Touch Detective 2 (and yes, this is the 2nd game despite the odd choice of name) takes everything great about the first game and expands upon it. More characters, funner mysteries, new places. And- even a new, recurring villain?! What a shock!

The addition of the villain adds a sense of a goal to the game that wasn't there before. Sure, the goal is to solve your cases. But you're mostly just... living and getting by. Doing your job because- what else is there to do? To have a culprit you want to see bought to justice- to learn more about- (hey, doesn't he sound a little familiar? haven't we seen him before?)- it gives more drive to your actions. Oh, shit, there's- like- a serialized story here! It's not just bad guy of the week anymore? Whoa!

It's just great.

But it's not perfect.

The ending feels incomplete. It's like they thought they were going to get a sequel. And they did. It just wasn't localized in the west.

This series deserves more than what it's been handed. I only think it would've kept improving and getting better.

I hope to see it get the love it deserves.

This game is still a great, fun time. Even if I feel like I'm watching a show that was cancelled in the middle of its season. I don't consider it a waste to play. At the end of the day- this is a lighthearted game with a lighthearted story. Think- The Office getting cancelled, versus something like Breaking Bad. It's sad- but also- you'll live. And you had fun the entire way anyway, didn't you?