the genre of adventure game is not just about puzzles and inventory and pixel hunting. Well, it's all those things yes but there is specific tonal history to the genre that was formed by the early work of Infocom followed by Seirra and Lucasarts. There is a whimsy invovled that is hard to put your finger on. Some may disagree but I think Darkside Detective manages a taste of that whimsy. And for that I highly recommend it.
