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* DisposingOfABody: Four obvious cases.
** [[spoiler: Sofia Mills got thrown into the well that killed her, though her son later found her by accident and buried her properly on the cemetery]].
** [[spoiler: Henry Johnson was put into a car and the car sunk into the river. It took about two weeks until a diver found it by accident]].
** [[spoiler: Scott Brooks was hidden in a bush at the border of town, though he was easily found by a passing jogger]].
** [[spoiler: By the end of the game, it is still unclear what happened to Steven Moss]].
** [[spoiler: Sofia Mills got thrown into the well that killed her, though her son later found her by accident and buried her properly on the cemetery]].
** [[spoiler: Henry Johnson was put into a car and the car sunk into the river. It took about two weeks until a diver found it by accident]].
** [[spoiler: Scott Brooks was hidden in a bush at the border of town, though he was easily found by a passing jogger]].
** [[spoiler: By the end of the game, it is still unclear what happened to Steven Moss]].
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** If it weren't for [[spoiler: Scott Brooks]], then this would have been [[spoiler: Sofia Mills]] fate as well.
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** [[spoiler: While not thinking it is ONLY his fault, Andrew Reeks is definitely feeling extremely guilty for both Sofia Mills death and covering up her disappearance]].
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** [[spoiler: Andrew Reeds is TheAlcoholic cause he feels horribly guilty for being somewhat responsible for Sofia Mills death and especially for hiding her death all those years]] He regularly breaks out in tears about it and has a mental breakdown when confronted about it twice.
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* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler: Scott Brooks]]. Initially, most people note how they find it unlikely that the killer would be them. After a few weeks, most are absolutely convinced it was them despite the lack of evidence, simply cause no one else has been deemed more suspicious.
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* TheScapegoat: SurpriseWitness: A late-game letter reveals that [[spoiler: Scott Brooks]]. Initially, most people note how they find it unlikely that six year old Derrick Tyler had watched the killer would be them. After a few weeks, most are absolutely convinced it was them despite the lack murder of evidence, simply cause no one else has been deemed more suspicious.Sofia Mills]].
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* FrameUp: The reason why so many clues point to [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] as the killer? Cause [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks]] wants people to believe that due to that, most likely due to that person's role in [[spoiler: Scott Brooks murder]].
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* FrameUp: The reason why so many clues point to [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] as the killer? Cause [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks]] wants people to believe that due to that, most likely due to that person's role in [[spoiler: Scott Brooks murder]].
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* ParentalBetrayal: When [[spoiler: Scott Brooks gets accused of having killed Vivian Roberts]], what does [[spoiler: actual killer and adoptive father Matthew Brooks]] do? [[spoiler: Stay quiet, get a lawyer to defend his son and after the kid gets murdered due to not being persecuted, the only bit of former love for his son that shines through is that he tries to [[FramingTheGuiltyParty frame his son's murderer]] for ''his'' crimes]].
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* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler: Scott Brooks]]. Initially, most people note how they find it unlikely that the killer would be them. After a few weeks, most are absolutely convinced it was them despite the lack of evidence, simply cause no one else has been deemed more suspicious.
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* TheTopicOfCancer: Wanda Tyler having cancer is mentioned by most characters and one of the drives for Derrick Tyler's state of mind. All make very clear how horrible the disease is.
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* BastardAngst: Averted, since [[spoiler: Scott Brooks isn't aware of being one until late and instead being treated as an HeartwarmingOrphan]]. Ironically, [[spoiler: Vivian Roberts causing him to become an orphan due to his bastard status is what leads to all the killings]].
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* FrameUp: The reason why so many clues point to [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] as the killer? Cause [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks]] wants people to believe that due to that, most likely due to that person's role in [[spoiler: Scott Brooks murder]].
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* CycleOfRevenge: The reason of how the deaths spiraled out of control. [[spoiler: Vivian took out her frustration and jealousy out on Sofia and killed her. Matthew killed her for it. Bernard killed Matthew's adopted son, thinking the boy is the killer, leading to Matthew trying to frame Bernard as Vivian's killer and murdering all who don't believe it]].
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* CycleOfRevenge: The reason of how the deaths spiraled out of control. [[spoiler: Vivian took out her frustration and jealousy out on Sofia and killed her. Matthew killed her for it. Bernard killed Matthew's adopted son, thinking the boy is the killer, leading to Matthew trying to frame Bernard as Vivian's killer and murdering all who don't believe it]].
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** [[spoiler: Sofia Mills had her had crash against a well, breaking her neck]].
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** [[spoiler: Sofia Mills had her had head crash against a well, breaking her neck]].
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** When knowing that [[spoiler: Vivian got killed via axe]], then seeing [[spoiler: the broken axe closet]] in Bernard Hopkins house shows that he [[spoiler: is only a RedHerring]].
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* TraumaCongaLine: Trisha Roberts - out of all characters - suffers this the most. She is getting ignored by her parents, her best friend becomes dismissive, her mother is against her relationship with her boyfriend, her mother ''dies'', [[spoiler: her boyfriend is claimed to have killed her mother]], [[spoiler: her father stops her from meeting her boyfried]], [[spoiler: her boyfriend breaks up via letter without telling the reason and avoids her]] and - as the final cherry on the cake - [[spoiler: her boyfriend gets brutally murdered on the street]]. It is little surprise that she ends up a mental wreck and finally [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal]].
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* AffablyEvil: With the exception of [[spoiler: Henry Johnson]], all characters are noted to be nice or loved by at least some people.
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* AffablyEvil: With the exception of [[spoiler: Henry Johnson]], all characters are noted to be nice or loved by at least some people.people and have at least at some point done genuinely good things for someone, if not the whole community.
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* Foreshadowing: Since diaries and letters can be collected mostly in any order, it is possible to figure out major parts of the story quite early.
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** The open bill for room 201 in Ann's Inn gives away that [[spoiler: Steve Moss never returned from the hospital basement]].
** It's mentioned at the beginning that an anonymous source wants the paper to investigate the murder. Over the course of the game, the only person that a) has an interest in solving the murder, b) doesn't believe it was [[spoiler: Scott Brooks]] and c) definitely leaves the town alive is: [[spoiler: Dorothy Patterson]].
** It's mentioned at the beginning that an anonymous source wants the paper to investigate the murder. Over the course of the game, the only person that a) has an interest in solving the murder, b) doesn't believe it was [[spoiler: Scott Brooks]] and c) definitely leaves the town alive is: [[spoiler: Dorothy Patterson]].
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Played straight and averted. There are small drains that Janet can't possibly fit into, but there is also a big tunnel system under the town that she can comfortably walk through, with doors, ''working lights'' and everything.
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* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler: broken axe closet]] in Bernard Hopkin's house.
* ChekhovsGunman: The one who send both PI Steven Moss and a journalist to Painscreek was [[spoiler: Dorothy Patterson]].
* ChekhovsGunman: The one who send both PI Steven Moss and a journalist to Painscreek was [[spoiler: Dorothy Patterson]].
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* InterruptedSuicide: Andrew Reeds got saved from ''three'' suicides. [[spoiler: Sadly, no one saved him from being murdered]].
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* LostWillAndTestament: Charles updated his will, but never made it public and thus left it in a safe to rot. [[spoiler: After all, everyone named in there is dead anyway]].
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* ADeadlyAffair: Both [[spoiler: Number 3 and possibly 6]]. Specifically, [[spoiler: Vivian ends up killing Sofia and then has the baby disappear without regard to where]].
* AdultFear: Have your child missing [[spoiler: and later be revealed to have been drowned in the river]]. Have your child be accused of murder OR your child want to talk to a murderer [[RuleOfThree OR]] observe a murder. Also, specifically for Vivian and Matthew: [[spoiler: have your child potentially end up in a BrotherSisterIncest]].
* AffablyEvil: With the exception of [[spoiler: Henry Johnson]], all characters are noted to be nice or loved by at least some people.
* AdultFear: Have your child missing [[spoiler: and later be revealed to have been drowned in the river]]. Have your child be accused of murder OR your child want to talk to a murderer [[RuleOfThree OR]] observe a murder. Also, specifically for Vivian and Matthew: [[spoiler: have your child potentially end up in a BrotherSisterIncest]].
* AffablyEvil: With the exception of [[spoiler: Henry Johnson]], all characters are noted to be nice or loved by at least some people.
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* AnAesop: Everyone makes a choice and has to live with the consequences it can carry. Becomes Anvilicious in the good endings where Janet pretty much spells it out in a letter.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Henry Johnson and - to a degree - Vivian Roberts and Matthew Brooks]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Henry Johnson and - to a degree - Vivian Roberts and Matthew Brooks]].
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* ChalkOutline: At the hospital, marking the spot where [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts fell to her death]]. Becomes relevant when [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks falls on it in the same way]].
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* DarkSecret: Almost every single character in the game has one. The only persons that never did anything wrong are probably Oliver, Steve, Ann and Trisha.
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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: [[spoiler: Of the five people to be directly responsible for a murder, only one is a woman]].
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* GoodLawyersGoodClients: Played with. [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks hires one to defend his adoptive son who is indeed innocent. Problem is, the one who hired them '''is''' the killer]].
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Steven Moss]].
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* IDidntMeanToKillHim: [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks claims this in regards to Andrew Reeds]].
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* KidsAreCruel: Both Derrick Tyler and Scott Brooks got badly bullied in school.
* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: Used interestingly to [[spoiler: both make [[RedHerring Bernard Hopkins]] quickly highly suspicious. In the end, the actual killer is never revealed anywhere to be this, though it can be assumed he is]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Trisha Roberts thinks like this about Derrick Tyler, much to his displeasure.
* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: Used interestingly to [[spoiler: both make [[RedHerring Bernard Hopkins]] quickly highly suspicious. In the end, the actual killer is never revealed anywhere to be this, though it can be assumed he is]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Trisha Roberts thinks like this about Derrick Tyler, much to his displeasure.
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* MotiveRant: Both [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] final diary and the audio recording [[spoiler: in the church attic]] have one.
* MotiveRant: Both [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] final diary and the audio recording [[spoiler: in the church attic]] have one.
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Chances are, the player will think that [[spoiler: Charles Roberts, Bernard Hopkins, Scott Brooks or Derrick Tyler]] was the killer. They will be very wrong with that.
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* PinkMeansFeminine: Trisha Roberts diaries are flowery, pastel and two of them clearly pink.
* PixelHunt: Some keys, buttons or even keyholes are VERY hard to see.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler: The murder of Sofia Mills]].
** Even discussed in the letter of the good ending:
--> It was true that [[spoiler: Charles and Sofia's affair]] was wrong. But [[spoiler: Vivian]] had a choice, either [[spoiler: confront Charles about it]] or [[spoiler: take it out on Sofia]]. [[spoiler: She]] chose the latter.
* PoliceAreUseless: A private detective finds out more about the deaths and potential killer(s) in a few days than the police in multiple months.
* PixelHunt: Some keys, buttons or even keyholes are VERY hard to see.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler: The murder of Sofia Mills]].
** Even discussed in the letter of the good ending:
--> It was true that [[spoiler: Charles and Sofia's affair]] was wrong. But [[spoiler: Vivian]] had a choice, either [[spoiler: confront Charles about it]] or [[spoiler: take it out on Sofia]]. [[spoiler: She]] chose the latter.
* PoliceAreUseless: A private detective finds out more about the deaths and potential killer(s) in a few days than the police in multiple months.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Oh so much.
** Matthew Brooks [[spoiler: wanted to find out what had happened to his love Sofia Mills, leading to the death of five people]].
** Derrick Tyler [[spoiler: wanted Scott gone so he has a chance with Trisha, leading to both dying and him being left alone]].
** Magdalena Roberts [[spoiler: wanted a grandson to continue the family line, pretty much being the catalyst for everything that goes wrong]].
** Vivian Roberts [[spoiler: wanted to make sure that no mistress or bastard child can inherit the Roberts fortune. Both she and Trisha die for it]].
** Matthew Brooks [[spoiler: wanted to find out what had happened to his love Sofia Mills, leading to the death of five people]].
** Derrick Tyler [[spoiler: wanted Scott gone so he has a chance with Trisha, leading to both dying and him being left alone]].
** Magdalena Roberts [[spoiler: wanted a grandson to continue the family line, pretty much being the catalyst for everything that goes wrong]].
** Vivian Roberts [[spoiler: wanted to make sure that no mistress or bastard child can inherit the Roberts fortune. Both she and Trisha die for it]].
* EarnYourBadEnding: To get the Missing Journalist ending, the player usually has to find at least 80% of all clues and keys since they need to access [[spoiler: the church attic]].
** In the alibi paper, [[spoiler: Derrick Tyler claims to have been with a friend, but never gave a contact number. Cause that friend didn't know he was there]].
** Matthew's riddle, the cross "key" and the garden gate key are probably the worst offenders. Also the trick with [[spoiler: Scott's secret passage]] and how to access the hospital basement.
* MultipleEndings: The game - based on the ending achievements - has four:
** You're Fired: Have less than 50% of clues and make a mistake about killer or murder weapon.
** Case Unsolved: Have at least 50% of clues and make a mistake about killer or murder weapon.
** Truth Revealed: Have at least 50% of clues and correctly name killer and murder weapon.
** Completionist: Have all the clues and correctly name killer and murder weapon.
** Missing Journalist: [[spoiler: get killed by the axe man]].
** You're Fired: Have less than 50% of clues and make a mistake about killer or murder weapon.
** Case Unsolved: Have at least 50% of clues and make a mistake about killer or murder weapon.
** Truth Revealed: Have at least 50% of clues and correctly name killer and murder weapon.
** Completionist: Have all the clues and correctly name killer and murder weapon.
** Missing Journalist: [[spoiler: get killed by the axe man]].
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Vivian Richards and Matthew Brooks]]. They did the things they did for all the wrong reasons under the believe that it would be the right thing to do.
** Also [[spoiler: Vivian Richards and Henry Johnson]] about how they are quite heartless in regards to money.
** And [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks, Derrick Tyler and Bernard Hopkins]] who are responsible for the death of another person out of misguided, selfish love.
** Also [[spoiler: Vivian Richards and Henry Johnson]] about how they are quite heartless in regards to money.
** And [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks, Derrick Tyler and Bernard Hopkins]] who are responsible for the death of another person out of misguided, selfish love.
** There is also the [[spoiler: questionable alibi of Derrick Tyler]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: Charles Roberts [[spoiler: had a fling with a maid, Sofia Mills]]. Also, [[spoiler: Bernard believes Vivian Roberts to also cheat with a banker, but that is proven to be a misunderstanding]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: All those that didn't die, left Painscreek at one point or another with most not even mentioning to where or what. The only ones that give some kind of closure are Charles, Dorothy and Oliver.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: All those that didn't die, left Painscreek at one point or another with most not even mentioning to where or what. The only ones that give some kind of closure are Charles, Dorothy and Oliver.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted. [[spoiler: Scott Brooks never harms Vivian Roberts for having murdered his mother, he simply yells at her and then leaves to cry. His adopted father on the other hand..]].
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* CheckPointStarvation: The game only saves when entering a new area and the only way to save on purpose is by exiting the game. While this is fine in small areas like Dorothy's or Bernard's house, it can be incredibly frustrating in big ones like the hospital or the mansion.
* CloseKnitCommunity: Everyone knew everyone and most people were on first name basis with each other. Even the servants called the Roberts by their first names.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not exactly a CEO, but [[spoiler: Henry Johnson is later revealed to have put 160k on his private bank account from the funds meant to support the ill and elderly of the Painscreek hospital]].
* CreepyBasement: The hospital basement, complete with a morgue.
* CloseKnitCommunity: Everyone knew everyone and most people were on first name basis with each other. Even the servants called the Roberts by their first names.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not exactly a CEO, but [[spoiler: Henry Johnson is later revealed to have put 160k on his private bank account from the funds meant to support the ill and elderly of the Painscreek hospital]].
* CreepyBasement: The hospital basement, complete with a morgue.
* CycleOfRevenge: The reason of how the deaths spiraled out of control. [[spoiler: Vivian took out her frustration and jealousy out on Sofia and killed her. Matthew killed her for it. Bernard killed Matthew's adopted son, thinking the boy is the killer, leading to Matthew trying to frame Bernard as Vivian's killer and murdering all who don't believe it]].
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: What probably happened to [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks]].
* GuideDangIt: Some letters and/or keys are incredibly difficult to find. Considering that most walkthroughs only give hints, stuck players are often struggling quite a lot.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: While still relevant until the end, chances are the player will stop being curious about who had killed Vivian Roberts about halfway through and instead be obsessed with [[spoiler: the story around Sofia Mills and Scott Brooks]].
* GuideDangIt: Some letters and/or keys are incredibly difficult to find. Considering that most walkthroughs only give hints, stuck players are often struggling quite a lot.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: While still relevant until the end, chances are the player will stop being curious about who had killed Vivian Roberts about halfway through and instead be obsessed with [[spoiler: the story around Sofia Mills and Scott Brooks]].
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: And you don't even hear or read anything from more than one quarter of the town.
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* SceneryPorn: As is standard with Walking Simulators, the town of Painscreek is absolutely gorgeous.
* SecretPassage: Quite a few characters have one in their closet/bookcase, such as [[spoiler: Charles Roberts, Matthew Brooks and Scott Brooks]].
* SequenceBreaking: It is possible to just guess the killer and weapon literally at the beginning of the game. It will consider it properly solved when at least 50% of all clues have been found, which leaves most stories unresolved.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: There are - in a way - two: Matthew Brook and Vivian Roberts]].
* SecretPassage: Quite a few characters have one in their closet/bookcase, such as [[spoiler: Charles Roberts, Matthew Brooks and Scott Brooks]].
* SequenceBreaking: It is possible to just guess the killer and weapon literally at the beginning of the game. It will consider it properly solved when at least 50% of all clues have been found, which leaves most stories unresolved.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: There are - in a way - two: Matthew Brook and Vivian Roberts]].
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* SecretPassage: Quite a few characters have one in their closet/bookcase, such as [[spoiler: Charles Roberts, Matthew Brooks and Scott Brooks]].
* SequenceBreaking: It is possible to just guess the killer and weapon literally at the beginning of the game. It will consider it properly solved when at least 50% of all clues have been found, which leaves most stories unresolved.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: There are - in a way - two: Matthew Brook and Vivian Roberts]].
* SecretPassage: Quite a few characters have one in their closet/bookcase, such as [[spoiler: Charles Roberts, Matthew Brooks and Scott Brooks]].
* SequenceBreaking: It is possible to just guess the killer and weapon literally at the beginning of the game. It will consider it properly solved when at least 50% of all clues have been found, which leaves most stories unresolved.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: There are - in a way - two: Matthew Brook and Vivian Roberts]].
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** Both [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks and Sofia Mills]] were orphans.
* ParentalFavoritism: [[spoiler: Charles Roberts really loves Scott Brooks ''like a son''...]]
* ParentalFavoritism: [[spoiler: Charles Roberts really loves Scott Brooks ''like a son''...]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Two of the most nice and beloved characters [[spoiler: are responsible for the majority of deaths]].
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* BreakTheCutie: Trisha Roberts' TraumaCongaLine.
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* CuriosityKilledTheCast: It definitely killed [[spoiler: Scott Brooks and Steven Moss. Also potentially Janet]].
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* DrugsAreBad: The game goes into quite some detail on how Andre Reeds alcoholism effectively destroyed his entire life and personality.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Some citizens see one around the playground [[spoiler: and Janet/the player see her leading them to safety once they're hunted by the killer]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Some citizens see one around the playground [[spoiler: and Janet/the player see her leading them to safety once they're hunted by the killer]].
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Both Scott Brooks and Derrick Tyler got badly bullied as children until they met Trisha Roberts.
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* TheAlcoholic: Andrew Reeds. [[spoiler: Heavy guilt and being haunted by a literal ghost can do that to you]].
* EvidenceScavengerHunt: You run around town, enter houses and go through their stuff in search for letters, diaries and keys.
* FirstPersonSnapshooter: Janet has a camera as part of being a journalist. It can be used to make pictures of notes, objects or just the scenery.
* FirstPersonSnapshooter: Janet has a camera as part of being a journalist. It can be used to make pictures of notes, objects or just the scenery.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If [[spoiler: Matthew Brooks]] hadn't tried to actively make [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] look like the killer, both Janet and Steven Moss might have never figured everything out.
* HollywoodDarkness: While the flashlight is useful to find tiny stuff such as keys or keyholes, all rooms are usually lit enough to see. Including window-less basements.
* HollywoodDarkness: While the flashlight is useful to find tiny stuff such as keys or keyholes, all rooms are usually lit enough to see. Including window-less basements.
* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Only a handful of houses can be entered, in most cases Janet doesn't even try to reach the house door, if there is a closed fence in the way.
* ItsAllMyFault:
** Charles Roberts confesses to feel this way in his last diary entries.
** Interestingly, [[spoiler: neither [[NotSoDifferent Matthew Brooks nor Vivian Roberts nor Henry Johnson]] ever express honest guilt for the deaths they caused]].
* {{Jumpscare}}: The power outage in the hospital.
* ItsAllMyFault:
** Charles Roberts confesses to feel this way in his last diary entries.
** Interestingly, [[spoiler: neither [[NotSoDifferent Matthew Brooks nor Vivian Roberts nor Henry Johnson]] ever express honest guilt for the deaths they caused]].
* {{Jumpscare}}: The power outage in the hospital.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: While not exactly minor, looking into the murder of Vivian Roberts reveals a sickening amount of related murders that were all deemed as accidents, suicides, missings or even not important enough to properly investigate.
* TheNineties: At least one half of the notes and diaries are from around 1994. The game itself is set in 1999.
* RedHerring: Everything points at [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] being the killer.
* TheReveal: Quite a few reveals.
** Scott and Trisha [[spoiler: are half-siblings]].
** Derrick [[spoiler: could have given Scott the perfect alibi but didn't, leading to his death]].
** Bernard [[spoiler: having a crush on Vivian and killed Scott]].
** Sofia [[spoiler: having been murdered and the biological mother of Scott]].
** Matthew [[spoiler: being the Painscreek killer]].
* TheSeventies: At least one half of all the notes and diaries are from around 1975.
** Scott and Trisha [[spoiler: are half-siblings]].
** Derrick [[spoiler: could have given Scott the perfect alibi but didn't, leading to his death]].
** Bernard [[spoiler: having a crush on Vivian and killed Scott]].
** Sofia [[spoiler: having been murdered and the biological mother of Scott]].
** Matthew [[spoiler: being the Painscreek killer]].
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* StalkerWithoutACrush: Scott Brooks.
* YourCheatingHeart: Charles Roberts [[spoiler: had a fling with a maid, Sofia Mills]]. Also, [[spoiler: Bernard believes Vivian Roberts to also cheat with a banker, but that is proven to be a misunderstanding]].
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Scott Brooks.
* YourCheatingHeart: Charles Roberts [[spoiler: had a fling with a maid, Sofia Mills]]. Also, [[spoiler: Bernard believes Vivian Roberts to also cheat with a banker, but that is proven to be a misunderstanding]].
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* {{Determinator}}: A few people show this quality.
** Scott Brooks [[spoiler: stops at nothing once he realizes he could find out who his biological parents are]].
** Vivian Roberts escaped poverty by this, she [[spoiler: in fact even kills a woman to protect what is now hers]].
** Matthew Brooks puts his entire savings into [[spoiler: the defense of Scott Brooks]].
** Scott Brooks [[spoiler: stops at nothing once he realizes he could find out who his biological parents are]].
** Vivian Roberts escaped poverty by this, she [[spoiler: in fact even kills a woman to protect what is now hers]].
** Matthew Brooks puts his entire savings into [[spoiler: the defense of Scott Brooks]].
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is never really explained what is up with [[spoiler: Sofia's ghost]].
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* NothingIsScarier: Entering a building will immediately change the nice music to a creepy track. Even worse when exploring the hospital, only for the power to suddenly go out...
* SceneryPorn: As is standard with Walking Simulators, the town of Painscreek is absolutely gorgeous.
* SceneryPorn: As is standard with Walking Simulators, the town of Painscreek is absolutely gorgeous.
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* SilentProtagonist: Janet never utters a single sound.
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* AbandonedArea: The entire town is deserted [[spoiler: or so it seems]].
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* JustifiedTutorial: The Sherrif's office.
* KarmaHoudini: It is never mentioned, if [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] suffered for what hedid.did.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Poor [[spoiler: Steven Moss]]...
* SequenceBreaking: It is possible to just guess the killer and weapon literally at the beginning of the game. It will consider it properly solved when at least 50% of all clues have been found, which leaves most stories unresolved.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: There are - in a way - two: Matthew Brook and Vivian Roberts]].
* SoleSurvivor: In the end, the only remaining member of the Roberts family is [[spoiler: Charles]].
* KarmaHoudini: It is never mentioned, if [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] suffered for what he
* NeverFoundTheBody: Poor [[spoiler: Steven Moss]]...
* SequenceBreaking: It is possible to just guess the killer and weapon literally at the beginning of the game. It will consider it properly solved when at least 50% of all clues have been found, which leaves most stories unresolved.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: There are - in a way - two: Matthew Brook and Vivian Roberts]].
* SoleSurvivor: In the end, the only remaining member of the Roberts family is [[spoiler: Charles]].
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** It is possible to find quite early: [[spoiler: the confession of Derrick, the knife of Bernard, the notes of Steven Moss and some revealing letters and diaries of Scott Brook]].
** If a player knows who the cross on the graveyard belongs to, then a visit pretty much gives away the ending.
** If a player knows who the cross on the graveyard belongs to, then a visit pretty much gives away the ending.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Roberts look like the ideal family, but they are really not. [[spoiler: And that's not even looking into the BrotherSisterIncest...]]
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** [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts when not only her mother, but also her boyfriend got brutally murdered]].murdered]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts]].
* Foreshadowing: Since diaries and letters can be collected mostly in any order, it is possible to figure out major parts of the story quite early.
* InfantImmortality: Depends.
** A young boy on a missing poster is later revealed to [[spoiler: have drowned in the river by the playground]].
** A baby survives [[spoiler: the murder of his mother, but gets killed about twenty years later]].
* KarmaHoudini: It is never mentioned, if [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] suffered for what he did.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts]].
* Foreshadowing: Since diaries and letters can be collected mostly in any order, it is possible to figure out major parts of the story quite early.
* InfantImmortality: Depends.
** A young boy on a missing poster is later revealed to [[spoiler: have drowned in the river by the playground]].
** A baby survives [[spoiler: the murder of his mother, but gets killed about twenty years later]].
* KarmaHoudini: It is never mentioned, if [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins]] suffered for what he did.
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* ActionGirl: Averted. [[spoiler: When confronted with the killer, the only thing Janet can do is run into the sewers]].
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* ActionGirl: Averted. [[spoiler: When confronted with the killer, the only thing Janet can do is run into the sewers]].sewers]].
* [[spoiler: AloneWithThePsycho]]: As we find out by the end.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: All deaths in this town are very gruesome.
** Vivian Roberts [[spoiler: got an axe to her forehead]].
** [[spoiler: Henry Johnson got an axe to the head, then was put into a car that got dumped into the river]].
** [[spoiler: Andrew Reed got his lung punctured by a knife, then had his house set on fire with him in it]].
** [[spoiler: Magdalena Roberts got poisoned by heart medication overdosis, leading to a fatal heart attack]].
** [[spoiler: Scott Brook got stabbed multiple times]].
** [[spoiler: Sofia Mills had her had crash against a well, breaking her neck]].
** [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts threw herself off the hospital roof]].
** [[spoiler: Matthew Brook accidentally ran off the hospital roof]].
** It can also be assumed that [[spoiler: Steven Moss died of "axe to face"]].
*DespairEventHorizon: Multiple people cross it.
** [[spoiler: Vivian Roberts when she finds out that a mistress and her bastard child could inherit the entire family fortune due to the child being a boy]].
** [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins when he not only believes Vivian Roberts to cheat on Charles, but then finds her murdered without her potential killer being persecuted for it]].
** [[spoiler: Matthew Brook when he finds out about what had happened to Sofia Mills]].
** [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts when not only her mother, but also her boyfriend got brutally murdered]].
* [[spoiler: AloneWithThePsycho]]: As we find out by the end.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: All deaths in this town are very gruesome.
** Vivian Roberts [[spoiler: got an axe to her forehead]].
** [[spoiler: Henry Johnson got an axe to the head, then was put into a car that got dumped into the river]].
** [[spoiler: Andrew Reed got his lung punctured by a knife, then had his house set on fire with him in it]].
** [[spoiler: Magdalena Roberts got poisoned by heart medication overdosis, leading to a fatal heart attack]].
** [[spoiler: Scott Brook got stabbed multiple times]].
** [[spoiler: Sofia Mills had her had crash against a well, breaking her neck]].
** [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts threw herself off the hospital roof]].
** [[spoiler: Matthew Brook accidentally ran off the hospital roof]].
** It can also be assumed that [[spoiler: Steven Moss died of "axe to face"]].
*DespairEventHorizon: Multiple people cross it.
** [[spoiler: Vivian Roberts when she finds out that a mistress and her bastard child could inherit the entire family fortune due to the child being a boy]].
** [[spoiler: Bernard Hopkins when he not only believes Vivian Roberts to cheat on Charles, but then finds her murdered without her potential killer being persecuted for it]].
** [[spoiler: Matthew Brook when he finds out about what had happened to Sofia Mills]].
** [[spoiler: Trisha Roberts when not only her mother, but also her boyfriend got brutally murdered]].
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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/624270/The_Painscreek_Killings/ The Painscreek Killings]]'' is a murder-mystery [[WalkingSimulator walking simulator]] by EQStudios.
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''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/624270/The_Painscreek_Killings/ The Painscreek Killings]]'' is a murder-mystery [[WalkingSimulator walking simulator]] by EQStudios.
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->''[[DrivingQuestion Who killed Vivian Roberts?''
''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/624270/The_Painscreek_Killings/ The Painscreek Killings]]'' is a murder-mystery [[WalkingSimulator walking simulator]] by EQStudios.
As Janet, a young and upcoming journalist, you have been asked by your editor to investigate the mysterious abandonment of a once lively town. Based on the information released by the media about the deaths of the townspeople, you set foot into the town thinking you would find an interesting story to publish, only to uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden forever.
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* ActionGirl: Averted. [[spoiler: When confronted with the killer, the only thing Janet can do is run into the sewers]].
[[caption-width-right:283:[[StepfordSuburbia Don't worry, it's just a lovely little town.]]]]
->''[[DrivingQuestion Who killed Vivian Roberts?''
''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/624270/The_Painscreek_Killings/ The Painscreek Killings]]'' is a murder-mystery [[WalkingSimulator walking simulator]] by EQStudios.
As Janet, a young and upcoming journalist, you have been asked by your editor to investigate the mysterious abandonment of a once lively town. Based on the information released by the media about the deaths of the townspeople, you set foot into the town thinking you would find an interesting story to publish, only to uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden forever.
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!!Contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Averted. [[spoiler: When confronted with the killer, the only thing Janet can do is run into the sewers]].
