Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 1: The Hangman

30.10.2012
Critic 68/100
The Hangman is the first episode in a series of 3rd-person point-and-click adventure games starring the Boston-based FBI agent Erica Reed as the protagonist. The game is released in a series of episodes that can be purchased independently or as a full season of four episodes with additional extras. When the first episode was released, the other three were still in development.

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19.09.2013

FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold -- but Erica’s work has only just begun. Jump into Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, the exciting four-part series that brings Erica face to face with the deranged demons of her past. A serial killer is loose in Boston -- one who seems to be leaving deliberate clues that only Erica, with her unique post-cognitive abilities, can uncover. Is she finally on her way to solving Scott’s murder? Or, blinded by vengeance, is she falling into a trap that could cost Erica her life? And how does this new killer know her secret? Developed by Phoenix Online Studios (makers of the King’s Quest spin-off The Silver Lining), with contributions from veteran game designer Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight, Gray Matter) and comic book artist Romano Molenaar (Batman, X-Men, The Darkness), Cognition is a thrilling adventure that grips you and won’t let go.

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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller (last 3 games)

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