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Getting a lot of questions about ghosts already answered by the name There Are No Ghosts at the Grand. The musical decorating game set in a haunted English seaside town (which is all of them, really) just unveiled a new trailer and character at the PC Gaming Show. I bet no one had a reggae-singing cop on their bingo card. We knew about the talking cat already, though, so I guess this isn't surprising.
Meet Adam, a very Gen-Z police officer whose view of the force has been shaped by Hollywood movies rather than reality, so he seems pretty happy that you've come along to uncover the mysteries of the sleepy Kingswood on Sea. Too bad he's going to die in 30 days, I wonder if there's anything you can do about that? He's voiced by Josh Waters Rudge of reggae-punk band The Skints, and his song in the game is pretty catchy.
I played a demo a few months ago and it seems every character likes to burst into song which, in my humble opinion, more NPCs should do. The decorating mechanic is fun enough, but it's the exploration and mystery that really piqued my interest. This new trailer reveals far more than I got hands on with, too.
There's a whole investigative process that involves you gathering clues and working on Adam's crime board to help figure out how and why your father, the previous owner of the Grand hotel, disappeared. You'll take a boat out to sea, exploring nearby islands and bunkers—I spent a very spooky night in one reliving fragments of the past. You'll also be fighting weird spider-like creatures—gross—and blasting old signs off the pier. There's a lot more action than I saw in the demo, so expect a mix of genres when the full game comes out later this year.
If you want to dip your toes into this weird musical adventure, there's a Steam demo out now that you can try—wishlist There Are No Ghosts at the Grand while you're there.
