Detention plays out as a point and click horror game where you will need to solve puzzles in order to progress. Some of the puzzles can be fairly straight forward, they don’t feel too tedious or pointless. There’s always a valid reason to complete them and most of the time it’s to move the story forward. The Graphics are unusual but very unique and well done. The artist took a lot of time to add in as much detail as possible to give the game a sense of reality. Each area is well drawn, with clear distinctions from the odd dark world, with it’s grainy overly, to the creepy school at night. There's a lot that reminds me of silent hill at it's peak. Be it the unsettling atmosphere or the design of the enemies.
The story is pretty complex but welcome, as I know of many horror games that have little to no story at all. The atmosphere of the game is very unsettling, there are various puzzles and the game creates its horror from something far more potent than just cheap jumpscares, the real world.