u/erinthomes

I'm at 71.7% and kind of running around not sure what to do next. Most of the puzzles I've run into that I haven't solved are things that I believe I don't have the information for yet (Astronomical Clock, parts of the Super Computer, the old woman in bed). I have a few pieces of information that don't seem relevant to what I have left ( for example, the Magician and Artist tapes I believe I know what they are telling me but I haven't run into where those solutions go). I've been in every room in the hotel except doors with years on them.

I'm not looking for solutions and maybe not necessarily hints. Mostly where to focus my thinking?

1. The Lunar book in the second floor library - this feels like something I should already have the answer for. I've looked at the note with lunar cycles but don't know what to do or if there is a second piece to look at in conjunction.

2. Triangle door on the west side of the first floor - I don't think I've run into anything that even hints at this

3. The Mausoleum - I think I know the order of the graves, but I need something to interact with the graves

4. The boxes room - I've figured out these tie to the doors with years on them and I've tried patterns on boxes I thought I might have worked out. But it turns out I didn't actually know the solutions.

5. Quiz Club - I only know that it exists but haven't been there and don't know where it could be. I feel like it's tied to the statues in front of the hotel, but don't have any reason to think that.

6. Gameboy (or whatever it's called) - Not the game discs which I've found and used all of them. Not the three game consoles which I've also done. The portable (?) game console on the menu. I have no idea what it's for or where games are found for it.

7. The Left Eye - I know that this must exist because I got the right eye and used it next to the minotaur statue. I haven't seen it or where it might be to my knowledge.

When figuring out who was the historian, the colleague, escaped prison, etc., I'm trying to figure out what clues were spread throughout the chapter than helped the player deduce this information. I was stuck on this for a while and ultimately looked up the answers because hints weren't helping me at all other than confirming my line of thinking.

I assumed that >!some people would be in multiple positions and that Tesa Nevari was the Weird Lady. But what tells me who was whom? How was I to know that Arthur Blythe was the other three? I picked up from the phone conversation that one person worse glasses and Augietamine was a pseudonym from the medicine. But that doesn't feel like enough to definitively say some of the other faces weren't involved in some way.!<

>!I know some of the faces couldn't be involved because we know their identities. For example, it can't be Jason Kempton because he's still in prison. But why have we definitely ruled out the other guy on the phone without glasses who claims to be Robbie Froberg as one of the suspects now?!<

>!I'm willing to accept that I've missed clues for this one but, so far, this feels like I'm having to make more assumptions than pure deduction compared to Case of the Golden Idol. I'm just trying to figure out if that's the case or I need to really review things much more strictly than I have been so far.!<

EDIT: The answers below definitely helped me get it. Basically, this game feels like it's operating with way more moving pieces than the first game and this one is maybe too tough for me. I was able to do Case in about a day with almost no hints and each case here is taking twice as long and with significantly more struggling.

I found a video walkthrough that looks pretty thorough. Since I've never played the game before, I'd prefer a text guide (in English) though to limit spoilers or talking over the game. I'm not completely averse to it. Just a preference if possible for games I haven't played.

I've found a couple 100% story walkthroughs on GameFAQs but those don't cover the trophies. I've read this is a very lengthy, tedious platinum and switching between walkthroughs for story and for trophies will probably prove pretty tough.