You are the Frog Detective, the second best investigator around, and it's up to you to solve not one, not two, but three cases! The first two are very straight forward, but I was not expecting that plot twist in the third!
This game is just utterly goofy. The characters have the weirdest things to say, and it doesn't always pertain to the case. Nothing is to be taken seriously at all. And that Degrassi reference! It gives me life!
Visuals
Frog Detective is not a pretty game. It's actually an ugly game, but in a cute, charming kind of way. It's a 3D low-poly world with flood-filled objects and no texture. All of the NPCs are animals, and while you can tell what they are, they definitely look off. I'm not holding that against the game though, because it does suit the goofy tone of the stories.
This is played in first person for the most part, with conversations in third person.
Sound Effects + Music
Frog Detective has jazzy background music which was really fun and upbeat. It makes you feel like you're in a cheesy cartoon about old school detectives. But the music does change between the three cases to fit the specific theme. The cowboy one made me laugh when it started.
There's no voice acting or really any unique sound effects. The credits do have a catchy song.
Gameplay + Controls
Frog Detective is more of a point-and-click and visual novel hybrid. You won't actually be solving any cases. Detective just goes around, talking to the NPCs involved, and going on fetch quests. You'll mainly be trading items between characters to collect what you need to proceed with your investigation. Not much to it. The second case introduces a notebook, which gave me hope that the case would be more interactive. But no. It's just a cute way to keep track of your items and NPC quests.
This was the first first-person game I've actually managed to play, since the movement is smooth. It's not realistic at all unless Detective is gracefully sliding across the ground, but I'm glad for it.
Replayability
Frog Detective is super short, but there's also not much content there. The cases remain the same, so I don't see a point in playing it again unless you really want to relive the stories. I did miss some achievements, so I might go back to get them, since it should be easy enough.
Overall
Frog Detective was a fun way to spend a couple of hours. The gameplay and graphics are nothing to get excited over, but the characters and dialogue made me smile. By the end, I was way more invested than I thought I would be.
This game is just utterly goofy. The characters have the weirdest things to say, and it doesn't always pertain to the case. Nothing is to be taken seriously at all. And that Degrassi reference! It gives me life!
Visuals
Frog Detective is not a pretty game. It's actually an ugly game, but in a cute, charming kind of way. It's a 3D low-poly world with flood-filled objects and no texture. All of the NPCs are animals, and while you can tell what they are, they definitely look off. I'm not holding that against the game though, because it does suit the goofy tone of the stories.
This is played in first person for the most part, with conversations in third person.
Sound Effects + Music
Frog Detective has jazzy background music which was really fun and upbeat. It makes you feel like you're in a cheesy cartoon about old school detectives. But the music does change between the three cases to fit the specific theme. The cowboy one made me laugh when it started.
There's no voice acting or really any unique sound effects. The credits do have a catchy song.
Gameplay + Controls
Frog Detective is more of a point-and-click and visual novel hybrid. You won't actually be solving any cases. Detective just goes around, talking to the NPCs involved, and going on fetch quests. You'll mainly be trading items between characters to collect what you need to proceed with your investigation. Not much to it. The second case introduces a notebook, which gave me hope that the case would be more interactive. But no. It's just a cute way to keep track of your items and NPC quests.
This was the first first-person game I've actually managed to play, since the movement is smooth. It's not realistic at all unless Detective is gracefully sliding across the ground, but I'm glad for it.
Replayability
Frog Detective is super short, but there's also not much content there. The cases remain the same, so I don't see a point in playing it again unless you really want to relive the stories. I did miss some achievements, so I might go back to get them, since it should be easy enough.
Overall
Frog Detective was a fun way to spend a couple of hours. The gameplay and graphics are nothing to get excited over, but the characters and dialogue made me smile. By the end, I was way more invested than I thought I would be.