History VideoGame / CarolReedMysteries

Developed by MDNA Games located in Sweden, the first Carol Reed game Remedy was published in 2004, since then they have steadily released one game per year. Game number 15 was released [[http://www.mdna-games.com/ in 2020.]]

Bears absolutely no relation to the (male) British film director Carol Reed.

* TheAlcoholic: Gustav in Remedy, he tried to fight it for his wife, but falls off the wagon when she leaves him.

* BasedOnATrueStory: Cold Case Summer is based on the assassination of the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme.
* {{Cult}}: There is a rather disturbing one in Black Circle.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The ending of Blue Madonna. The revelation that Christina, after an already DarkAndTroubledPast killed a pregnant woman while driving drunk, was then constantly trying to come to terms with her guilt, was ''then'' killed by the woman's husband and the man she was in love with just returned to his wife and forgot about her. ''Damn''.]]

* GhostTown: The Dead City from Cold Case Summer.
* HotMenAtWork: Jonas, the gardener

* ShoutOut: A lot of names in the games are the names of family and friends of the creator, in every game there is also a shoutout to his favorite adventure game forum.

* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler:The writer Gerard Black thinks he has this revelation in "Shades of Black" and that he has murdered a woman, complete with a split personality. Turns out he didn't and it was a ploy by the real murderer to get him to commit suicide, luckily it didn't work.]]
* ThouShaltNotKill: [[spoiler:Carol's response when you try to shoot her attacker at the end of Amber's Blood is a shocked "No, I'm not going to shoot anyone!"]]

* YourCheatingHeart: A good chunk of the minor characters seem to have affairs.

Developed by MDNA Games located in Sweden, the first Carol Reed game Remedy was published in 2004, since then they have steadily released one game per year. Game number 15was released [[http://www.mdna-games.com/ in 2020.]]

Developed by MDNA Games located in Sweden, the first Carol Reed game Remedy was published in 2004, since then they have steadily released one game per year. Game number 13 was released [[http://www.mdna-games.com/ in 2018.]]

Developed by MDNA Games located in Sweden, the first Carol Reed game Remedy was published in 2004, since then they have steadily released one game per year. Game number 12 was released [[http://www.mdna-games.com/ in 2017.]]

Developed by MDNA Games located in Sweden, the first Carol Reed game Remedy was published in 2004, since then they have steadily released one game per year. Game number 10 was released [[http://www.mdna-games.com/ in 2014.]]

* MistakenForProstitute: The janitor mistakes Carol for one when she sleuthes around, and makes it clear that he's not interested.

* SceneryPorn: It almost feels like you're on vacation in Sweden at times

* GayAesop: Very subtly handled, but a card on Carol's fridge seems to be an invitation to the wedding of two gay friends. There's also [[spoiler:Adam]] and his boyfriend from Time Stand Still.

* ICantUseTheseThingsTogether

* {{Mr Fanservice}}/{{Hot Men At Work}}: Jonas, the gardener

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: So far Stina has owned a kiosk, a bakery, a tobacco store, some kind of sewing shop, a store for interior design and an ice cream parlour.

Carol Reed is a young English woman who lives in Sweden and solves mysteries for a living. Normally, a friend or a stranger approaches her when they don't have enough evidence to involve the police or a case has already been closed. Carol is naturally curious and once she has started investigating [[{{Determinator}} she won't stop until the case is solved]]. She occasionally gets help from her best friend Stina and a handsome gardener she meets every once in a while during her investigations. The games always take place during the summer (and sometimes also winter) in Sweden. The graphics consist entirely of photographs of places and people, the music underlines the serene and calm undertone that runs through the games, although there are also suspenseful moments.

* TheAlcoholic: Gustav in Remedy, he tried to fight it for his wife, but fell off the wagon again when she left him.
* AbandonedWarehouse

* BasedOnATrueStory: The game Cold Case Summer, the story in question being the assassination of the Prime Minister of Sweden, Olof Palme.

* RealPlaceBackground: WordOfGod says that all the locations are real places in his hometown of Norrköping, Sweden. The first two games runs the backgrounds through a filter in Photoshop.

Carol Reed is a young English woman who lives in Sweden and solves mysteries for a living. Normally, a friend or a stranger approaches her when they don't have enough evidence to involve the police or a case has already been closed. Carol is naturally curious and once she has started investigating [[{{Determinator}} she won't stop until the case is solved]]. She occasionally gets help from her best friend Stina and a handsome gardener she meets every once in a while during her investigations. The games always take place during the summer in Sweden. The graphics consist entirely of photographs of places and people, the music underlines the serene and calm undertone that runs through the games, although there are also suspenseful moments.

Developed by MDNA Games located in Sweden, the first Carol Reed game Remedy was published in 2004, since then they have steadily released one game per year. Game number 9 was released [[http://www.mdna-games.com/ in March 2013.]]

* RealPlaceBackground: WordOfGod says that all the locations are real places in his hometown of Norrköping, Sweden run through a filter in Photoshop.

* {{Scenery Porn}}: It almost feels like you're on vacation in Sweden at times

Carol Reed is a young English woman who lives in Sweden and solves mysteries for a living. Normally, a friend or a stranger approaches her when they don't have enough evidence to involve the police or a case has already been closed. Carol is naturally curious and once she has started investigating [[{{Determinator}} she won't stop until the case is solved]] She occasionally gets help from her best friend Stina and a handsome gardener she meets every once in a while during her investigations. The games always take place during the summer in Sweden. The graphics consist entirely of photographs of places and people, the music underlines the serene and calm undertone that runs through the games, although there are also suspenseful moments.

* {{Mr Fanservice}}/{{Hot Men At Work}}: Jonas, the cute gardener

[[quoteright:244:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xcxy_4401.jpg]] Carol Reed is a young English woman who lives in Sweden and solves mysteries for a living. Normally, a friend or a stranger approaches her when they don't have enough evidence to involve the police or a case has already been closed. Carol is naturally curious and once she has started investigating [[{{Determinator}} she won't stop until the case is solved]] She occasionally gets help from her best friend Stina and a handsome gardener she meets every once in a while during her investigations. The games always take place during the summer in Sweden. The graphics consist entirely of photographs of places and people, the music underlines the serene and calm undertone that runs through the games, although there are also suspenseful moments.

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[[caption-width-right:320:Carol's allotment. She rarely has time to hang out there.]]
Carol Reed is a young English woman who lives in Sweden and solves mysteries for a living. Normally, a friend or a stranger approaches her when they don't have enough evidence to involve the police or a case has already been closed. Carol is naturally curious and once she has started investigating [[{{Determinator}} she won't stop until the case is solved]] She occasionally gets help from her best friend Stina and a handsome gardener she meets every once in a while during her investigations. The games always take place during the summer in Sweden. The graphics consist entirely of photographs of places and people, the music underlines the serene and calm undertone that runs through the games, although there are also suspenseful moments.

* NiceGuy: Jonas again. He's kind, helpful, funny and good-looking.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: We don't know what Carol looks like, only that she is an English woman in her twenties.

Developed by MDNA Games located in Sweden, the first Carol Reed game Remedy was published in 2004, since then they have steadily released one game per year. Game number 9 is currently [[http://www.mdna-games.com/ in the making.]]