Who Pressed Mute On Uncle Marcus? Review - Zooming Along
If you have ever thought "I would rather die than hop on one more Zoom call" then Who Pressed Mute On Uncle Marcus? is calling your bluff. In this FMV game, ‘pressed mute’ is a little more serious than just some technical issues. In fact, the titular Uncle Marcus has been poisoned and, with what little time he has left, he's asking you, his favorite niece Abby, to help him figure out who did it during a virtual family game night.
Luckily, Uncle Marcus has narrowed down the list of suspects to the six members of his family he was meeting with during the window in which he must have been poisoned. Abby is the only member of the family who was absent, and the only one he trusts. As such, he wants you to investigate your family members to find out who did it. It could be your domineering and sanctimonious mother Felicity, your drunk and catty aunt June, your kindly grandmother Nan, your holier-than-thou globetrotting volunteer cousin Toby, his death-obsessed teenage brother Bradley, or your shallow influencer sister Lottie. If you can pinpoint the killer and find out what kind of poison they used, Uncle Marcus may have a fighting chance.
To do this, you need to uncover what each of your family members was up to on the night Marcus was poisoned. Conveniently, each round of the quiz begins with family members pairing off to answer another player's questions together, so you have an excuse for one-one-one time with each of the suspects. During these chats, it's unlikely that they'll reveal much about themselves, but they will absolutely dish about any strange behavior they witnessed from other relatives. As evidence is revealed, it's added to a menu screen that you can check at any time. Collect enough on one family member and
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