
Become the detective in this free prologue for Chinatown Detective Agency. Amira Darma is new to the PI game, and you’ll need to use real-world detective skills to help her solve cases, manage her agency and unravel a global conspiracy in this globetrotting neo-noir mystery.
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Languages: English*, German, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
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This developer did the prologue / demo correctly. It gets you excited for the actual game release. I put this on my wishlist after playing the prologue. You actually do some research on your own to solve the cases (web search outside game). And you get a nice story too as you investigate the cases that are full of mystery and intrigue. The characters are interesting, you know just enough to put things into context, but not so much as to bog things down with unnecessary detail. Good job devs, this looks promising!
This is one of the most interesting and unique games I've ever played. I absolutely love the fact that you need to do research in real life to solve some of the puzzles.. I unexpectedly ended up learning a few things (I'm very pedantic, so learning these facts brought me great amusement). The graphics are beautiful in ways that shouldn't be achievable with pixel art. The story is enthralling and fun. I'm AMAZED at how fantastic this game is, and it's just the prequel.... ...name your price for the full version... I'll gladly pay it!
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This game is amazing. Ever since i played Obra Dinn, i've been looking for challenging mistery games where you play as Sherlock - not as Watson. You see, in most 'detective games' you have to search for itens and click in the right spots to collect all of the "clue inventory". Then the character - not you - proceeds to a logical deduction to uncover the mistery. This bothers me a lot, and Chinatown Detective Agency avoids this by making you research subjects to provide the right answers. It takes a lot of clever design to pull out this kind of gameplay for the detective genre, and I'm happy to see games like this, pushing themselves to deliver some well thought and engaging mechanic. I can't wait to see the full version.
感觉是很有潜力的一个作品,从demo看应该是三条线的分支剧情,期待完整版的剧情发展。 我个人认为可以加入每日维持侦探社运营扣除费用的机制,参考《Papers Please》中每天结束后的各种生活开支,可以增加完成任务的动力(希望能有主线外的支线任务,赛博侦探的日常摩多摩多)。而且我认为应该增加难度设置,简单难度可以取消赶航班、实时时间等设计以方便只想体验慢节奏解谜和剧情的玩家,或者直接把这几个设置成可选,让玩家自由选择是否开启实时时间等增加游戏难度的设置。 可以看出,游戏世界(至少是游戏中的新加坡)拥有一套较为完整的背景设定,希望能在各个场景中增加一些互动元素,以补充背景设定的细节等等。 而且为什么“亚洲最长的河流”答案是拼音,理解不能......我在那台电脑上变着花样输了好几次“Yangtze River”“长江”都错误,结果最后居然是“changjiang“就NM离谱 另外,游戏中多处UI无法显示,不知道是中文版的问题还是单纯没有做,无论是前者还是后者,都希望在正式版里不要再出现这种极其低级又极为破坏游戏体验的问题。
A really substantial free demo! Several interesting cases, lots of local history to explore and some genuine urgency in places. Love the characters and setting too. Well worth your time, I'm looking forward to the full game so much! Instant wishlist.
美术玩玩全全是我的菜,但这个字符显示不全我是真的不能忍,没玩多久我就给差评太严苛了,但拜托就算是中文试玩也走走心吧
Promising demo for an old style point and click detective game. It's comparable to the Where in ... is Carmen Sandiego titles, meaning you'll have to look up some clues to find the right answers, too. Great setting, pixelart and soundtrack! Good voice acting. One thing I hope the full game will have is a save option.
I got stuck in the game. Found the author of the citation, went to library basement but for some reason event did not start and there was literally no options to do anything to proceed further. So I am done with this one ... will not buy something that has game killing bugs causing dead ends and lacks the save option (deadly combination).
It's a shame all budget games go for the same lo-fi 16-bit aesthetic these days. Would have been nice to see a higher res rendition of Singapore and the characters. The page number crunching puzzle in the library was really boring. Try to split it up into different paragraphs devs...
I found myself with multiple web pages open studying world history and the intricacies of global mail policies. I know the drones are coming for me. Send help.
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