A sequel to the original J.B. Harold no Jikenbo. 24 year old pianist Sarah Shields was found dead after falling from the 25th floor of her apartment window. The cause of death was a fractured skull from the horrific impact. With no evidence of foul play, an act of suicide was the best explanation - but J.B. Harold thinks otherwise. Having recieved a letter from Sarah beforehand, the famous detective heads towards New York city to find the truth.
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Firstly starting off I'm doing this review on a technical standpoint first, and will come to update this one later on regarding the story. Secondly, the platform I played this on was iOS and not Windows PC. The full game is 5 bucks or free with ads, though I chose to go from free with ads to full price because I wanted to play more.
This is, without a doubt, one of the most frustrating adventure games I've played in terms of its gameplay loop. I've played everything you can think of and I really think one of the big issues with this game is the fact you have to juggle asking about 3 different murder victims, and like 40 characters to all these 40 characters and then ask them info on their personal lives and so on. It takes AT LEAST 30 minutes to go and do that and for a game where there's no guides for it it's just extremely frustrating. You should just be able to not ask about certain characters or at least have a notes system built in the game where it gives more detailed suspect info than just "it's a name". I do understand this may be built off the original version of the game, but still, couldn't something have been done to fix this?
In terms of characters, the realistic New York setting is nice but none of the characters are exactly fleshed out to the point they can be remarkable. I can't get attached to anyone (and I do get that from a design standpoint, this game seems to be made to focus on having a complicated investigation system where you're encouraged to take your notes and make your own conclusions) but I just wish I was playing a game with at least a bit more character. The plot is also pretty unremarkable- you're not getting anything exactly deep because of how the gameplay is.
The iOS english translation is also flawed, with having many mistakes (likely wasn't proofread by an american translator to see if anything flows properly) but it's at least functional.
Would I reccomend it at this point? No, not at all, unless you want to play a piece of history. But it's not worth it for anyone who hasn't touched it and looking for a new detective adventure game to play.
This is, without a doubt, one of the most frustrating adventure games I've played in terms of its gameplay loop. I've played everything you can think of and I really think one of the big issues with this game is the fact you have to juggle asking about 3 different murder victims, and like 40 characters to all these 40 characters and then ask them info on their personal lives and so on. It takes AT LEAST 30 minutes to go and do that and for a game where there's no guides for it it's just extremely frustrating. You should just be able to not ask about certain characters or at least have a notes system built in the game where it gives more detailed suspect info than just "it's a name". I do understand this may be built off the original version of the game, but still, couldn't something have been done to fix this?
In terms of characters, the realistic New York setting is nice but none of the characters are exactly fleshed out to the point they can be remarkable. I can't get attached to anyone (and I do get that from a design standpoint, this game seems to be made to focus on having a complicated investigation system where you're encouraged to take your notes and make your own conclusions) but I just wish I was playing a game with at least a bit more character. The plot is also pretty unremarkable- you're not getting anything exactly deep because of how the gameplay is.
The iOS english translation is also flawed, with having many mistakes (likely wasn't proofread by an american translator to see if anything flows properly) but it's at least functional.
Would I reccomend it at this point? No, not at all, unless you want to play a piece of history. But it's not worth it for anyone who hasn't touched it and looking for a new detective adventure game to play.