This review contains spoilers
I'll echo the other reviews for Frog Detective 3 and say that this game is easily the best in the trilogy. Yet again it is iterative on the other two games but, much like 2, it is an improvement in every aspect.
For one, I thought the story was the best in the series. What starts off as a typical lightweight case around finding out who stole all the hats in Cowboy County becomes something a lot...I hesitate to call it darker but it definitely takes a turn to the serious. For one the denizens of this world nearly create prison and crime, which is certainly a dark development in an otherwise fluffy adventure. I also thought the characters were the best in the trilogy. More nuanced, for one, which is a ridiculous statement about a game called Frog Detective but it was certainly the case. Not everyone was happy-go-lucky and nice. It showed a real maturation of the writing in the developers to expertly sprinkle in some darkness without overpowering the hilariously naïve and earnest world we've grown to love throughout the trilogy.
Frog Detective 3 continues the journey of each game become more of a 'game' than an interactive sequence. This time not only is there a bit more interactivity in the dialogue and a couple more puzzles added in, but a scooter is added in. Yep, a scooter. It is gallons of fun riding about the area jumping over things and messing about. The world isn't necessarily big enough to wholly justify its existence but I loved riding it all the same (plus there is a hilarious achievement attached to it).
As always the wit is as strong as ever and it is the funniest it has ever been. Handing a particular photograph to a character had me cracking up the most, along with one of the final moments before the typical Frog Detective post-credits sequence. Honestly I have laughed more in each game in this series than I ever have whilst playing a video game. I'll reiterate that it is so impressive that the humour is so good.
Finally I have to really shout out the music. The scores in the previous games were good but this one blows them out of the water. It is a perfect mixture of the slinky jazz typical of the other games and what can be called 'Cowboy music' - think of a cowboy film and it echoes that. It subtly changes as the game goes on as well, which I appreciated. Also shout out to the scooter riding music, it really added to the fun of riding about.
So yeah, like I said , Frog Detective 3 is the best game of the trilogy and a fitting way to end it all. So, what did I think of the trilogy as a whole? I thought it was delightful. It was a real pallet cleanser and lifted my spirits during this dull January. Grace Bruxner has become one of those developers who I am dying to see what they do next.
P.S. Please top trying to invent crimes, crime is not real.
For one, I thought the story was the best in the series. What starts off as a typical lightweight case around finding out who stole all the hats in Cowboy County becomes something a lot...I hesitate to call it darker but it definitely takes a turn to the serious. For one the denizens of this world nearly create prison and crime, which is certainly a dark development in an otherwise fluffy adventure. I also thought the characters were the best in the trilogy. More nuanced, for one, which is a ridiculous statement about a game called Frog Detective but it was certainly the case. Not everyone was happy-go-lucky and nice. It showed a real maturation of the writing in the developers to expertly sprinkle in some darkness without overpowering the hilariously naïve and earnest world we've grown to love throughout the trilogy.
Frog Detective 3 continues the journey of each game become more of a 'game' than an interactive sequence. This time not only is there a bit more interactivity in the dialogue and a couple more puzzles added in, but a scooter is added in. Yep, a scooter. It is gallons of fun riding about the area jumping over things and messing about. The world isn't necessarily big enough to wholly justify its existence but I loved riding it all the same (plus there is a hilarious achievement attached to it).
As always the wit is as strong as ever and it is the funniest it has ever been. Handing a particular photograph to a character had me cracking up the most, along with one of the final moments before the typical Frog Detective post-credits sequence. Honestly I have laughed more in each game in this series than I ever have whilst playing a video game. I'll reiterate that it is so impressive that the humour is so good.
Finally I have to really shout out the music. The scores in the previous games were good but this one blows them out of the water. It is a perfect mixture of the slinky jazz typical of the other games and what can be called 'Cowboy music' - think of a cowboy film and it echoes that. It subtly changes as the game goes on as well, which I appreciated. Also shout out to the scooter riding music, it really added to the fun of riding about.
So yeah, like I said , Frog Detective 3 is the best game of the trilogy and a fitting way to end it all. So, what did I think of the trilogy as a whole? I thought it was delightful. It was a real pallet cleanser and lifted my spirits during this dull January. Grace Bruxner has become one of those developers who I am dying to see what they do next.
P.S. Please top trying to invent crimes, crime is not real.