Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 4: The Cain Killer

18.09.2013
Critic 70/100
The final entry to the Cognition series, has Erica pursuing both Cordelia and the Cain Killer while keeping the player unaware of John's fate. Through flashbacks we learn more of Erica's past with John as FBI agents. Meanwhile Mac Adams is trying to arrest Erica and she must convince him to help her one last time. To this end the series introduces a "trust meter" which depends on Erica's actions she may be lose her former boss' trust completely.

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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)

18.09.2013

The final entry to the Cognition series, has Erica pursuing both Cordelia and the Cain Killer while keeping the player unaware of John's fate. Through flashbacks we learn more of Erica's past with John as FBI agents. Meanwhile Mac Adams is trying to arrest Erica and she must convince him to help her one last time. To this end the series introduces a "trust meter" which depends on Erica's actions she may be lose her former boss' trust completely.

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