The Darkside Detective

If you are a fan of Twin Peaks and retro point-and-click games that poke fun at the genre you will love this game. The different "cases" being investigated mean it's easy to play for just 30-45 minutes if you want to and still feel like you made progress. Very fun!

This game is a vehicle for jokes. It is quite lovable with a lot of creative ideas and settings but your enjoyment will predominantly be determined by how funny the jokes are to you and how much time you have to kill. I wish I enjoyed it more because there's nothing really bad about it. I don't mind that it's not a talkie, I don't mind the silly humor, I don't mind that puzzles are simple. It just didn't feel that worthwhile to me. Maybe play it with a friend or limit yourself to a case per day. Otherwise you might start wondering about what you're doing with your life and that's where all the fun ends.

Set in the lovecraftian town of Twin Lakes, detective McQueen and his sidekick Dooley have to solve a number of supernatural cases building up to something spooky. Unlike point & click adventures of the past, Darkside Detective gives you a number of "cases" to solve in the town of Twin Lakes. This makes it easy to play it for 20-45 minutes at a time, without having to remember what happened last time. I like the modern style - characters don't walk, so I don't have to wait 10s each time I click. Dialogue is instant and very funny. The game constantly breaks the 4th wall and doesn't take itself very seriously. Some of the cases are a bit short, but they get more sophisticated toward the end - and, hint hint, there are bonus cases after you finish the regular ones. The charm really comes from the great music, pixely art, and the wit. I had fun just clicking every box in a room because of all the care and detail that went into it - almost everything in the game is a joke of some sort. Lovely gem if you feel like spending a few hours in the mysterious town of Twin Lakes and listening to the banter between two bizarro cops talk trash to each other.

Needs a sequel

A short point and click, easy, with witty writing and a hell of a lot of pop culture references. A bit to much references in fact, the game will not age well. However, even if you only get half of the references, the nice arts, dialogues and characters will make you forgive the ones you don't get. A good game to pass a few hours