At first glance of screenshots, this game may look like another Diablo clone with a top down perspective, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Daemonica instead follows a character named Nicholas Farepoynt as he arrives in a small medieval town upon request by the mayor, and then launches an investigation into a grisly murder of a young woman. The prime suspect has already been hanged, and the town seems torn on whether or not the right man was punished. So … how’s he going to get the answers he needs to track down the real perpetrator and hand out justice? Well, aside from questioning the local townsfolk, Nicholas is what is known as a “Beast Hunter”. Using a variety of herbs and flowers that he gathers, he can leave this world and summon demons to bring the soul of the deceased to him to be questioned. (***Disclaimer *** I tried this at the mortuary service where I work by the way, and it’s important to say that IT’S JUST A GAME … IT DOESN’T ACTUALLY WORK. Now I have to come in on my day off and landscape due to “damaged shrubbery and dandelions”. Thanks Meridian 4!) Along the way, you will not only gain clues to help solve the murder … but also to gain more information into the Nicholas Farepoynt character as well, who happens to be just as mysterious as the murder and the town that he’s in.