History VideoGame / Unheard

* CulturalTranslation: There are slight differences between the different language versions. Other than localizing their names (Emily in the English version becomes Yuki in the Japanese version and Xiao-Xue in the Chinese versions.), certain timings have slight changes [[spoiler:(The Secretary in the Japanese version will leave her meeting early to wait by the painting and greet Oezaki. Ms Reeves and the Secretary in the Chinese versions, on the other hand, will continue their meeting until slightly after the exhibition has started.)]]

* EccentricArtist: Maestro in Case 2 [[spoiler:hired someone to steal his own art, and purposely obfuscated any possible identification process]], because [[spoiler:he was frustrated by people ignoring budding talent, instead only paying attention to famous artists. By obfuscating any possible identification, he wanted to encourage more people to look more closely at unknown art, as any unsigned piece could be his stolen master.]]

* EccentricArtist: Maestro in Case 2 hired someone to [[spoiler:steal his own art, and purposely obfuscated any possible identification process]], because [[spoiler:the publicity and inevitable surge of potential fakes being produced by forgers]] '''was''' the true art.

* TheReveal: In Case 5, [[spoiler:all of the actual inmates [[IdentityAmnesia are convinced they're suspects from previous cases]], having been affected by government experiments and identified too well with someone else. Silver Spoon thinks he's [[SplitPersonality both of the twins]] from Case 1, Maestro is "himself" from Case 2, Klep is Chip from Case 3, and Emily and Mr. Director are from Case 4. And the tech that's been affecting them, as heard in George's meeting with Maestro, is the same auditory investigation tablet that the player's been using all game long, indicating that [[TomatoInTheMirror the player may be an inmate themself]]]].

* HereWeGoAgain: The [[MultipleEndings ending]] where [[spoiler:you identify as an inmate, and choose to escape the exact same way you heard yourself escape in the last case, knocking out Jessica with an ashtray]].

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: There's a few of these throughout the cases, such as "Raven" in Case 3 having the civilian identity of [[spoiler:Dwight]], "Emily's Ghost" in Case 4 actually being staged by the much-alive [[spoiler:Four Eyes]], and the inmate "Ghost" in Case 5 truly being [[spoiler:Ray the caretaker]].

* MasterForger: Case 2 has [[spoiler:both Maestro's assistant, and someone Greene hired,]] make copies of the Maestro's latest work of art, to [[ReplacedWithReplica pass off as real in a scam]].

** Identify yourself as someone from a past case: You're consider a failure, and committed. No end credits, but it does award an achievement.

* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: [[spoiler:Both Elvira and Tony in Case 5, using the investigation of a missing inmate as an excuse to meet up with a crook on the inside and try to find the treasure hidden by another inmate called Ghost.]]

* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:Although some of the inmates in Case 5 are truly unstable, others are just faking, either to get closer to Ghost or to investigate the asylum.]]

* DeepCoverAgent: Case 5 reveals that [[spoiler:the purpose of the asylum's "tests" is to turn a person into the perfect "Acoustic Detective", though many have failed and adopted the identities of people from the cases]].

** Case 3: [[spoiler:Raven planned to kill his underlings at a hotel meeting with a remote bomb, but his phones keep being pickpocketed. One of the underlings is working with dirty cops to get on top, while another is actually an clean undercover cop, with these cops working in the same precinct as the one that nabs one of the pickpockets.]]
** Case 4: [[spoiler:Sasha planned to stage an accident so she can leave for Broadway, Ashley planned to scare Sasha to take the lead role, Slim and Harvey planned to blackmail Sasha for her past crimes, Chromedome planned to have Sasha offed by hitmen, the hitmen take the blackmail money but still try to fulfill their contract (scaring Sasha out of the lead role in the process), and Four Eyes manipulated multiple people to convince Larry to off Sasha in an "accident" as retribution for her past crimes.]]
** Case 5: [[spoiler:The two cops investigating the asylum are impostors working with an inside man to find Ghost's hidden treasure, the "administrator" and one inmate are impostors looking for Ghost himself, the actual inmates are going along with the fake administrator to take over the asylum, Ghost is hiding his identity as one of the asylum caretakers, a reporter is investigating the asylum undercover as an inmate, and the actual staff is running auditory brainwashing experiments on the inmates.]]

** Identify yourself as [[spoiler:Detective]]: [[spoiler:You're considered a success, and allowed to leave, though asked to be aware of residual auditory hallucinations. As you leave, all of the voices from past cases start speaking up, louder and louder, before a cut to credits. No achievement is awarded.]]
** Identify yourself as [[spoiler:No.68]]: [[spoiler:You're stated to be on the road to recovery, and asked to take your medication. Then, you can either take the offered drugs and fall into a stupor while seeing past maps and hearing the voices of others, or throw an ashtray sitting on the table at your supervisor, Jennifer from the asylum, knocking her out, and escape...just like your escape was described in Case 5. Both outcomes give achievements and lead to the credits.]]

* TheReveal: In Case 5, [[spoiler:all of the actual inmates [[IdentityAmnesia are convinced they're suspects from previous cases]], having been affected by government experiments and identified too well with someone else. Silver Spoon thinks he's [[SplitPersonality both of the twins]] from Case 1, Maestro is "himself" from Case 2, Klep is Chip from Case 3, and Emily and Mr. Director are from Case 4. And the tech that's been affecting them, as heard in George's meeting with Maestro, is the same auditory investigation tablet that the player's been using all game long, indicating that [[TomatoInTheMirror the player is an inmate themself]]]].

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The player is being subject to the exact same auditory manipulation experiments as all of the true inmates in Case 5, as he's actually Inmate No.68.]]

* AllPartOfTheShow: In Case 4, Sasha's death is caused while she's playing a role in a theatrical version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and the house prop flattens her. However, the cast immediately realizes the truth, mainly because she's replacing Emily, the former lead actress who died the exact same way nearly one year prior.

* ContrivedCoincidence: By the end of the third case, the woman supervising you mentions that all of the crimes so far have had too many coincidences to be considered unsuspicious. [[spoiler:Case 5 implies that they were all actually fictional, as part of the ''true'' test.]]

* EccentricArtist: Maestro in Case 2 hired someone to steal his own art, and purposely obfuscated any possible identification process, because the publicity and inevitable surge of potential fakes being produced by forgers '''was''' the true art.

** Case 3: [[spoiler:Raven planned to kill his underlings at a hotel meeting with a remote bomb, but his phones keep being pickpocketed. One of the underlings is working with dirty cops to get on top, while another is actually an clean undercover cop, with these cops working in the same precinct as the one that nabs one of the pickpocketers.]]

** Case 5: [[spoiler:The two cops investigating the asylum are impostors working with an inside man to find Ghost's hidden treasure, some of the inmates and caretakers are impostors also looking for the treasure, the actual inmates are going along with the fake caretakers to take over the asylum, Ghost is hiding his identity as one of the asylum caretakers, a reporter is investigating the asylum undercover as an inmate, and the actual staff is running auditory brainwashing experiments on the inmates.]]

* IntrepidReporter: There's one in Case 5 that became an asylum inmate to uncover the asylum's sinister true purpose. Unfortunately, [[DidntThinkThisThrough they're having trouble getting back OUT]], with others either thinking she's a crazy conspiracy theorist, or are trying to preserve the asylum's secrets.

** Identify yourself as someone from a past case: You're consider a failure, and committed. No end credits.
** Identify yourself as [[spoiler:Detective]]: [[spoiler:You're considered a success, and allowed to leave, though asked to be aware of residual auditory hallucinations. As you leave, all of the voices from past cases start speaking up, louder and louder, in a floor plan resembling a brain, before a cut to credits.]]
** Identify yourself as [[spoiler:No.68]]: [[spoiler:You're stated to be on the road to recovery, and asked to take your medication. Then, you can either take the offered drugs and fall into a stupor while seeing past maps and hearing the voices of others, or throw an ashtray on the table at your supervisor (revealed to be Jennifer from the asylum), knocking her out, and escape...just like your escape was described in Case 5.]]
* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:Some of the inmates from Case 5 are just criminals trying to find a hidden treasure, though others are real.]]

* PhonyDegree: In Case 5, [[spoiler:the "administrator" that greets the "[[ImpersonatingAnOfficer cops]]" is a fraud coached by inmate Mr. Director, working with others to obtain Ghost's treasure]].

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The player is being subject to the exact same auditory manipulation experiments as all of the true inmates in Case 5, as he's actually Inmate No.68, who's claimed to have made an escape attempt prior to that case's events.]]

* AllPartOfTheShow: In Case 4, Sasha's death is caused while she's playing a role in a theatrical version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and the house prop flattens her. However, everyone immediately realizes the truth, mainly because she's replacing Emily, the former lead actress who died the exact same way nearly one year prior.

* ConnectedAllAlong: The first four cases are already closed and presented as tests, preparing the Auditory Detective for the unsolved mystery that is the fifth. By the end of the third case, the woman supervising you mentions that all of the crimes so far have had too many coincidences for them to have gone the way they did. The fifth case ultimately bridges them all together, mainly by [[spoiler:showing asylum inmates going over the same cases as you]].

* DirtyCop: Case 3 has [[spoiler:Tucker, who's working with Doug to make the latter Raven's successor]].

* FiveFingerDiscount: Case 3 has Chip and his mentor Mickey, who have a talent in nabbing phones. While the former is satisfied with just the phone's value, the latter shows off his grifting skills by calling people in the contact list, convincing them he's the phone's true owner, and that he's in a jam that can be fixed by wiring money to "his friend Mickey".

* MeaningfulName: In Case 4, "Leo" plays the Cowardly Lion and is incredibly nervous about the recent "ghost texts" everyone's been receiving from dead former star Emily, while "Chromedome" plays the Tin Man and [[spoiler:heartlessly hires hitmen to kill Sasha, perceiving it as revenge for Emily]].

** Identify yourself as [[spoiler:Detective]]: [[spoiler:You're considered a success, and allowed to leave, though asked to be aware of residual auditory hallucinations. As you leave, all of the voices from past cases start speaking up, louder and louder, before a cut to credits.]]
** Identify yourself as [[spoiler:No.68]]: [[spoiler:You're stated to be on the road to recovery, and asked to take your medication. Then, you can either take the offered drugs and fall into a stupor while seeing past maps and hearing the voices of others, or throw an ashtray on the table at your supervisor (revealed to be Jennifer from the asylum), knocking her out, and escape once again.]]

* ReplacedWithReplica: Case 2 deals with a famous portrait that's being stolen and replaced, with the catch that there are multiple thieves that unknowingly switch their own fake with another.
* TheReveal: In Case 5, [[spoiler:all of the actual inmates [[IdentityAmnesia are convinced they're suspects from previous cases]], having been affected by government experiments and identified too well with another character. Silver Spoon thinks he's the twins from Case 1, Maestro is "himself" from Case 2, Klep is Chip from Case 3, Emily is from Case 4, and Mr. Director is from the free DLC Case "Lethal Script". And the tech that's been affecting them, as heard in George's meeting with Maestro, is the same auditory investigation tablet that the player's been using all game long, indicating that [[TomatoInTheMirror the player is an inmate themself]]]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The player is being subject to the exact same auditory manipulation experiments as all of the true inmates in Case 5, as he's actually Inmate No.68, who had escaped prior to that case's events.]]

* UnplannedManualDetonation: One of Case 3's driving questions is who set off a bomb in a police station. [[spoiler:It was Chip, who pickpocketed the phone used as a detonator and used it without knowing its purpose...and while the phone's owner was within blast radius.]]

* ConnectedAllAlong: By the end of the third case, the woman supervising you starts to notice that all of the crimes so far have had too many coincidences for them to have gone the way they did. The fifth case ultimately bridges them all together.
* DeepCoverAgent: In Case 3, there's [[spoiler:Blade, working undercover to identify the enigmatic crime lord Raven]].
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Investigations of a killing have the Acoustic Detective follow the last living moments of the victims, such as all the bombing victims in Cases 3 and 5 or Sasha in Case 4.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted; Emily is the name of both the long-deceased former lead actress mentioned in Case 4, and an inmate in Case 5.

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: There's a few of these throughout the cases, such as "Raven" in Case 3 having the civilian identity of [[spoiler:Dwight]], "Emily's Ghost" in Case 4 actually being staged by the much-alive ([[spoiler:Four Eyes]]), and the inmate "Ghost" in Case 5.

* AllPartOfTheShow: In Case 4, Sasha's death is caused while she's playing a role in a theatrical version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and the house prop flattens her. However, everyone immediately realizes the truth, mainly because she's replacing the former lead actress who died the exact same way nearly one year prior.
* AssholeVictim: Sometimes the victim(s) of a crime turn out to have been behind something horrible, such as [[spoiler:Raven being caught in his own bomb]] in Case 3 or [[spoiler:multiple victims having a role in Emily's murder]] in Case 4.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Investigations of a killing have the Acoustic Detective follow the last living moments of the victims, such as all the bombing victims in Case 3 or Sasha [[spoiler:and the stagehands]] in Case 4.

* MeaningfulName: In Case 4, Leo plays the Cowardly Lion and is incredibly nervous about the recent "ghost texts" everyone's been receiving from dead former star Emily, while "Chromedome" plays the Tin Man and [[spoiler:heartlessly hires hitmen to kill Sasha, perceiving it as revenge for Emily]].
* ReplacedWithReplica: Case 2 deals with a famous portrait that's being stolen and replaced, with the catch that there are multiple thieves that (sometimes unknowingly) switch their own fake with another.

* AllPartOfTheShow: In Case 4, Sasha's death is caused while she's playing a role in a theatrical version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and the house prop flattens her. However, everyone immediately realizes the truth.