I saw this game quoted and praised on the Internet for so long and to be honest it didn't seem at all interesting. Out of context there was something self-indulgent, annoying about the dialogue ('she's soo crazy... love her!'). It felt like one of those games made to take screenshots and post on social media to show off how funny/quirky/deep it is, and the concept of a sad pathetic old detective solving crimes sounded boring as hell.

Which is why I'm all the more surprised that it was so extremely good? I can't remember the last time I raced through a game so rapidly because it was just so addictive.

In a way it feels like the opposite of the kindve, 'made to order' fanfic approach to fiction you see sometimes, where people approach media as a desired shopping list of tropes. Nothing about this game particularly grabbed me at first glance except the insanely good word of mouth - but its storytelling, and the way the gameplay feeds into that storytelling is just so good.