Hotel Dusk

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A series of adventure games starring former NYPD detective Kyle Hyde.

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The Hotel Dusk games, developed by the now-defunct CiNG for the Nintendo DS (Platform), have a strong focus on storytelling, often being called "interactive mystery novels". The two games in the series, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Last Window: The Secret of Cape West, are self-contained stories revolving around the main character, Kyle Hyde (Character), who narrates the proceedings in a first-person manner. Heavily influenced by film noir, each game opens with a overarching mystery to be solved which is intricately related to Hyde's past. Along the way, Hyde tends to get embroiled in the smaller mysteries and problems of those around him, some of which slowly reveal the bigger picture of the final mystery. Gameplay consists of a mixture of point-and-click investigation, questioning characters, and solving puzzles.

A standout feature of the series is the hand-drawn rotoscoped art style it uses for it's characters. Using video of real-life actors, animators sketch over each frame of the video to create characters with lifelike animations. A video detailing the process can be viewed here.

Plot Overview

Kyle Hyde is an ex-cop who now works for one of his father's old friends as a door-to-door salesman. Though the games feature standalone stories, there are a small number of reoccurring characters, most notably Ed Vincent (Character), Hyde's boss, and Rachel, Ed's secretary whom Hyde holds some fondness for. Using his sales company as a front, Ed runs a secret side business which is vaguely defined as "finding items that don't want to be found" for clients. Ed often enlists Hyde's help in these cases, which are more suited to Kyle's detective past than his poor interpersonal skills are.

Games

Hotel Dusk: Room 215

22 January 2007

Platforms/Nintendo DS

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West

14 January 2010

Platforms/Nintendo DS

Franchise details

Name

Hotel Dusk

Features

2 games

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First game

Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Aliases

Hotel Dusk,Last Window,Kyle Hyde

Characters

• Has characters: Kyle Hyde (Character), Brian Bradley (Character), Dunning Smith (Character), Ed Vincent (Character), Helen Parker (Character), Iris (Character), Jeff Angel (Character), Kevin Woodward (Character), Louis DeNonno (Character), Martin Summer (Character), Melissa Woodward (Character), Mila (Character), Rachel (Character), Rosa Fox (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: The United States of America (Location), Los Angeles (Location), Cape West Apartments (Location), Hotel Dusk (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Ghost (Concept), Plot Twist (Concept), Secret Identity (Concept), Cutscene (Concept), Exploration (Concept), Organized Crime (Concept), First-Person Perspective (Concept), Puzzle (Concept), Secret History (Concept), Detective (Concept), Multiple Endings (Concept), Framing (Concept), Lock Picking (Concept), Film Grain (Concept), Film Noir (Concept), Parents (Concept), Flashback (Concept), Mute Character (Concept), Top-Down Perspective (Concept), DS Microphone Use (Concept), Dialogue Tree (Concept), Mysterious Ally (Concept), Point and Click (Concept), Rotoscoping (Concept), Evidence (Concept), Game Over (Concept), Black and White (Concept), The Locked Door (Concept), Puzzle Games with Stories (Concept), MacGuffin (Concept), Visual Novel (Concept), New Game Plus (Concept), Reading (Concept), E3 2006 (Concept), Book Style Position (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Car (Object), Book (Object), Alcoholic Beverages (Object), Eyepatch (Object), Screwdriver (Object), Gun (Object), Pistol (Object), Shirt (Object), Flowers (Object), Hammer (Object), Bowling Ball (Object), Key (Object), Computer (Object), Television (Object), Trench Coat (Object), Crowbar (Object), Briefcase (Object), Apple (Object), Paintings (Object), Paper Clip (Object), Safe (Object), Paper (Object), Typewriter (Object), Whiskey (Object), Maid Uniform (Object), Paint Can (Object), Magazine (Object), Vending Machine (Object)

People

• Has people: Taisuke Kanasaki (Person), Toshiharu Izuno (Person), Satoru Iwata (Person), Yasuo Inoue (Person), Junpei Mizusaki (Person), Alan Averill (Person)