This is a guide for SQUARE ENIX AI Tech Preview: THE PORTOPIA SERIAL MURDER CASE – Achievements and Easter egg

Regarding Threshold 8800.00

With the current build (as of 04/23/2023) there’s a common bug in which none of your commands is accepted by the game and Yasu (your pardner) dismissed you.

User “Sanugia” found a quick fix about this issue.

It’s on:

C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\LocalLow\SquareEnix\PORTOPIA

HOWEVER, this issue also corrupts some saves, not being possible to advance. To be safe, you must play Portopia in one sitting.

Thanks to user “Asobi” (new collaborator! hi!) we managed to make some experiments on this.

1 – If you save your game with the threshold bugged, it WILL corrupt your save. Please play with PAUSE activated just to be sure you didn’t get this bug.

2 – You CAN save your game, but whenever you close the game PLEASE BE SURE TO DO THE FIX. User “Sanugia” suggested numbers 0,88 as the NLU_Threshold, but “Asobi” made an astute observation that the file might correct the ” , ” to a ” . ”

TLDR WHENEVER YOU START A NEW PLAY SESSION, MAKE SURE TO CHANGE THE NUMBER TO “0,8” OR “0,88”, with a comma, not a dot. THIS MUST BE DONE EACH TIME YOU PLAY THE GAME.

GAME START

Choose: PORTOPIA EN

If you didn’t read the previous section, MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR THRESHOLD!

As soon as the game starts, use the PAUSE buttom (if your keyboard is different press Fn + Pause). Take a deep breath and get ready to type.

Side note: your achievements will be unlocked whenever you close the game.

FIRST ACHIEVEMENT: Partners in Crime-Fighting

(Meet Yasu)

Ask around > Info, Hirata

About Kozo (your victim!) > Info, Toshi

About Fumie

About Komiya

Investigate Hirata > Info, Yukiko

Investigate Toshi > Location, Kobe Port & Nagisa Apartments

Investigate Yukiko

Go to Yamakawa’s Mansion > Location, Study

Search floor > Evidence, Pendant

Go inside

ACHIEVEMENT: First Victim

(crime scene)

Investigate the body

Investigate the weapon > Evidence, Knife

Investigate frame/photograph > Evidence, Photograph of Kozo

Investigate ashtray > Evidence, Matchbox

Investigate matchbox > Evidence updated, Pal and number 555-3149

Investigate book > Evidence, key

Look at window

Look at door > Locked Room Mystery

Go to the lounge

Examine floor > Evidence, Lighter

Examine frame/picture

Take picture/frame > Wall button

Press the button

Go to the study

Go to the basement

Look at the safe

Use the key > Evidence, Loan Deeds

Look at the loan deeds > Suspect, Kawamura

Go to headquarters

Call in Hirata > He’s missing

Call in Yukiko

Ask about Hirata

Ask about alibi > She was home

Go back > New lead, Kyoto

Go to Nagisa Apartments > Port, Ferry is docked

Ask around > Young Woman sighted

take the ferry > Sumoto Port

Nagisa Apartment > Port > Nagisa Apartment

Dial 555-3149 > Location, Bar Pal in Shikaichi S*rip

Look at table > Evidence, Note

Dial *15

*Easter egg* Dial 110 > Yasu gets chewed on

Go to port > Mysterious Person

Ask around > Evidence, Mysterious Package

Investigate package > Evidence, Drugs

Arrest him > Mysterious Person arrested

Go to Headquarters

(you’ll call pretty much everyone and ask their alibis)

Call Fumie

Ask Alibi

Take picture > Picture of Fumie Sawaki

Go back

What’s Fumie alibi > Alibi confirmed

ACHIEVEMENT: The Secretary Didn’t Do It

Call Komiya

Take picture

Hit him

Hit him > Komiya’s Alibi

Show him the key > Voice from the basement

Ask for his alibi

Go back

What is Komiya alibi

ACHIEVEMENT: The Guard Didn’t Do It

Call Toshi

Take picture

Show him pendant

Ask about Kozo

Ask about Kozo

Ask for his alibi

Go to the port

Show photo of Toshi > Was at the port

Go to headquarters

Call Toshi

Hit him

Hit him

Ask about Kozo

Show him the pendant > Update, Gift for Yukiko

Ask for his alibi

Arrest him

ACHIEVEMENT: Just Say No

Go to Shinkaichi S*rip

Ask Around > Location, Bar Pal

Ask around > Suspect, Okoi

Go to Bar Pal

Ask about Fumie

Ask about Kozo

Show Photograph of Kozo > Kawamura and Kozo fought

Ask About Kawamura

Investigate Kawamura

Show the lighter > It was Kawamura’s

Go to headquarters

Call in Okoi ((note: if you show the lighter Yukiko shows up))

Ask about Kozo > Kozo and Kawamura update

Ask for her alibi > Alibi

Take picture > Denied

Go back

What’s okoi alibi

ACHIEVEMENT: The Stripper Didn’t Do It

Call in Yukiko

Take picture

Ask for her alibi

Ask her about her father

Go out

Go to Kyoto

Ask around > Hirata sighted

Go to headquarters > Hirata’s note, phone number 555-2493

Investigate Hirata’s note

Dial 555-2493 > Location, Amida Ridge

Go to Amida Ridge

ACHIEVEMENT: Second Victim

(find another body)

Investigate the body

Take the body

Investigate floor > Evidence, Suicide Note

Investigate Suicide Note

Go to headquarters

Go to Amida Ridge

Go to headquarters ((has to do it so the body can be taken))

Go out > Ask Around > Hirata is a good guy

Go to Sumire Tenement

((right around here I unlocked))

ACHIEVEMENT: Top Interrogator

ACHIEVEMENT: Third Victim

investigate the cause of death

Investigate the time of death

Search the room

Check the doors

Take the body

Go to Bar Pal

Ask about Kawamura > Bartender update

Go to headquarters

Call Yukiko

Ask about alibi

Ask about father > Kyoto trip

Ask about father > Yukiko sad

Ask about father > Yukiko pissed

Ask about Kozo > Debt update

Show her the pendant ((ouch toshi))

Ask for her alibi

Go back

What is Yukiko alibi > She was lying!

Call Yukiko

Ask alibi > Kozo update

ACHIEVEMENT: The Daughter Didn’t Do It

Call Okoi

Ask about Kawamura > Kawamura and Kozu & Fumie updated

Go to Sumire Tenement > Body collected

Go to headquarters

Call Fumie > she’s gone

Go out > Ask around

Go to Kobe Port > Ask around

Board the ferry > Sumoto

Ask around > Fumie’s brother

Ask around > more info on the brother

Go to headquarters > Evidence, Blueprint

Basement tip: Knock three…

Go to basement

Hit wall (three inputs, Yasu will complain he broke his hand) > Hidden room

Investigate the thing

Shout > Evidence, Diary

Read diary

Go to headquarters

S*rip.

Take off shirt.

S*rip search Yasu.

TUH DUH.

THE END

Achievement: Good Cop, Bad Cop

Achievement: Case Closed

Notes:

I wrote the guide as I was playing so some parts might be rough than others.

EDIT: FINISHED EVERYTHING ON 04/27/2023 HOOT HOOT

Also, I couldn’t unlock some achievements on the first playtrhough.

I’ll play more times just so I can figure the other achievements + optimize the run.

Thank you so much for reading.

This tech demo was trully Our Portopia Serial Murder Case.

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