Short, but super cute!
Cute game but somewhat thin for what is there. A second case would have been welcome. Not much reply value. Good for an evening diversion but maybe not worth the full price.
Cute simple game with fun voice acting took me about 1 hour and 37 minutes. I enjoyed it, the way you investigate is neat.
Patotive embarca em mais um caso, um intrigante roubo de lanche entre os funcionários de uma empresa de ônibus, porém com a sagacidade do Patotive, ele desvenda um esquema de contrabando de salame por trás da empresa.
"Catapimbas", exclama Patotive misturando surpresa e admiração pela criatividade criminosa. Com um sorriso determinado, ele mergulha na investigação, pronto para desvendar cada fatia desse mistério salgado.
"Catapimbas", exclama Patotive misturando surpresa e admiração pela criatividade criminosa. Com um sorriso determinado, ele mergulha na investigação, pronto para desvendar cada fatia desse mistério salgado.
fun lil game
O jogo é bonitinho e a dublagem é divertida. Dito isso, o mistério é bem qualquer coisa e a gameplay é pouco intuitiva (parece mais um jogo de tentativa e erro que de detetive). Jogaram a boa apresentação no lixo.
I too have an addiction to bread along with a love of solving mysteries. Amazing game. It was very short, but I loved being able to complete a game in one sitting, and the story felt like a good length. I just want more duck detective!
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Depois de algumas horas nesse escritório, eu só queria mais daquele mundinho e daqueles animais estranhos. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami não é exatamente uma obra-prima em termos de gameplay — embora até faça seu trabalho de oferecer desafios interessantes —, mas brilha com seu incrível elenco de personagens e com a história em si. Não sei o que a equipe da Happy Broccoli Games está planejando a seguir, mas acho que nosso Duck Detective precisa de mais dinheiro e eu adoraria me juntar a ele em mais alguns casos.
Depois de algumas horas nesse escritório, eu só queria mais daquele mundinho e daqueles animais estranhos. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami não é exatamente uma obra-prima em termos de gameplay — embora até faça seu trabalho de oferecer desafios interessantes —, mas brilha com seu incrível elenco de personagens e com a história em si. Não sei o que a equipe da Happy Broccoli Games está planejando a seguir, mas acho que nosso Duck Detective precisa de mais dinheiro e eu adoraria me juntar a ele em mais alguns casos.
The game is cute and has characters whith personalities that will keep you interested. The puzles are challenging, the big downside for me is how short it is, I wish it was a bit longer.
Very cute and surprisingly challenging detective game! It was so fun I only wished it was a little bit longer. I honestly wish it had multiple endings so I could replay it again! The art is great and I really enjoyed the gameplay, every character feels very real and relatable.
this game looks so good and was pretty funny but the actual puzzles were hard, not bc i'm stupid but bc the clues made no sense at times and rarely helped. most the time i just ended up clicking every option and seeing which one fits. worst puzzle was the code to the safe, i got so annoyed i had to check a guide online lol. i hope there will be more cases added in the future and that they will make a bit more sense
Man, animal-based indie games are crushing it this year!!
Duck Detective is a sweet and novel little adventure game from German studio Happy Broccoli and stars freshly-divorced, hard-boiled duck-tective Eugene McQuacklin as he solves the mystery of a lunch thief at a bus depot office. What seems like a trivial case then spirals into a web of conspiracy and crime as Eugene finds himself having to bite off more than he can chew.
It's a short and succinct little detective caper, running at a little over two hours in total. Naturally, that may put some off, but with the little world Happy Broccoli have built themselves here, it's clear that this is but the first in a regular series of games, much like Frog Detective and the Detective Grimoire games before it.
The studio has stated that gameplay-wise, Duck Detective is most similar to Return of the Obra Dinn, albeit more accessible for a younger audience; and that's true! You're given pretty much the full run of the office and have to use the information you gather from your surroundings and observations about each of the suspects to deduce motives, alibis, and relationships. True, it's not as compelling to piece together as Obra Dinn, but in its own way, it's fun to put the pieces together.
At least, it is for the most part. Really, towards the latter two 'fill-in-the-blanks' de-duck-tions (as the game calls them), it can be tricky to get the clues in the exact order it wants you to, even with all of the information gathered and conclusions drawn. It asks you to be very particular in the way you word things, somewhat needlessly at times, which can cause some frustration when you ultimately come to the same answer.
Even still, Duck Detective does its (and his) job well and provides you with a short burst of adventuring fun with a charming look and quick-witted comedy style with some surprisingly decent zingers here and there.
Eugene's first case could be a little too on the short side for some folks, but I would argue that for its asking price of less than 10 ducks, it's worth every crumb.
8.5/10
Duck Detective is a sweet and novel little adventure game from German studio Happy Broccoli and stars freshly-divorced, hard-boiled duck-tective Eugene McQuacklin as he solves the mystery of a lunch thief at a bus depot office. What seems like a trivial case then spirals into a web of conspiracy and crime as Eugene finds himself having to bite off more than he can chew.
It's a short and succinct little detective caper, running at a little over two hours in total. Naturally, that may put some off, but with the little world Happy Broccoli have built themselves here, it's clear that this is but the first in a regular series of games, much like Frog Detective and the Detective Grimoire games before it.
The studio has stated that gameplay-wise, Duck Detective is most similar to Return of the Obra Dinn, albeit more accessible for a younger audience; and that's true! You're given pretty much the full run of the office and have to use the information you gather from your surroundings and observations about each of the suspects to deduce motives, alibis, and relationships. True, it's not as compelling to piece together as Obra Dinn, but in its own way, it's fun to put the pieces together.
At least, it is for the most part. Really, towards the latter two 'fill-in-the-blanks' de-duck-tions (as the game calls them), it can be tricky to get the clues in the exact order it wants you to, even with all of the information gathered and conclusions drawn. It asks you to be very particular in the way you word things, somewhat needlessly at times, which can cause some frustration when you ultimately come to the same answer.
Even still, Duck Detective does its (and his) job well and provides you with a short burst of adventuring fun with a charming look and quick-witted comedy style with some surprisingly decent zingers here and there.
Eugene's first case could be a little too on the short side for some folks, but I would argue that for its asking price of less than 10 ducks, it's worth every crumb.
8.5/10
It's a fun lil short story!
The contrast between the cutesy art style and super dramatic voice acting is super funny. Couple that with a pretty ridiculous plot and you've got a really silly but enjoyable short story!
As for the gameplay itself: it's pretty simple, but I did find myself almost brute forcing solutions a lot of the time. Not sure how much of that is me being dumb and how much of it is the game giving you a relatively small amount of clues to work off in detective mode. I think giving players a bit more clues for puzzles could definitely help with this.
Either way, I'd love to see more short stories with the Duck Detective!
The contrast between the cutesy art style and super dramatic voice acting is super funny. Couple that with a pretty ridiculous plot and you've got a really silly but enjoyable short story!
As for the gameplay itself: it's pretty simple, but I did find myself almost brute forcing solutions a lot of the time. Not sure how much of that is me being dumb and how much of it is the game giving you a relatively small amount of clues to work off in detective mode. I think giving players a bit more clues for puzzles could definitely help with this.
Either way, I'd love to see more short stories with the Duck Detective!
Funny, not too hard, and witty. Only gripe is that you can just brute force some of the puzzles.
A little short and a little too obvious for some things and out of reach for others.
filled the frog-shaped hole in my heart
La Capilla Sixtina, la Divina Comedia, La Pietà, la Mona Lisa, Chicas Malas
Cada cierto tiempo en la historia tenemos una obra... No, un evento que define no solo la rama específica de un tipo de arte, sino que además se vuelve sinónimo de ese tiempo, como un pequeño pedazo de historia atemporal que podemos analizar y alabar lentamente, patomárselo poco a poco.
Duck Detective es el tipo de obra de la que podríamos hablar dentro de 100 años como si hubiese salido en ese momento. Sin estar sujeto a esas pretensiones tecnológicas y generacionales el juego tiene un acabado dibujado con unos modelados que parecen stickers moviéndose, un estilo patodos los gustos.
En el terreno jugable hay poco que añadir a lo que es la obra, una especie de Aventura Gráfica (yo la llamaré Visual Novel porque me pegaban de niño) Detectivesca donde a través de diversas pesquisas y análisis sabremos más de los personajes y sus circunstancias. Si me permite el lector un breve spoiler, hay un momento donde el Detective Pato analiza un espejo. Es ahí bajo una lupa que mira la propia existencia del protagonista que podemos acercar la cámara a unos ojos que rebosan ansiedad, a un sombrero destrozado que nos hace ver la pobreza que habita y en general a una patetisma de un pato que está en un punto bajo. Otros juegos tendrán muchiflops, raycrazing, Ddlts, motion blur que es una mierda quien usa eso que mareo, gráficos hiperrealistas, animaciones recuidadas hechas con la sangre de becarios, pero ninguno de esos juegos alcanza el nivel de empatía narrativa de esta escena... que lo hace a través de sus mecánicas jugables, una brillantez que francamente me deja patidifuso. Que van a sacar 30 juegos de Horizon y Aloy es una mierda desde el primero saes.
Además de eso el juego consigue retratar perfectamente una unión de épocas que inmortaliza más si cabe la obra. A través de un protagonista pato que recoge lo mejor de los detectives noir como estar divorciado y decir que estas calles no son lo que eran mientras llueve y suena jazz de fondo. El retrato social en que nos sitúa es absolutamente descorazonador, ya que nos muestra una de esas realidades contemporáneas que deseamos que en unos 100 años sea historia antigua, que sea solo analizable gracias a arte como este que ayudará al futuro a entender como vivíamos, que aquellos que estudien Duck Detective en el futuro lo hagan pensando “menos mal que no nací en ese tiempo” no simplemente por ser antipático. Porque damas, caballeros y patos de todas las entidades, efectivamente esta obra se sitúa en una empresa de transportes que se retrasa (puta renfe).
Es en esta localización tan socioeconomicopolíticamente determinada que el contexto de un crimen se debe investigar, un crimen obrado por una mente vil y desalmada: THE SALAMI BANDIT. Es en esta empresa donde será necesario parlamentar e investigar los sujetos y sospechosos que habitan. Pero más no puedo discutir ya que sería spoilear los 104 minutos que me ha llevado terminarlo y cuackquier persona debería experimentarlo por si misma.
Si hay un punto negativo que mencionar sería esta duración sin lugar a duda. No porque me durase poco ya que yo no le discuto a un pintor cuanto tiempo y cuan largo debe ser su trazo, sino porque me preocupa que algún desalmado se lo pase en menos de 2 horas de duración y lo devuelva en Steam. Un acto repudiable sin lugar a duda, y que creo que debería hacer que Steam crease una merecida excepción a esta situación, eliminando a baneando la cuenta de aquellos terroristas al arte por un tiempo o incluso permanentemente. Los artistas de esta creación merecen el respeto y mezenazgo que conlleva (o al menos debería conllevar) impactar el mundo cultural de esta forma. De hecho, espero y ruego que en los próximos 2 años tengamos otra entrega del Duck Detective para proseguir un currículum que ya de base es inmejorable. Puesto que la gran pega del Detective Pato... es que quiero más Detective Pato, más casos, más tramas, más personajes, más juegos, que haya a PATAdas.
No pongo ningún tipo de valoración a este “videojuego” ya que creo que esto sería muy limitante, puesto que creo que lo que de verdad se debería valorar... es la sociedad en la que habita esta cultura. Porque si nosotros, como raza homo sapiens, permitimos que una creación audiovisual de esta magnitud caiga en algún tipo de fracaso (ya sea meramente económico u olvidándola o lo que podría ser peor, dejando que Microsoft la compre), sería la cultura de nuestro tiempo la que verdaderamente se merezca una baja puntuación y media estrella a lo mucho. Igual el lector pensará que no es PATAnto, pero Duck Detective el momento de mostrar cómo queda en nuestra generación un atisbo de buen gusto, que realmente podemos apreciar el contenido de calidad y que nos lo merecemos. Osea bro no me jodas que vamos a tener un mundo con 10 juegos de Horizon y solo uno del Detective Pato por favor te lo digo, que encima una secuela iría flamerdísima que al final hay potencial para una secuela ya que
Cada cierto tiempo en la historia tenemos una obra... No, un evento que define no solo la rama específica de un tipo de arte, sino que además se vuelve sinónimo de ese tiempo, como un pequeño pedazo de historia atemporal que podemos analizar y alabar lentamente, patomárselo poco a poco.
Duck Detective es el tipo de obra de la que podríamos hablar dentro de 100 años como si hubiese salido en ese momento. Sin estar sujeto a esas pretensiones tecnológicas y generacionales el juego tiene un acabado dibujado con unos modelados que parecen stickers moviéndose, un estilo patodos los gustos.
En el terreno jugable hay poco que añadir a lo que es la obra, una especie de Aventura Gráfica (yo la llamaré Visual Novel porque me pegaban de niño) Detectivesca donde a través de diversas pesquisas y análisis sabremos más de los personajes y sus circunstancias. Si me permite el lector un breve spoiler, hay un momento donde el Detective Pato analiza un espejo. Es ahí bajo una lupa que mira la propia existencia del protagonista que podemos acercar la cámara a unos ojos que rebosan ansiedad, a un sombrero destrozado que nos hace ver la pobreza que habita y en general a una patetisma de un pato que está en un punto bajo. Otros juegos tendrán muchiflops, raycrazing, Ddlts, motion blur que es una mierda quien usa eso que mareo, gráficos hiperrealistas, animaciones recuidadas hechas con la sangre de becarios, pero ninguno de esos juegos alcanza el nivel de empatía narrativa de esta escena... que lo hace a través de sus mecánicas jugables, una brillantez que francamente me deja patidifuso. Que van a sacar 30 juegos de Horizon y Aloy es una mierda desde el primero saes.
Además de eso el juego consigue retratar perfectamente una unión de épocas que inmortaliza más si cabe la obra. A través de un protagonista pato que recoge lo mejor de los detectives noir como estar divorciado y decir que estas calles no son lo que eran mientras llueve y suena jazz de fondo. El retrato social en que nos sitúa es absolutamente descorazonador, ya que nos muestra una de esas realidades contemporáneas que deseamos que en unos 100 años sea historia antigua, que sea solo analizable gracias a arte como este que ayudará al futuro a entender como vivíamos, que aquellos que estudien Duck Detective en el futuro lo hagan pensando “menos mal que no nací en ese tiempo” no simplemente por ser antipático. Porque damas, caballeros y patos de todas las entidades, efectivamente esta obra se sitúa en una empresa de transportes que se retrasa (puta renfe).
Es en esta localización tan socioeconomicopolíticamente determinada que el contexto de un crimen se debe investigar, un crimen obrado por una mente vil y desalmada: THE SALAMI BANDIT. Es en esta empresa donde será necesario parlamentar e investigar los sujetos y sospechosos que habitan. Pero más no puedo discutir ya que sería spoilear los 104 minutos que me ha llevado terminarlo y cuackquier persona debería experimentarlo por si misma.
Si hay un punto negativo que mencionar sería esta duración sin lugar a duda. No porque me durase poco ya que yo no le discuto a un pintor cuanto tiempo y cuan largo debe ser su trazo, sino porque me preocupa que algún desalmado se lo pase en menos de 2 horas de duración y lo devuelva en Steam. Un acto repudiable sin lugar a duda, y que creo que debería hacer que Steam crease una merecida excepción a esta situación, eliminando a baneando la cuenta de aquellos terroristas al arte por un tiempo o incluso permanentemente. Los artistas de esta creación merecen el respeto y mezenazgo que conlleva (o al menos debería conllevar) impactar el mundo cultural de esta forma. De hecho, espero y ruego que en los próximos 2 años tengamos otra entrega del Duck Detective para proseguir un currículum que ya de base es inmejorable. Puesto que la gran pega del Detective Pato... es que quiero más Detective Pato, más casos, más tramas, más personajes, más juegos, que haya a PATAdas.
No pongo ningún tipo de valoración a este “videojuego” ya que creo que esto sería muy limitante, puesto que creo que lo que de verdad se debería valorar... es la sociedad en la que habita esta cultura. Porque si nosotros, como raza homo sapiens, permitimos que una creación audiovisual de esta magnitud caiga en algún tipo de fracaso (ya sea meramente económico u olvidándola o lo que podría ser peor, dejando que Microsoft la compre), sería la cultura de nuestro tiempo la que verdaderamente se merezca una baja puntuación y media estrella a lo mucho. Igual el lector pensará que no es PATAnto, pero Duck Detective el momento de mostrar cómo queda en nuestra generación un atisbo de buen gusto, que realmente podemos apreciar el contenido de calidad y que nos lo merecemos. Osea bro no me jodas que vamos a tener un mundo con 10 juegos de Horizon y solo uno del Detective Pato por favor te lo digo, que encima una secuela iría flamerdísima que al final hay potencial para una secuela ya que
id like to order one duck detective trilogy pls
Wow, what a fun little game. I loved that it didn't overstay its welcome, but I definitely think this can be expanded to a sequel.
Solving this case was so much fun! It reminded me of Professor Layton in terms of word puzzles.
Also, the humour in this game is so funny. I genuinely laughed out loud in several moments. Loved that this was fully voice-acted.
The story is actually quite good. It's hard to create a mystery without things getting too confusing for the player. But because of the simplicity, I found it quite easy to follow. Though some of these puzzles stumped me, but that's just because I'm terrible at puzzle games.
Overall, what a breath of fresh air. This game encapsulates everything I love about indie games. So glad I played this one, I highly recommend it!
Solving this case was so much fun! It reminded me of Professor Layton in terms of word puzzles.
Also, the humour in this game is so funny. I genuinely laughed out loud in several moments. Loved that this was fully voice-acted.
The story is actually quite good. It's hard to create a mystery without things getting too confusing for the player. But because of the simplicity, I found it quite easy to follow. Though some of these puzzles stumped me, but that's just because I'm terrible at puzzle games.
Overall, what a breath of fresh air. This game encapsulates everything I love about indie games. So glad I played this one, I highly recommend it!
It’s a meh mystery with a cute aesthetic.
Pros:
Adorable “Paper Mario” styled characters
Full voice cast, all character lines voiced
Notebook “mad lib” style putting clues together to minimize brute forcing solutions
Hilarious duck facts on the loading screen
Choosing who goes to jail for the crimes
Cons:
The investigating/gathering clues got repetitive fast. It’s just scrolling over the page until your magnifying glass lights up
At the end, there were a bunch of deductions to solve in a row that felt more like the game telling rather than showing me the plot.
I just didn’t like the mystery solution. I don’t think it made a whole lot of sense, even when explained in detail by the duck himself
Overall, it’s a short point and click cute mystery game. I think I’d prefer Tangle Tower or Frog Detective over this game, but if you like those you may like this one too.
Pros:
Adorable “Paper Mario” styled characters
Full voice cast, all character lines voiced
Notebook “mad lib” style putting clues together to minimize brute forcing solutions
Hilarious duck facts on the loading screen
Choosing who goes to jail for the crimes
Cons:
The investigating/gathering clues got repetitive fast. It’s just scrolling over the page until your magnifying glass lights up
At the end, there were a bunch of deductions to solve in a row that felt more like the game telling rather than showing me the plot.
I just didn’t like the mystery solution. I don’t think it made a whole lot of sense, even when explained in detail by the duck himself
Overall, it’s a short point and click cute mystery game. I think I’d prefer Tangle Tower or Frog Detective over this game, but if you like those you may like this one too.
a pretty good,fun and short game. I will need a sequel now :)
i continue to suck at puzzle games. not sure if i'm just completely inept but i had to brute-force so much of this game that i felt like a lot of the plot was just told to me without my involvement.
the game is super cute and i found myself way more taken with it's look and writing than i expected to be, but a more robust hints system (outside of the "pondering the clues" bits which i didnt think gave enough direction to the player) would have helped me feel more involved in the detecting
the game is super cute and i found myself way more taken with it's look and writing than i expected to be, but a more robust hints system (outside of the "pondering the clues" bits which i didnt think gave enough direction to the player) would have helped me feel more involved in the detecting
oq eu ri aqui foi brincadeira, bom jogo
better than knives out
Good presentation and overall pretty fun to solve, though the final conclusion is a little unsatisfying. Would love a sequel that improves the detective-gameplay just a bit.
The more I grow up, the more I like short games. About two to three hours long, this game respects your time. It's a simple game that knows its strenghts : the simple but effective story, the really fun humour and the colourful characters and art style. So if you want a cool little well rounded game made with a lot of love and care that you can complete in one sitting, it's an easy rec
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My partner and I played this yesterday and had an absolute blast. The art style is really fun and cute, the gameplay is simple and easy to pick up on, and the story was enjoyable from beginning to end. The only bit that I did not enjoy was not being able to confront Rufus and Margaret on the voucher incident, I would've loved to hear their reactions to that. Furthermore, my partner did not like having to pick someone to go to the jail bc "It's just salami and they're all so cute." Overall it was so fun, and I was very happy to have something so cozy and easy to play with my partner and I hope that they make more of these as soon as possible!!
Short and sweet and very charming
This review contains spoilers
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is a fun, engaging, albeit short Noir detective game. It revolves around THE duck detective himself, Eugene McQuacklin and the mystery of the Salami Bandit.
What started as a complaint about stolen lunch turns out to be a bigger conspiracy involving Bearbus employees, and it's the duck detective's job to quack it.
Pros:
- The voice acting is superb, and fits the characters of Duck Detective well.
- The character designs have a certain charm to it. Love the choice of stickers as character dummies in the 3D environment.
- The cool premise of the game plus the interesting characters in the Duck Detective universe means potential for future DLCs. I'd love to see Eugene quack another case.
- The puns and fun facts about ducks are aplenty, and it's so ducking good.
- The dedicated quack button is a nice touch, it reminded me of the Untitled Goose Game.
Cons:
- The base game will be better if the story is fleshed out a bit more. It runs short, although, this is not much of a con since they advertised Duck Detective as a one, two-hour game.
- The puzzles can be solved through brute force and simply winging it. No deducktion skills needed.
Additional thoughts:
- Some questions: Why did Sophie agree to being Manfred's accomplice? What happened to Laura and her request for promotion? Did the voucher-stealing couple really get away with their voucher-stealing shenanigans with no repercussions?
- I'd love if the quacks are incorporated in the gameplay, like the coin distraction mechanic in Hitman games.
- I'd rather have the game expand on other parts of the story, instead of putting much emphasis on determining who called Eugene to show up at Bearbus office.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is a fun, engaging, albeit short Noir detective game. It revolves around THE duck detective himself, Eugene McQuacklin and the mystery of the Salami Bandit.
What started as a complaint about stolen lunch turns out to be a bigger conspiracy involving Bearbus employees, and it's the duck detective's job to quack it.
Pros:
- The voice acting is superb, and fits the characters of Duck Detective well.
- The character designs have a certain charm to it. Love the choice of stickers as character dummies in the 3D environment.
- The cool premise of the game plus the interesting characters in the Duck Detective universe means potential for future DLCs. I'd love to see Eugene quack another case.
- The puns and fun facts about ducks are aplenty, and it's so ducking good.
- The dedicated quack button is a nice touch, it reminded me of the Untitled Goose Game.
Cons:
- The base game will be better if the story is fleshed out a bit more. It runs short, although, this is not much of a con since they advertised Duck Detective as a one, two-hour game.
- The puzzles can be solved through brute force and simply winging it. No deducktion skills needed.
Additional thoughts:
- Some questions: Why did Sophie agree to being Manfred's accomplice? What happened to Laura and her request for promotion? Did the voucher-stealing couple really get away with their voucher-stealing shenanigans with no repercussions?
- I'd love if the quacks are incorporated in the gameplay, like the coin distraction mechanic in Hitman games.
- I'd rather have the game expand on other parts of the story, instead of putting much emphasis on determining who called Eugene to show up at Bearbus office.
Short and sweet detective game with solid voice acting and overall presentation. If you played The Case of the Golden Idol you'll be familar with the puzzles on display, but the difficulty is dialed down to match the tone.
Very pleasant but also nothing I would say is essential.
Very pleasant but also nothing I would say is essential.