Inspector Waffles

A pretty fun, snarly but also a little dark classic Point 'n Click story set in a Cats & Dogs world with a mix of Watercolor-painting intermissions and chunky PixelArt gameplay. There are 2 endings, with the 'good' ending having a few extra 'cool' scenes storywise... that begs for a sequel !!! The puzzles are pretty simple, the dialogue pretty entertaining, it has well-done stereotyped characters with some that seriously surprise and some that bluntly don't. There's also a lot of (pop) cultural references ranging from classical literature to cartoons and everything in between. As said before, the world-building and story-arc are done surprisingly well. It starts over the top, but becomes more mature half-way through, before it quickly wraps things up in the end. If anything the simplicity and limited scope of the game are both it's strong-point as well as it weakness, It's a bit short and the story wrap up could use a bit more meat to the body, but at the same time the game 'respects your time'. I would love a second 'investigation' follow up game that strengthens the world and characters. The hint system cleverly integrated into the gameworld and story-recap following your actual gameplay decision is a touch, more games should do that; even the original 90s Fallout had that already. A tiny downside is the lack of voice-acting, so I would rate it about a 4.5.