Again (video game)

Again is an adventure game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Cing and published by Tecmo. You assume the role of FBI Agent Jonathan "J" Weaver, investigating an unsolved 19-year-old serial killing case known only as the Providence Murders, with his partner Kate Hathaway.

Tropes used in Again (video game) include:

• 555: Although the area code indicates that the game takes place somewhere in Pennsylvania.
• Asshole Victim: The first four of Providence's victims count as these.
• Calling Card: The Eye of Providence, cut out from the dollar bill.
• Couldn't Find a Pen: Subverted with the bloody message written on the bathroom wall. Kate informs J in the hospital that it turned out to be red paint.
• Fainting Seer: When J receives a particularly intense vision, he usually passes out.
• FBI Agent: J and Kate.
• Going Through the Motions: Outside of small cutscenes, character portraits are often animated this way.
  • Face Palm: Detective Lane does this occasionally.
  • Giving Someone the Pointer Finger
• Jerkass: Detective Lane Martinez.
• Jurisdiction Friction: Noted by several characters that the local police assigned to the case are wary of FBI interference.
• Serial Killer: Providence.
• Shout-Out: Jonathan's alias is the same as Brian Bradley's from Hotel Dusk: Room 215.
• Spiritual Successor: To Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk: Room 215.
• Would Hurt a Child: The fifth Providence murder involved murdering the parents of two children and then setting their home on fire with them still inside. The older child survived and fell into a coma for some time, while the younger child disappeared.