Collectibles

Inspecting Items

As you explore, look for a number of items that you can pick up and inspect. Newspapers, objects, photographs, and documents are scattered throughout the environment. Each inspectable item is marked with an action icon that changes into a prompt when you get close. Press to pick up the item.

Documents and photos can be turned over to their back side by pressing —sometimes you find interesting things there. Objects can be “looked over” (moved around) using the left stick. When finished with your inspection, press to put down the item.

Note that the game logs every inspection. You can earn Trophies for inspecting all of the items in each collectible category: Objects, Newspapers, Documents/Photographs, and Phonograph Cylinders. You also earn a gold “Inspector First Class” Trophy if you inspect every inspectable item in the game.

Collecting Phonograph Cylinders

Try to collect all 16 of these glinting phonograph cylinders labeled “Marconi Phono Record.” Most of them sit out in the open atop tables or desks, but a few are stashed inside cabinets, drawers, or locked chests.

To collect a cylinder sitting in plain view, just approach it until a prompt appears onscreen and then press that button. Galahad grabs the cylinder, its name appears on the right side of the screen, and the recording is added to your Archive.

If a cylinder is stashed in a drawer, cabinet, or locked chest, the place is marked with an action icon. Approach until the icon turns into a prompt and press that button. If it’s a cabinet or drawer, Galahad opens it and grabs the cylinder. If it’s a locked chest, Galahad takes out his blade and pries open the lid. (You may have to participate by rapidly tapping until he gets it open.) When the lid finally opens, Galahad collects the cylinder.

All collected phonograph cylinders are added to your Archive. To listen to the recording and/or read a transcript, press Options and select “Archive.” Scroll to any recording to bring up its transcript to the right. Press to listen to the recording.