Chinatown Detective Agency: Day One

This was quite fun. I enjoyed the real life investigative elements. Made the game feel really immersive. I look forward to the full release.

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.

【写在前面，虽然点的是推荐但其实顶多算中评】 配音喜欢，画风还不错，但游戏性目前来看挺一般的，而且好像优化也不太好。缺字问题直到现在还没改进，以及翻译不完全，看着很别扭。正式版需要观望再考虑是否购入。 印象深刻的一点，机票系统是DD/MM/YYYY格式的，且没有详细标注，而我以为是MM/DD/YYYY格式。我第一次订机票时，游戏内时间是3月8日，本来应该订3月9日的机票，被我订成4月8日的了，哈哈。而且前面没有存档点，导致我又花了10分钟重开新游戏并快进到订机票。 另外不看评论我都没注意到有体力系统，还是说已经改了？

A nice Carmen Sandiego-styled game with an interesting investigation mechanic where you use Google to research history, cities etc to solve the clues. The story seems interesting if not linear so far. Look forward to seeing more. FYI there is a autosave mechanic after you solve each of the cases.

const code = [ '14477991041157514269', '142109101691091049984155', '1251129712112086115182', ]; const letters = { A: [84, 161], B: [102, 108], C: [90, 143], D: [99, 101], E: [109, 171], F: [121, 150], G: [88, 100], H: [91, 163], I: [112, 194], J: [72, 94], K: [87, 130], L: [144, 158], M: [103, 117], N: [69, 81], O: [75, 120], P: [58, 111], Q: [133, 180], R: [86, 192], S: [104, 125], T: [115, 190], U: [77, 173], V: [123, 95], W: [142, 183], X: [97, 105], Y: [155, 182], Z: [73, 166], }; function decipher(code, letters) { let smallestNum = Infinity, largestNum = 0, a = 0; const message = []; for (let i in letters) { for (let j of letters[i]) { if (j < smallestNum) smallestNum = j; if (j > largestNum) largestNum = j; } } for (let e of code) { message[a] = ''; while (e.length > 0) { const x = e.slice(0, 2), y = e.slice(0, 3); if (x >= smallestNum) { for (let i in letters) { if (letters[i].find(e => e == x)) message[a] += i; continue; } e = e.slice(2); continue; } for (let i in letters) { if (letters[i].find(e => e == y)) message[a] += i; continue; } e = e.slice(3); } a++; } return message.join(' '); }

- Minigame "trouve les paires" inintéressant - le jeu est basé sur les recherches que l'on fait en dehors du jeu mais ne propose pas de mode borderless coupant la musique et rendant les Alt+Tab insupportable - l'histoire n'est pas très prenante au début puis manque de cohérence avec la bibliothécaire (avis personnel) J'ai arrêté le jeu à l'aéroport car la touche pour passer le temps ne marche pas... (j'ai essayé tout le clavier xD)

Really enjoyed this demo, particularly the aspect of having to perform research outside of the game to solve the cases. The characters are interesting and I love the neo-noir setting. One of the stamp cases proved to be a little bit obtuse for me and I had to dig into the forums but also found people who had the knowledge base to determine the solution themselves so it clearly was a situation where you could find the answer if you really dug into researching using the clues provided. All in all I'm looking forward to the full release and have it wishlisted for whenever it drops.

[h1]Before I played Chinatown Detective Agency: Day One, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]