All I knew about this one was how much of a mess the original release was, so I was pleasantly surprised that the mysteries were actually pretty solid. My favourite was case 4 (where you get to play as Yoko/Yulia). The main cases are in a noir/realistic crime drama mode, while the "Unleashed" cases are more like five-minute mysteries.
Mechanically, there is some retro clunk, but having played plenty of menu-based adventure games, this didn't bother me. I don't have a comparison point for the original 80s games, but just based on this remake I felt like you could see some of the tone/style of this series in later detective games, moreso than e.g. Famicom Detective Club.
This is the "fixed" translation, which is hammier than a pulled pork stand at the State Fair (great). It's still aggressively Americanized (not great). This led to some bonkers moments such as a plot beat that relied on the map of the Tokyo Metro--or rather, the Aspicio subway system. Except since these are now fictional locations, the deduction turns into pointless, hard-to-follow process of elimination. Also there's a tendency to abbrv wrds to fit on the bttns, which occasionally makes deductions difficult. But you can't really fail, so.
Anyway, overall I enjoyed it a lot, and I'm glad I played it, though between the heavy localization, numerous typos, and at least one bug, I'm still rating it a 3 rather than a 4.
Mechanically, there is some retro clunk, but having played plenty of menu-based adventure games, this didn't bother me. I don't have a comparison point for the original 80s games, but just based on this remake I felt like you could see some of the tone/style of this series in later detective games, moreso than e.g. Famicom Detective Club.
This is the "fixed" translation, which is hammier than a pulled pork stand at the State Fair (great). It's still aggressively Americanized (not great). This led to some bonkers moments such as a plot beat that relied on the map of the Tokyo Metro--or rather, the Aspicio subway system. Except since these are now fictional locations, the deduction turns into pointless, hard-to-follow process of elimination. Also there's a tendency to abbrv wrds to fit on the bttns, which occasionally makes deductions difficult. But you can't really fail, so.
Anyway, overall I enjoyed it a lot, and I'm glad I played it, though between the heavy localization, numerous typos, and at least one bug, I'm still rating it a 3 rather than a 4.