Day 535 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

Today’s game is The Darkside Detective. I had gifted a friend a copy of OneShot, and he ended up enjoying it so much he gifted me this as a little game exchange. He said he thought i might like it. Turns out, i really enjoyed it. It’s a basic point and click but a lot of fun.

It’s humor reminds me a lot of Welcome to Nightvale meets Douglas Adams. It’s like a mix of Nightvale’s seriously funny absurdity and Adam’s laid back funny absurdity. I really like it. Not to mention it features Douglas Adams himself as an NPC in a chapter, so that’s an instant plus from me.

Gameplay wise it reminds me of Ace Attorney’s investigation stages. I do wish it had an overarching story like those games (i haven’t beaten this yet, but i’m on the last case and not seeing one), but that’s not really a slight against it’s quality. More so a “Oh, it would be cool”.

I played this in call with the friend who gifted it to me today, and I’ll probably finish it up tomorrow doing the same. It’s a lot of fun, and honestly after Undertale it kind of makes me want to replay Ace Attorney again.

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