There is no reason to really review this too deeply. There are 3 games in this collection and all are pretty much identical 45 minute "detective" adventure games. They all have that very low budget modern indie game charm. The games are not meant to be taken seriously and the mysteries surrounding these games are similarly silly, and whether you will enjoy these games or not will depend on two things.
The Frog Detective games live and die by their humor and their vibe. The vibe the games go for is the chill, turn your brain off and just have a cozy, comfortable little adventure type. If you really dig that vibe, you probably will like the humor as well. For me personally, the games weren't funny, but needless to say that is a very subjective matter. But if the humor doesn't hit, these games become pretty boring. If it does hit, and you dig the vibe, well, you got a very cozy afternoon or two to look forward to playing Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery.
The reason why I say that the games live and die by their humor and vibe is because the gameplay is very basic. You go around a small area that the games play in and talk to every person there. Each person wants an item from you and will give you something else in return. You pick up an item that you can find in the game world to start, give it to the right person and start a chain reaction of giving Person A's item to B, B's item to C etc. It's the same for all three games and then the games end. I think even games that go for this style can offer a lot more, but clearly, a lot of people enjoyed what the first game was going for, so I don't blame the devs at all for sticking with it for the next two games.
The Frog Detective games live and die by their humor and their vibe. The vibe the games go for is the chill, turn your brain off and just have a cozy, comfortable little adventure type. If you really dig that vibe, you probably will like the humor as well. For me personally, the games weren't funny, but needless to say that is a very subjective matter. But if the humor doesn't hit, these games become pretty boring. If it does hit, and you dig the vibe, well, you got a very cozy afternoon or two to look forward to playing Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery.
The reason why I say that the games live and die by their humor and vibe is because the gameplay is very basic. You go around a small area that the games play in and talk to every person there. Each person wants an item from you and will give you something else in return. You pick up an item that you can find in the game world to start, give it to the right person and start a chain reaction of giving Person A's item to B, B's item to C etc. It's the same for all three games and then the games end. I think even games that go for this style can offer a lot more, but clearly, a lot of people enjoyed what the first game was going for, so I don't blame the devs at all for sticking with it for the next two games.
Probably one of the sharpest written games I've played recently. Almost every joke hit the nail and I was constantly laughing throughout. I adored this game and it never overstayed its welcome. Me and my friend just sat there doing voices for all the characters and it made it even better. Absolute 5/5 game.
A delightful batch of quirky mysteries combined into one hilarious package. It literally epitomizes this image and I couldn't be more happy about it.
These games are incredibly small and quite charming. I found them amusing, absolutely worth the crumb of time, but not really anything I have much to say about. They give me huge freeware vibes - I mean that as a compliment.
My favorite aspect is the dialog writing, it's very distinct from other games, in some ways close to real talking in a way that writing usually doesn't capture. Many of the lines are incredibly brief and the speaker switches quite frequently. These games doesn't cut out the functional exchanges and awkard fumbling that just naturally happens in conversations- and I find that pretty neat. It feels like a great expression of what it's like to have minor social skill issue, but perhaps that's just me projecting.
Frog Detective does a great job of being silly and quirky without ever being bombastic or in my face. It's just doing its own little thing, and I'm vibing along occasionally laughing.
The character notes introduced in games 2 and 3 are pretty consistently funny
Each game begins really well
Frog Detective games feel very expressive. I think this is where I get most of the freeware vibes, it overhwleming seems like what someone just felt like making and there's nothing more to it than that. Yet there's also a subtle quality and effort that does make me understand why these are commercial games
My favorite aspect is the dialog writing, it's very distinct from other games, in some ways close to real talking in a way that writing usually doesn't capture. Many of the lines are incredibly brief and the speaker switches quite frequently. These games doesn't cut out the functional exchanges and awkard fumbling that just naturally happens in conversations- and I find that pretty neat. It feels like a great expression of what it's like to have minor social skill issue, but perhaps that's just me projecting.
Frog Detective does a great job of being silly and quirky without ever being bombastic or in my face. It's just doing its own little thing, and I'm vibing along occasionally laughing.
The character notes introduced in games 2 and 3 are pretty consistently funny
Each game begins really well
Frog Detective games feel very expressive. I think this is where I get most of the freeware vibes, it overhwleming seems like what someone just felt like making and there's nothing more to it than that. Yet there's also a subtle quality and effort that does make me understand why these are commercial games
Jogo muito divertido, da pra dar umas risadas jogando ele e a história é engraçada.
O objetivo do jogo é contar a história e te entreter, mas chegou um ponto que um puzzle ou algo assim fez falta, pois com o tanto de dialogo e idas e vindas, comecei a cansar um pouco, mas para o que o jogo tem como objetivo é até dahora.
O objetivo do jogo é contar a história e te entreter, mas chegou um ponto que um puzzle ou algo assim fez falta, pois com o tanto de dialogo e idas e vindas, comecei a cansar um pouco, mas para o que o jogo tem como objetivo é até dahora.
Its alright. The first two mysteries were fun and short but when i arrived at the third the game just felt like i force myself to play through it, so i abandoned it. The writing isnt serious and feels like it comes from a desinterested 15 year old, which could be the charm. Its fun and inoffensive but not for me.
Frog Detective is an incomprehensible work of art. This game was a great find in my life, I played it without high expectations, imagining it would be funny, but it caught my attention. In it you are a frog detective who has to solve several different cases. Each case is different from each other, each with its own theme and unique NPC characters. The main plot surrounding the game is very good and I had a lot of fun. This game is an incredible game to play, have fun and laugh with the stupid and funny dialogues that these incredible characters have. A silly game with a great moral essence. I really liked it and I hope the company makes more games like this, obviously it has its flaws such as graphics that could be better, some mechanics that are repeated and dialogues that sometimes make you want to just skip everything, however, this game has its essence and it is very good. There's room for improvement, but it's still a work of art.