A video preview of Murdered: Soul Suspect has been released. IGN conducted the preview and showed us some of the gameplay mechanics. Our protagonist Ronan O’Connor can briefly posses other humans in his spectral state to uncover clues and information. Apparently Ronan sees through the eyes of these characters and can both plant items that will jog the memories of other humans along with eavesdropping on conversations.

As you’ll see in the video, you need to manually create a flow of events in Ronan’s head to figure out what everything means. A pool of words will appear and it’s your task to piece them all together. It would seem that everyone you interview and eavesdrop on have interesting tales to tell, and the conversations aren’t redundant or dragged out.

One of the most interesting aspects of the game must be the fact Ronan is not alone, per say. In the town of Salem we’ll encounter other lost spirits, with their own unresolved business. These will act as side quests. Another interesting feature is that you can pass through walls and doors without any issues, of course you can also pass through furniture. From there you can find new side quests from living and dead tenants.

Not all spirits are benevolent, though. Some stalk the city in search of other victims to drag down with them…