Eugene is his name, Detective Work is his game
WARNING: if you play this game, you will become entranced by Sean Chiplock’s Duck voice. Play with caution. ⚠️
This game felt like a combination of nostalgia sourcing from Duck-tective from Gravity Falls and Guilty Party, which was a Disney Wii game my dad and I played when I was younger.
This game combines the art of board games, with all characters resembling punch out pawns or standees, navigating around detailed scenes that suck the gamer into the narrative.
There is no doubt, since I spent $11 between both the Salami Scandal and the Ghost Mystery, that this game is addicting and I am very much excited to see what more unfolds for our Duck Detective, Eugene and our lovable InvestiGator, Freddy.
The actual sleuthing is something I wrestle with. When you investigate items or interrogate guests, the game does a lot of filling in the gaps for you which - I know this feedback may be a hard ask for a mobile game - I’d love to be able to solve a little more out by my own figurings out.
The controls in both games are hilarious. I’m glad there is an unstuck button because I had to do that quite a bit. I find that when tapping on the orange button on locations or people, Duck Detective walks and gets stuck or he can’t quite get close enough for their menu of the search, interrogate, or chat buttons to pop up. That was a little annoying with the game play mechanics.
The “try before you buy” is very smart and I appreciated it as someone learning the game and seeing if I was captivated by the story - spoiler, I enjoyed the games enough to buy. Although for an hour worth of play on my end, I wish the price was more $2.99. For not having more game to play, I felt like $5.99 wasn’t justified for the charge.
I do want to call out - the audio is funky. If I left the game to text someone back or google about the game, while in the game, then reenter the app, the audio would completely go away and no amount of finagling with my IPhone settings nor the in-game settings for audio could help. I tried just saving and quitting, then completely exiting out of the game and going back in - that didn’t work. I would have to reset my iPhone then reopen the app.
The voice acting makes the game amazing. My mom asked me what the deal was with the “sexy Duck Professor” when she walked into the room where I was playing and that made me chuckle.
Maybe it’s because I didn’t know all the features - is there a way to revisit clues? I felt like there were many times when it wanted me to remember what a letter said or what handwriting looked like and I just couldn’t and figuring out what clue that was on a mobile game was kind of difficult.
Overall, 5 quacks out of 5 with some of the above to note. Excited to the next, thanks to the team behind this game. It was a fun day of me reminiscing on my love for wholesome detective games like ones I played in my childhood.
This game felt like a combination of nostalgia sourcing from Duck-tective from Gravity Falls and Guilty Party, which was a Disney Wii game my dad and I played when I was younger.
This game combines the art of board games, with all characters resembling punch out pawns or standees, navigating around detailed scenes that suck the gamer into the narrative.
There is no doubt, since I spent $11 between both the Salami Scandal and the Ghost Mystery, that this game is addicting and I am very much excited to see what more unfolds for our Duck Detective, Eugene and our lovable InvestiGator, Freddy.
The actual sleuthing is something I wrestle with. When you investigate items or interrogate guests, the game does a lot of filling in the gaps for you which - I know this feedback may be a hard ask for a mobile game - I’d love to be able to solve a little more out by my own figurings out.
The controls in both games are hilarious. I’m glad there is an unstuck button because I had to do that quite a bit. I find that when tapping on the orange button on locations or people, Duck Detective walks and gets stuck or he can’t quite get close enough for their menu of the search, interrogate, or chat buttons to pop up. That was a little annoying with the game play mechanics.
The “try before you buy” is very smart and I appreciated it as someone learning the game and seeing if I was captivated by the story - spoiler, I enjoyed the games enough to buy. Although for an hour worth of play on my end, I wish the price was more $2.99. For not having more game to play, I felt like $5.99 wasn’t justified for the charge.
I do want to call out - the audio is funky. If I left the game to text someone back or google about the game, while in the game, then reenter the app, the audio would completely go away and no amount of finagling with my IPhone settings nor the in-game settings for audio could help. I tried just saving and quitting, then completely exiting out of the game and going back in - that didn’t work. I would have to reset my iPhone then reopen the app.
The voice acting makes the game amazing. My mom asked me what the deal was with the “sexy Duck Professor” when she walked into the room where I was playing and that made me chuckle.
Maybe it’s because I didn’t know all the features - is there a way to revisit clues? I felt like there were many times when it wanted me to remember what a letter said or what handwriting looked like and I just couldn’t and figuring out what clue that was on a mobile game was kind of difficult.
Overall, 5 quacks out of 5 with some of the above to note. Excited to the next, thanks to the team behind this game. It was a fun day of me reminiscing on my love for wholesome detective games like ones I played in my childhood.
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A lot of adventures
I really love the game it is so fun but the problem is that it is money
So much fun!!!!
Love the ghost story the most, super creative and uplifting! Thank you so much!! <3
OHHHHH MY. GODNESSS I LOVE IT
This was honestly one of the best games I’ve ever played please make more ! :D
Full On BANGER!!!
The first one was great, This ones quality! Their absolutely worth the price considering theres full voice acting, Hours worth of Du(ck)duction so don’t listen to anyone saying its too much as its absolutely not. Its worth the money 100%!!!
