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The game was ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Platform/PlayStation4 in 2018. A sequel, ''Dead Secret Circle'', was released in 2018, continuing the adventures of Patricia Gable as she investigates another mysterious case, while also dealing with returning echos from the Bullard affair.
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''Dead Secret'' is a [[POVCamera [[POVCam First Person Perspective]] PointAndClickGame with horror themes, developed by Robot Invader and released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2016.
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''Dead Secret'' is a [[POVCamera First Person Perspective]] PointAndClickGame with horror themes, developed by Robot Invader and released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2016.
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* ChekovsGun: Early on Patricia can literally find Bram Halloran’s gun sitting on his desk. [[spoiler: He uses it in the final act to murder his brother and to attempt to murder Patricia.]]
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Early on Patricia can literally find Bram Halloran’s gun sitting on his desk. [[spoiler: He uses it in the final act to murder his brother and to attempt to murder Patricia.]]
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Bram is ''just about'' to murder Patricia when Josie intervenes. Also, had Patricia not pursued the case to begin with, it's almost certain Bram would have gotten away with everything.]]
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** The first time Patricia visits the apartment block in person, Bram is the only person who invites her into his place and seems interested in actually speaking with her. [[spoiler: At first it seems he just wants to talk about how he's a writer, too, and how great he is, but on a second playthrough, it becomes clear he is pumping her for information about why she's here.]]
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** The first time Patricia visits the apartment block in person, Bram is the only person who invites her into his place and seems interested in actually speaking with her. [[spoiler: At first it seems he just wants to talk about how he's a writer, too, and (and about how great he is, is) but on a second playthrough, it becomes clear he is pumping her for information about why she's here.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Patricia figures out The Laughing Man Killer's true identity and goes to confront them. Alone, without any kind of weapon or protection, in the apartment building's gated off basement...
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** The first time Patricia visits the apartment block in person, Bram is the only person who invites her into his place and seems interested in actually speaking with her. [[spoiler: At first it seems he just wants to talk about how he's a writer, too, and how great he is, but on a second playthrough, it becomes clear he is pumping her for information about why she's here.]]
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: Bram takes time to lecture Patricia about how clever he is before trying to shoot her. This is arguably justified because Bram is clearly a {{Narcissist}} who loves talking about himself and once he kills the unarmed Patricia, there is seemingly nobody left who knows the truth and could stop him from getting away clean.]]
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* {{HateSink}}: The villain for this game turns out to be this. [[spoiler: Bram's motivations for the murders are ''incredibly'' infantile and smack of NeverMyFault, since he blames his sick brother for his lack of career success and others for trying to 'deny' it to him. He murders ''his own brother'' just about as soon as he's done using him, having had Colm ritualistically kill anybody who happens to be unlucky enough to have been involved in Colm's treatment. He's a craven who for the most part refuses to do any of his own killing and his protests about having to give up most of his personal and professional life to take care of Colm are ultimately revealed to just be a case of ItsAllAboutMe.]] Even The Woodcutter from the last game was comparatively sympathetic.
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* {{HateSink}}: {{Hate Sink}}: The villain for this game turns out to be this. [[spoiler: Bram's motivations for the murders are ''incredibly'' infantile and smack of NeverMyFault, since he blames his sick brother for his lack of career success and others for trying to 'deny' it to him. He murders ''his own brother'' just about as soon as he's done using him, having had Colm ritualistically kill anybody who happens to be unlucky enough to have been involved in Colm's treatment. He's a craven who for the most part refuses to do any of his own killing himself and his protests about having to give up most of his personal and professional life to take care of Colm are ultimately revealed to just be a case of ItsAllAboutMe.]] Even The Woodcutter from the last game was comparatively sympathetic.
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* {{HateSink}}: The villain for this game turns out to be this. [[spoiler: Bram's motivations for the murders are ''incredibly'' infantile and smack of NeverMyFault, since he blames his sick brother for his lack of career success and others for trying to 'deny' it to him. He murders ''his own brother'' just about as soon as he's done using him, having had Colm ritualistically kill anybody who happens to be unlucky enough to have been involved in Colm's treatment. He's a craven who for the most part refuses to do any of his own killing and his protests about having to give up most of his personal and professional life to take care of Colm are ultimately revealed to just be a case of ItsAllAboutMe.]] Even The Woodcutter from the last game was comparatively sympathetic.
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** Colm used to be a surgeon before his condition left him unable to continue as one.
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* HiddenDepths: Most of the people at the apartment building have them.
** Rose loves movies and is actually quite the movie buff.
** Janet is a very talented artist, and the child she is taking care of by herself is actually her sister's. (Who is currently in prison)
** Edmund comes off as a {{Jerkass}}, but he really does seem to care about his few tenants and goes out of his way to accommodate them.
** Bram privately admits he resents his disabled brother for all the sacrifices he's had to make to take care of him and feels that this makes him a bad person.
** Hubert is actually [[spoiler: a chemist.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Bram privately talks about how he sometimes resents Colm for getting sick, necessitating Bram to take care of him. Bram uses his brother to murder basically anybody who has happened to piss him off, and then kills his brother with zero hesistation.]]
** Rose loves movies and is actually quite the movie buff.
** Janet is a very talented artist, and the child she is taking care of by herself is actually her sister's. (Who is currently in prison)
** Edmund comes off as a {{Jerkass}}, but he really does seem to care about his few tenants and goes out of his way to accommodate them.
** Bram privately admits he resents his disabled brother for all the sacrifices he's had to make to take care of him and feels that this makes him a bad person.
** Hubert is actually [[spoiler: a chemist.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Bram privately talks about how he sometimes resents Colm for getting sick, necessitating Bram to take care of him. Bram uses his brother to murder basically anybody who has happened to piss him off, and then kills his brother with zero hesistation.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Bram shoots his brother Colm dead and is chillingly unfazed by it. [[KickTheDog He then proceeds to bad mouth Colm and talk about what a burden he saw him as.]]]]
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The Woodcutter from the original game only killed [[spoiler: two]] victims(s), and even then the motivation was largely personal. The Laughing Man Killer is more of a straight SerialKiller.
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Rose, Hubert, Colm, and Bram are all dead by the end.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Rose, Hubert, Colm, and Bram are all dead by the end.]] For the record, that’s [[spoiler: about half the cast.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Rose, Hubert, Colm, and Bram are all dead by the end.]]
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* WhamShot: There's arguably three.
** When Patricia finds that one of the apartment residents has painted [[spoiler: Woodcutter, confirming their presence.]]
** When Patricia enters [[spoiler: Colm Halloran's room for the final time and finds that it is empty.]]
** When The Laughing Man Killer has Patricia cornered and [[spoiler: he is shot dead by his brother, Bram, who reveals himself as the true villain.]]
** When Patricia finds that one of the apartment residents has painted [[spoiler: Woodcutter, confirming their presence.]]
** When Patricia enters [[spoiler: Colm Halloran's room for the final time and finds that it is empty.]]
** When The Laughing Man Killer has Patricia cornered and [[spoiler: he is shot dead by his brother, Bram, who reveals himself as the true villain.]]
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** Colm Halloran used to be a renowned surgeon before his degenerative disease left him permanently bedridden. [[spoiler: In retrospect, his surgical expertise is a rather big warning sign pointing to Colm as the murderer.]]
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Bram Shoots Colm dead with what appears to be [[HandCannon a .357 Magnum Revolver.]]]]
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* BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler: The Laughing Man Killer is Bram Halloran’s seemingly invalid brother Colm.]]
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* ObfuscatingDisablity: [[spoiler: Under the effects of the special serum that Bram gives him to keep him alive, Colm is actually fully ambulatory... and capable of venturing out to commit murder.]]
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* DirtyCoward: The true BadBig, [[spoiler: Bram Halloran,]] is one. [[spoiler: He has his mentally handicapped brother do all of his killing for him. The only person he kills himself is Colm, and even then he had a gun (whereas Colm only has a straight-razor) and the element of surprise. He also plans to shot Patricia, an unharmed, completely helpless woman, dead to tie up the final loose end.]]
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* DirtyCoward: The true BadBig, BigBad, [[spoiler: Bram Halloran,]] is one. [[spoiler: He has his mentally handicapped brother do all of his killing for him. The only person he kills himself is Colm, and even then he had a gun (whereas Colm only has a straight-razor) and the element of surprise. He also plans to shot Patricia, an unharmed, completely helpless woman, dead to tie up the final loose end.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It is left up in the air [[spoiler: how responsible Colm is for his own actions. His disease has caused him to undergo some marked neurological degeneration and his brother openly admits to manipulating him.]]
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