"Sophia in exchange for a lie" review. The suspect in the murder case is a girl with multiple personalities. Revealing the terrible trauma through dialogue through surveillance cameras. Is it a happy ending?

"Sophia in exchange for a lie" will be released on PC (Steam) on July 3, 2025. It is an adventure to talk with Sophia, a girl who is a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and find out the truth of the case.

Sophia, who has five personalities, carries as many emotional scars as there are personalities. Exposing their heartbreaks, erasing the murderous personalities, and helping "Sophia" – is this a happy ending?

Seven days of talking to Sophia in prison through a surveillance camera. We will review the pattern.

Dialogue with five personalities to find out the truth

While the murder of a presidential candidate is causing a stir in the world, Philip, a psychiatrist, receives a request from a detective he knows, Lindsey. This request is to interrogate Sophia, a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate who is making a lot of noise.

Philip receives a request from Lindsey.

Sophia is being held as a suspect. He was only 17 years old.

The reason why Philip, who is not a police official, was called is because Sophia has multiple personalities. In the interrogation, Sophia confessed that "I was the one who killed," but she repeated the pointless remark, "But it's not 'me.'"

Lindsey tells Phillip that if he doesn't get any new evidence or statements, Sophia will be executed as the culprit in seven days. The player takes on the role of Philip, a psychiatrist, who interacts with Sophia and the others through a surveillance camera to find out the truth in a limited amount of time.

Anyway, be sincere and listen to them step by step

Philip is not a police officer and cannot go directly to the place where Sophia is being detained, so all he can do is talk. However, since she has five personalities, including her main character, Sophia, she is busy interrogating five people at the same time.

Sophia is a type of multiple personality who does not share memories, so her memories before and after the incident are choppy, and each personality remembers them differently.

As Philip enters the right keywords and speaks to each of the personalities, the obscure sequence of the day of the incident becomes clear.

If you type in the relevant words, you can talk to Sophia and the others.

For example, if you ask Sophia about the day of the incident, she will tell you that she woke up in place A. From there, you can get more detailed information by continuing to ask "What kind of place is A?" You can see the keyword tree in the "MAP" tab, so if you get stuck, it's a good idea to check which conversations are likely to be explored.

If you can listen to one story, you can find more keywords from it and dig deeper to get closer to the truth.

One of the things that surprised me while playing this game was that there are scenes that require knowledge or education in the real world.

For example, the scene where he meets Sophia for the first time. She doesn't answer Philip's question, but responds as if reading a certain sentence aloud.

At first, I had no idea what it was, but I got a hint from Lindsey, "It might be a good idea to actually search and look it up," and pasted the wording that Sophia said into the Google search window as it was. I searched for it and .......

Daniel Kiis's novel "A Bouquet for Algernon" was a hit. It is a masterpiece, so many people may know the title even if they have never read it.

Sophia's distrust of the investigators grew, and she quoted a passage from her favorite novel. He said he was waiting for someone to notice it.

Wouldn't it feel really good if you noticed this before you searched...... Damn, if only I had been more educated...... I felt a mysterious sense of defeat.

In addition to these problems, there are situations where important keywords are entered individually. Even if you fail, you can try again later, so please feel free to take on the challenge.

The mystery in "Question" is important for the progression of the story.

First, let's find a switch that switches personalities and gain the trust of each personality

As mentioned above, Sophia has five personalities. At first, you can only talk to Sophia, but when you ask her a question that explores her "emotional wounds," there comes a moment when her personality switches.

Sophia's rising heart rate is also a sign that she is getting closer to the truth.

There are many different reasons why people have multiple personalities, but in Sophia's case, the other personalities seem to function as a kind of defensive response. When she experiences painful experiences that her mind finds unbearable, she separates all the memories from herself and seals them as a new personality. As a result, four new personalities were born in Sophia. In other words, Sophia's mind is being eroded by four traumas.

All the other personalities understand that they are a later personality, that they exist to protect Sophia, that if they disappear, the trauma will pass on to Sophia, and as a result, Sophia will be broken, and at first they are uncooperative with Philip.

The reason why he is uncooperative is that he has been told that the personality named by Philip as the culprit will be erased by a method called "psychopurge".

Psychopurge is a drug (personality erasion) that is taken when a multiple personality commits a sin, so that only the personality disappears.

The four personalities make it a condition that if they can tell the trauma that led to their birth, they will talk about the incident on the premise that "if Philip can treat Sophia's mind even after he disappears."

In other words, if you want to get to the bottom of the case, you have to uncover the four traumas and gain their trust.

When you pass the first test from them, you will know the switch that switches your personality.

It's ridiculous to reveal the truth about the murder of a dignitary in 7 days

I say this because I have said so far. It's impossible to get to the truth in seven days.

The main personality that I can't remember most things. The other personalities who seem to know something are uncooperative. After passing the test from the four guardians of Sophia, the interrogation related to the case finally begins. By the time you get to the point where you ......can finally hear about the case, you know that there is only one day left. yes, I can't.

With almost nothing to know, they are told, "Choose a personality to erase from this." Despair.

However, this is "impossible! Please!" But they don't wait. After a week, you will be told to choose a personality that you will mercilessly psychopurge (execute).

But don't worry. This game is designed to be played in circles. It's probably impossible to get to the truth at first sight. Maybe.

In this work, if you search for keywords and interact with Sophia and the others, a certain amount of time will pass. This time is losing pretty quickly, and there are a lot of things you want to ask the first time you play, so you'll almost certainly run out of time.

After 7 days have passed, the ending will be inherited, and the keyword MAPs, questions, and investigation files of each personality will be inherited, and a "new game" will be possible.

If you have already exposed the trauma of another person, you can skip the investigation scene by throwing a specific keyword. Suddenly, you can ask about the incident.

It's painful to erase a person's personality when you don't know much about it, but let's steadily get closer to the truth, believing that one day we will be able to save Sophia and the others.

Trauma is so painful and painful that it can create a single person

Even if the same words are thrown at you, it can be a wound depending on the person receiving it, and the pain you feel is different for each person. Mental wear and tear is directly linked to physical ailments, and like Sophia, it can create a new personality to protect one's mind.

In addition to Sophia, Sophia has four other personalities: Olivia, Isabella, Florence, and Amy. Each time the trauma of these women is revealed, Sophia's horrific past is revealed, to the extent that it seems that the misfortunes of this world are gathering.

Sophia in the main character. He seems reticent and emotionless, but it may be the flip side of his delicacy.

Olivia is a crude but reliable older sister. He is the oldest of the five.

Bright and brave Isabella. But I'm not good at spiders.

Cowardly and delicate Florence. I can't calm down without glasses.

Amy describes herself as a cat. The youngest of the five.

* To prevent spoilers, a mosaic is included in some of the images.

Even though they share a body, the five of them make you feel that they are completely different personalities. Sophia's personality, behavior, and hobbies are really different, and you can see the depth of Sophia's wounds, which were about to break her heart if she didn't go this far.

For example, Sophia and Isabella have one thing in common: they don't like insects, but Olivia is fine. I had no hesitation in sticking my hand under the cobweb-covered shelf.

If Sophia had even the slightest consciousness, she would surely have had a rejection. This is proof that they are completely different people.

Olivia retrieves a pendant that has fallen under a bookshelf. Cobwebs are a mess.

All five voices, including Sophia, are voiced by voice actress Aoi Hyuga, and the performances are amazing. At first, I thought that each personality was handled by a different voice actor. I was shocked when I saw that there was only one name in the voice actor column in the staff roll.

As we explore the trauma of these women, we naturally learn about the personalities of each of their personalities, and they are all really fascinating.

In this work, there is a system called "insertion", and when you insert what each personality needs, it will show a rich expression.

What you put in will be reflected in the appearance of the room.

What left a lasting impression on me was the first gift to Florence. When Florence's personality first appears, she looks around somewhat restlessly.

I wasn't in a condition to listen to what they had to say, so I decided to give them something to put on.

When I looked at Florence's file, I saw that she was wearing glasses, so I put her glasses in.

But apparently it's not that the eyes are bad. At this point, I read deeply and handed over my sunglasses, saying, "Oh, maybe you're the type of person who can't calm down unless there's something to block your line of sight?"

Different. In the end, I settled on a pair of glasses.

However, I feel like I'm being made to dance in the palm of the developer's hand when I prepare stills and dialogue from the glasses and sunglasses that the player will act on this kind of misunderstanding.

There are a lot of details like this throughout the film, and it makes you feel that this personality is not just there to seal the trauma, but also to live as a person. And that makes it difficult to choose "psychopurge (execution)" at the end.

If you leave the screen unattended, you can also chat. I feel that each of them has their own personality.

After playing even one lap of the game, you won't feel like you're interacting with one suspect, you'll feel like you're interacting with five suspects. And the truth becomes more worrisome, and even if the culprit is identified, can "Sophia" really be saved just by erasing her personality? You should also have a suspicion.

Be persistent and sincere. By repeating the dialogue with Sophia and the others, I hope that players will get to the truth.