However, if a dude watching his neighbours through a camera sounds a bit creepy to you, it’s only because it is, and Conway’s blunt and unlikeable personality didn’t make me feel any better about the morally ambiguous intrusions either. This would feel infinitely more gratifying and tense if the game would let events play out in an organic manner, but as it is you’re essentially strapped in for a pantomime of ‘the neighbours sure are acting weird’ greatest hits. Conway sits by his rear windows and uses a camera to zoom in and out, taking photographs of suspicious activity and evidence.
The observation stretches are teeming with potential but rarely see you do much more than watch rigid, humorously convenient cutscenes play out. Red string and all, old mate goes all-in on this one. Conway: Disappearance at Dahlia View plays out in siloed investigation sequences, typically following a pattern of Conway observing his neighbours through a camera before breaking into their houses to investigate and finally returning home to build out his clues board.
