a very quirky and fun game i can't recommend it enough
Definitely worth a replay since I haven't played it since I was young but I used to LOVE these games!
I wish this series was as popular in the west as it is in the east. Hell- I wish it was even more popular- as popular as Layton- or even Ace Attorney. I think it deserves it. I think it has the potential.
This is a silly game though. Not meant to be taken seriously. There are no high stakes. No crazy diabolical evils afoot. You're just a little girl solving odd mysteries around her little town with her quirky neighbors. It's just pure, unbridled fun.
The characters are a joy to interact with. You can't help but love each and every one. Even the annoying ones. There's just something so funny and joyful about getting to know just who you're dealing with here- especially in a detective setting. The mysteries are absurd- and yet in the absurdity- you learn to make sense of it. You understand the logic here as if it just makes perfect sense to you.
There's something that sets Touch Detective apart from other detective games. At the very least- they don't go as in depth as they do in this game. And that's experiencing Mackenzie's thoughts the entire step of the way. Where most detective games point out what they're thinking in a solve-the-case sense- this game- while still doing that- also takes it in an almost leisurely sort of way. You are playing a little girl, after all. Is it really so surprising that she's getting distracted by cute animals or interesting knicknacks? It just adds a layer of slice of life to the game that already was kind of there. This actually feels more like a slice of life than a hardboiled detective game. Yet it works so well.
You come to love the world and only want to live more in it. Thankfully- that's what its sequel is for! And it's even better than the first.
This is a silly game though. Not meant to be taken seriously. There are no high stakes. No crazy diabolical evils afoot. You're just a little girl solving odd mysteries around her little town with her quirky neighbors. It's just pure, unbridled fun.
The characters are a joy to interact with. You can't help but love each and every one. Even the annoying ones. There's just something so funny and joyful about getting to know just who you're dealing with here- especially in a detective setting. The mysteries are absurd- and yet in the absurdity- you learn to make sense of it. You understand the logic here as if it just makes perfect sense to you.
There's something that sets Touch Detective apart from other detective games. At the very least- they don't go as in depth as they do in this game. And that's experiencing Mackenzie's thoughts the entire step of the way. Where most detective games point out what they're thinking in a solve-the-case sense- this game- while still doing that- also takes it in an almost leisurely sort of way. You are playing a little girl, after all. Is it really so surprising that she's getting distracted by cute animals or interesting knicknacks? It just adds a layer of slice of life to the game that already was kind of there. This actually feels more like a slice of life than a hardboiled detective game. Yet it works so well.
You come to love the world and only want to live more in it. Thankfully- that's what its sequel is for! And it's even better than the first.
Feels a bit less like a mystery game than a gruelingly slow visual novel with characters whose charm doesn't really match with the style of gameplay that's going on. Item puzzles feel a bit perfunctory or hard to figure out without trying everything..