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Initial thoughts: Touch Detective
Written by Modojo on Wednesday, November 1, 2006
touch detectiveTouch Detective has been getting mediocre reviews mainly because of the difficult puzzles, which is important since the game consists of mainly puzzles. Not one to trust reviews, I tried out the game for myself.
First off, the visuals are charming. I like the use of the top screen for McKenzie's (the player controlled character) reactions and thoughts. The mini tutorial quest was easy and logical enough, so I thought the rest of the game would follow suit. How wrong I was.
I got stuck on the first part of the first episode. I didn't think I was that rusty with adventure games, having finished the new episode of Sam & Max. It's not that the puzzles are illogical. It's just that attention has to be paid to every little thing, no matter how minute it seems. We've been getting soft-bellied by the dearth of good point and click adventures and forgotten that.
Hopefully, Touch Detective will open the door for many other point and click adventures on the DS. If the smooth and intuitive controls in Touch Detective are any indication, the DS was made for point and click adventure games.
