An unexpected and well-crafted short game. I took off one star for a few clunky aspects. There are some action-y types of puzzles that I found kind of annoying, it's not always clear where the exits are in some scenes, and there's one small movement bug at one point.
The first 6 cases are fun. They are short but the difficulty is decent given the length. The writing is pretty funny (there are almost too many jokes). The bonus episodes are marvelous. The first one is probably one of the most heart-warming games I've ever played. The second one is very short but also affecting. The last one is wonderfully zany. I'm really looking forward to Season 2.
Weird game. The acting is good and the story is pretty affecting, with really nice detail. But it's hard to swallow that a police video search interface would have automatic speech recognition but not a "sort by date" feature, which would basically obliterate the game because you would just watch everything from beginning to end. For me that made the whole thing too contrived and artificial, and once I figured out the outline of the story I just stopped playing. No real ending to make you feel warm and fuzzy about "getting it", either. I miss the "exam" you got at the end of really old timey games like the Laura Bow series to verify you really understood what had happened.
This game is phenomenal. Very compelling story that can appeal to all ages and is morally complex without being moralizing. The puzzles are very well-designed; they're hard enough to be fun but easy enough that you won't get stuck for more than a few minutes at a time. There are many references to the classics, particularly the King's Quest series, and they are well-done and not smarmy. My only complaint is that the voice acting was really annoying, but I just turned off voices early on and then I was fine.
