Dead Detective: A New End 9+

I may be biased as I remember playing this game at 19, home from college during Christmas break, on the family computer. I was heartbroken when Flash finally died, but I am glad that the developer is releasing his game (with never-before-seen cases) on Steam next year, like so many other developers from the Flash era have done. Also, this is a nice mobile port and is as fun as I remember.

Anyway, as the game name implies, you play as a detective who’s not exactly “alive”. The world is has been taken over by zombies and the brains (humans) have lost. (This isn’t to say that there aren’t any humans in the world as later games will reveal that there are several “brain farms”.) in this particular game, you help a recently dead zombie, who had an item of sentimental value, his ID card from when he was alive, stolen. You help him find the thief and bring them to justice. The game has a “deaductions” system, which is similar to Frogwares’ much-beloved Sherlock Holmes games starting with Crimes and Punishments, where the player combines clues and come to a conclusion. If you are a Frogwares fan or are someone who just enjoys solving mysteries, I would fully recommend this game to you.

Playing this was loads of fun, I’d gotten the perfect ending first try and loved every moment of it. The game does a good job pacing areas and helping you where it’s needed, I never felt stuck because the game doesn’t punish you for experimenting and asking every question you can think of before coming up with your final conclusions. Was definitely worth the time and I hope to see more from the devs because this is a masterpiece and a promising series waiting to be written

For a point and click game, the logic in this game’s puzzles was good (for the most part). There were rarely any obscure or dumb solutions, but it was still challenging. My biggest issues are the animation and the characters. The characters are flat and bland with nothing in their dialogue to tell them apart (except for mentions of their jobs). The game was too short for them to develop at all. The animations were stiff and looked like most were done with puppets. Despite my complaints, I would absolutely recommend this game to someone looking for a point and click adventure game. I also really hope to see more episodes come out.