moon Island reveal. It is also a story of Oriental realism, and you may see echoes of deja vu in this centuries-old entanglements.
Exploration
Cointrol protagonist An Zhen to collect clues and interact with another mysterious character. Step by step into the secret of the core and you will feel multiple reversal and "truth" subversion.
Decryption
Based on the scene and story，puzzle games were created , highly restore and fit the real feeling. unique sense of substitution, interesting and not heartless card. A unique sense of inclusion and fun but not mercilessly stuck keep you addicted to the game.
Game Features
Experienced music producers carefully customize a large number of original music, highly fit each scene and story rhythm. Rich props and puzzle Settings perfectly fit the massive scene story, deeply restore the era and local characteristics.
Free exploration of Chinese scenes which are close to real life, to increase the sense of substitution and empathy of the characters.
Game Style
Folk hand-painted style; Lots of manga and anime shows; Massive scenes and original music; The multi-language dubbing mainly in Hokkien is 100% realistic. The original sound track is restored as well.
