$9.99FLAM EVAW Live-action mystery on a luxury cruise
Play detective Maple Kurosawa, gather clues aboard a super cruise ship and untangle the Rainbow Crime Organization with four assistants at your side.
Is FLAM EVAW worth it?
FLAM EVAW is worth it if…
- you want a live-action detective story where the reasoning, not just the romance, drives the plot
- you enjoy branching FMV games with dozens of choices and a dozen endings to chase
- you like a mystery wrapped around flirting, affection meters and four very different companions
- you would rather talk or hack your way through a scene than fight it
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Deduction with a deck of clue cards
The detective work runs on clue cards. Everything you find, from searched rooms to things people let slip in conversation, becomes a card, and when a reasoning phase starts you pick the cards that answer the question at hand. Correct picks fill a progress bar and unlock a piece of the picture, though what you deduce is not always the truth, so judgment stays on you. There are 300 cards and over 10,000 words of case text, and not every card earns its place: plenty turn out to be dead weight, which makes the real finds feel earned. Classic mode keeps accumulating clues across the story; realistic mode gives you no hints at all.
Four assistants, four ways to play
Your team is four women with very different styles. Kitty, your assistant from the first game, is still at your side. Wan Xiaoxiao, the fan favorite, now works at your agency. Newcomer Aiko is a wanted killer with a flamboyant streak who wants the Rainbow organization dead. Xu Yinzhen is an earnest, somewhat hapless South Korean police officer chasing the same trail. You can operate your companions through a skill tree, activating their abilities and your own at key moments, and some choices directly raise or lower their affection for you. Who you focus on shapes what secrets you uncover.
A story tree with real weight
This is a sequel that branches hard: over 200 options, several independent plot branches longer than 40 minutes, and 12 endings. Open the story map and the paths sprawl; a small early choice can send the plot somewhere else entirely. A justice value and each character's affection are both tracked, and endings judge you on the combination. You can pour your attention into one companion's personal investigation, or drop the romance entirely and play the cold, meticulous detective facing the villains head-on. The recap at the start brings newcomers up to speed, though having played the first game helps.
Filmed like a show, tuned like a game
This is full-motion video with 428 minutes of footage, and it gives you real control over how you watch. Two visual styles, a classic movie-game look and a more immersive film mode, are switchable at any time, and the male lead has two voice versions you can swap between freely, one cheeky and one deeper. Speech or hacking choices change whole scenes: talk your way through a bar encounter or slip into a computer instead. QTEs, item exploration and the actors' performances carry the cinematic side, and the dialogue is often genuinely funny, with Kurosawa's roguish patter a running highlight.
Do you need to play the first game?
Do you need to play the first game first?
No, but it helps. This is a spin-off sequel to Detective, Please Keep My Secret, continuing that story's ending with the same cast. A recap at the start covers the essentials, so newcomers can follow along, though returning players will catch more of the references and character history.
How long is a playthrough, and why replay it?
The core story runs several hours, but with 200+ options, branches longer than 40 minutes and 12 endings, one run shows you only a slice. Replay value comes from pursuing a different companion, taking the hacker route instead of speech, or switching to realistic mode, where the game stops holding your hand. Classic mode also lets you skip investigation stages you have already solved.
How hard is the detective work really?
Your call. Classic mode offers UI hints and forgiving clue handling, to the point that brute-forcing every card combination works if deduction is not your strength. Realistic mode removes the hints entirely and expects you to reason it out. Either way, expect a lot of cards to sift through, some of them red herrings.
Is it suitable for children?
No. The developer flags violence including shootings and kidnapping, a suicide plotline, heavy drinking, a bar setting, and sexual content ranging from swimwear and implied nudity to bed scenes. It is an adult mystery with dark themes, best treated as entertainment strictly for grown players.
