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Cimeto4 years ago(+1)

Hello!

At first I wanted to make a list here with a good bunch of old point&click adventure games with detectives or private investigators (Sherlock Holmes, Tex Murphy and Discworld Noir games first things getting in my mind) that I'd love to recommend, but I imagine it's better to make this short an offer a concise idea:

A few years back I was able to play one of the Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes iterations: Crimes & Punishments,  and one of the aspects in gameplay  that I found very interesting was the case resolution mechanic.

I was able to find a video:

Looks like very doable: the player must connect the correct nodes (if he/she was able to discover the clues while investigating on site), and try to achieve a conclusion.

The game story then diverges in case of your conclusions.

I hope this gives you ideas at least!

Good luck!

P.S.: Again, there is like A LOT of detective games if you look in the point&click adventure genre.

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Krunchy Fried Games4 years ago(+1)

Hello!

Thanks for these.

Yeah, I'd love to do a point n click at some point but we don't really have the graphics/ technical ability yet. We might have to go more down the Phoenix Wright road (which is still a good road!).

Discworld Noir's very much on my list of 'games I'll get round to playing at some point' XD Did you play the first one? The puzzles were absolutely insane, like- tie up octopus, put octopus in dunny, replace stall guy's caviar with prunes. I don't believe anyone could complete it without help.

I'll check out the video too, although I'm a bit wary with Sherlock Holmes. Outside of the books, I've not seen many versions of him that I've enjoyed. He's a very difficult character to get right. Interesting mechanic though.

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Cimeto4 years ago(+2)

Oh! Yeah! I played all three Discworld games, but actually, I needed walkthrough help for the first two, puzzles were completely illogical as you say. I imagine that's part of the charm of those games :P. Discworld 2 being actually more enjoyable than the first in my opinion.

About Sherlock Holmes games, there are a ton out there, from the eighties to nowadays, but to tell you the truth, I don't really like those from Frogwares, if I can recommend Holmes games these are the ones:

Sherlock Holmes - Case of the Serrated Scalpel


Sherlock Holmes - Case of The Rose Tattoo

Both are from the same studio, Mythos Software. And as Sherlock fan as I am (I hope so, I read most of the books twice and watched the Granada TV series like four times, lol), these games are actually extremely well inspired, especially the second one. I wonder if you ever tried them.

Cheers!

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Krunchy Fried Games4 years ago

Alright, I will trust your judgement- as I loved the Granada TV series too! Jeremy Brett was the defining on-screen Sherlock for me XD

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