At Least Passable Detective Games

The best genre with the worst games.

The detecting is ok but the game is great
A bit too transparently just a matching puzzle game to REALLY hit as hard as Obra Dinn, but the detecting is still great and organic without much hand holding.
The fact that a one off optional path in a single level of an assassination game is a better detective game than most is a perfect exemplification of the pain that is the existence of a detective genre fan. Play without full mission story guidance and hints.

KGB

non hand-holdy to a fault, and absurdly difficult.
actually good!
messy as hell but very very cool!
overly hand holdy clue collection, but the accusation system is cool
largely single path, but has a decent bit of player agency. Would be a good foundation for a great detective game.
decent balance of player deduction and some hand holding for the commoners.

Comments




Last updated: