Shallow but charming RPGmaker trilogy where a sort of con artist and his companion (a child, latest in the lineage of the clearly un-draconic things anime-adjacent media has decided to call "dragon") with the power to eat lies. Together, they're a sort of detective-duo as well as a small found family, cutting through a few mysteries with a very classic structure but unfortunately bland execution. As crime fiction, it lacks originality and the sort of information density that makes for effective red herrings, while as an RPG game, it lacks, well, any use for its RPG mechanics and a connection to its theme. None of them are terrible for the game--its core is in the charismatic characters and tone, plus the CGs and general presentation are great--but I'd love to see a new take on the idea with proper sleuthing mechanics, rather than a detective coat of paint for an atmospheric JRPG.

Reviewed on Dec 10, 2023


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