Hidden Agenda

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Release Date: October 24, 2017

An cooperative adventure detective thriller game developed by Supermassive Games. Hidden Agenda is based on popular movies and TV series of this genre. It tells the story of two female protagonists: a policewoman and a district attorney who are on the track of a serial killer. Up to five players can participate in the game, although it is also possible to play the title alone. All players are using a special phone app called PlayLink.

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Hidden Agenda is an action-adventure crime thriller game. It was developed by Supermassive Games, the creators of well received Until Dawn. Similarly to the previous game of this developer, the new title was released on PS4.

Plot

In Hidden Agenda the players assume control of two female protagonists – Becky Marnie, a homicide detective and Felicity Graves – a district attorney. Together they investigate the case of a serial murderer known as The Trapper. They are trying to solve the mystery of his crimes.

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Mechanics

Hidden Agenda for PS4 can be played alone or together with up to four other players. The game is focused on decision making (frequently the choices are hard from a moral point of view). The decisions determine the path of the whole story. The consequences of choices can lead to various endings of the game.

The game utilizes a mobile application called PlayLink. Thank to it players can use their smartphones or tablets to shape the story of the game. They can decide what actions should the protagonists make and what the fate of the murderer will be. The choices are determined based on voting of the players. During the game the players must select special action cards and follow the instructions displayed on the screen of the device they hold in their hands. What’s interesting, from time to time one of the players receives a secret mission – then it’s up to him or her whether he or she will help realize the common goal or betrays other players, focusing on own intentions.

Technical aspects

Hidden Agenda for PS4 is powered by Unreal Engine 4. Thanks to that the three-dimensional graphics of the game are of high quality. Realistically animated and detailed faces of characters are especially worth attention.

Platforms:

PlayStation 4

Developer: Supermassive Games

Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment

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Game Ratings for Hidden Agenda Video Game.

6.8

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 34% of Critics. There are 44 Critic Reviews.

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PlayStation LifeStyle: 6 / 10 by Chandler Wood

Hidden Agenda has all the trappings of a Supermassive game, but its potential is cut short as Crime Thriller: The Party Game. Stiff animations give the impression that Hidden Agenda was rushed. While the PlayLink technology has potential and does some really cool things by turning your phone into a controller, it also adds unnecessary complications to a game that uses the second screen functionality as more of a gimmick than a core gameplay mechanic. Hidden Agenda is a good game, but is held back from being great by trying to fit it into the party game mold.

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TrustedReviews: 3 / 5 by Stuart Andrews

As a game for chilling out on the sofa with a handful of friends or the family, Hidden Agenda is pretty cool. Yet there's a lot about the mechanics, the story, the situations and the characters that seems wilfully, crazily dumb. For L20 for a few hours of fun it's well worth a try, but this feels like an interesting concept that needs some work before it all comes good.

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ZTGD: 6 / 10 by Dave Payerle

Hidden Agenda is a hard recommendation, because the game feels like a natural fit to share with non-gamers, but we had one playthrough that ended so abruptly and unsatisfyingly I thought we had somehow skipped a section, and had I brought this game out at a party I would have felt like we totally wasted two hours.

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