I love picross! I love detective stories!
Do they blend well together? Not really unfortunately.
It felt like either reading through a novel where every few minutes you had to complete a picross puzzle out of nowhere, or playing a picross game where I had to wait until I could get another puzzle.
Both main components of this game feel way too disconnected. It's like they started writing the story, then needed to have an interactive part that doesn't solely rely on using evidences like Ace Attorney and isn't completely unhinged like Danganronpa, and ultimately decided to use picross, which is kinda lame tbh.
While the original promise doesn't blend all that well together, I still had fun with it. The plot started being engaging after the 1st chapter, I thought the graphics were a little bit too simplistic even for the genre but the character design and backgrounds were alright, the music was great, and despite everything I'm a huge sucker for picross.
If you're a fan of Ace Attorney-like games or even visual novels in general, the enjoyment you'll get from this game will heavily depends on how much you like picross, or else you'll quickly lose interest.
It's been 2 years since it released and, while it doesn't seem to be likely, I'd love if it had a sequel. Maybe they could make use of other types of puzzles next time, but it would be a real shame if the story doesn't continue, just like I can't imagine the Ace Attorney series only having the 1st game to play.
Do they blend well together? Not really unfortunately.
It felt like either reading through a novel where every few minutes you had to complete a picross puzzle out of nowhere, or playing a picross game where I had to wait until I could get another puzzle.
Both main components of this game feel way too disconnected. It's like they started writing the story, then needed to have an interactive part that doesn't solely rely on using evidences like Ace Attorney and isn't completely unhinged like Danganronpa, and ultimately decided to use picross, which is kinda lame tbh.
While the original promise doesn't blend all that well together, I still had fun with it. The plot started being engaging after the 1st chapter, I thought the graphics were a little bit too simplistic even for the genre but the character design and backgrounds were alright, the music was great, and despite everything I'm a huge sucker for picross.
If you're a fan of Ace Attorney-like games or even visual novels in general, the enjoyment you'll get from this game will heavily depends on how much you like picross, or else you'll quickly lose interest.
It's been 2 years since it released and, while it doesn't seem to be likely, I'd love if it had a sequel. Maybe they could make use of other types of puzzles next time, but it would be a real shame if the story doesn't continue, just like I can't imagine the Ace Attorney series only having the 1st game to play.