# Mystery Detective Adventure 2 — user reviews > 135 indexed App Store user reviews of Mystery Detective Adventure 2 by FIVE-BN STUDIO LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 203 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-detective-adventure-2/id6780797608/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-detective-adventure-2/id6780797608.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 174 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (15 of 135) ### 3/5 — Returning fan, disappointed *2026-09-07, version 3.4.0* I have been a huge fan of five-bn for a while now. I genuinely believe they’re one of the best if not the best developer out there for (especially free) point and click games of this type on this platform. Some positives: quality of life improvements! Many things are smoother and more responsive in comparison to previous games by this dev, clicking feels better, puzzle solutions continue to improve over time with this dev as well, and I love the indicator that comes up when clicking. All great! HOWEVER: I’m hugely disappointed by the way AI was used in the creation of this game. It is a huge reduction in quality. I miss the old 3D animations. They had so much character and they were consistent and fun! I could excuse a bit of AI text (sparingly) as I’ve seen in a couple of these games, especially if translated, but the new AI cutscenes and the obvious AI “enhancement” in some other areas is a massive downgrade, and I hope that it doesn’t continue. People play these games because of the hard work put into them that it is clear this developer is capable of and quite talented at! I urge you, dev, please keep playing to your strengths and choose to put out high quality games rather than letting them devolve into AI slop. Sincerely, a fan that is worried about one of their favorite devs jumping on the AI bandwagon when their games were so so much better without. ### 3/5 — Too much pixel hunting and too few games *2026-09-06, version 3.4.0* I love Five BN. The graphics are wonderful. The stories are entertaining. However, this particular game has turned into a pixel hunt. I realize that hidden object point and click games mean having to hunt a scene for clues and tools, but this one has sooo many multiple piece objects which are scattered (apparently haphazardly) throughout the scenes and adding to that, in many scenes the areas where you do get an object, continue to stay active, thus, you never know whether there’s something there still to find later. Personally I find that and the pixel hunts frustrating. (Please close windows once they’ve served their purpose.) I like these kind of games, generally, but this one has turned into mostly a pixel hunt with very few games to solve. ### 3/5 — Bug *2026-09-05, version 3.4.0* Usually love this developers games however there seems to be a bug. Wont allow me to pick up the key to cleaning closet at the hotel. Used up all my hints to try but wouldn’t happen. ### 2/5 — Negative main character *2026-08-24, version 3.3.0* The graphics are super clean, however the two stars are due to the poor writing, especially of the main character who comes across as arrogant and insulting most of the time. There is also a part of the game where the grown man main character approaches two young girls on the beach. They tell him they aren’t supposed to talk to strangers, so the next task is seeking flowers to give to the girls in order to get information from them. The game designers could have come up with better ways to have the character gain information other than bribing young children who have already expressed that they do not want to speak with him. ### 3/5 — AI slop, but thank you *2026-08-23, version 3.3.0* These games are fun, but it’s so sad to see how much AI was used throughout. Even in the writing you guys left a prompt. ### 2/5 — Frustrating…again. *2026-08-20, version 3.3.0* Five BN games have the potential to be enjoyable but why are the puzzles always so convoluted and all the pixel hunting for the morphing objects etc? When armed with multiple bits and pieces of items you need within the game that require more bits and pieces to complete them, it starts to become repetitive. The artwork is fabulous and clearly you like a good story. I’ve played quite a lot of your games over the years but almost always find myself getting frustrated with the absence of an “item prompt” that so many other games thrive on. Sometimes, you need a basic instruction for one of the myriad of items or their pieces you’ve spent ages pixel hunting for. Quite often I find myself going round in circles which gets tedious. A simple prompt here and there to point the player in the right direction is an option that would make your games a bit more user friendly. A clue…perhaps. ### 5/5 — Absolutely brilliant *2026-08-17, version 3.3.0* Absolutely love games from this developer - can’t wait for number 3 in this series - worth every cent ### 2/5 — Detective *2026-08-15, version 3.3.0* Too much dialogue and not enough game ### 5/5 — Einfach nur super *2026-08-15* … wie alle Spiele von diesen Entwicklern… ### 4/5 — Holmes would approve *2026-08-15, version 3.3.0* Overall nice puzzle solving game. But there are a few picky clues that require clicking all over the scene to find them. ### 5/5 — ハイクオリティー *2026-08-13* ペネロペとフランシスのお話めちゃくちゃ悲しいお話でした｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡ 相変わらずグラフィックもゲームも最高品質でした！ 探偵さん次はどーなっちゃうの？？次回作が超きになっる！！ ### 5/5 — 너무 좋아요~~ *2026-08-13* 새로운 게임 무지 오래 기디렸는데 드뎌 나왔네요~~ 파이브 비엔 사랑합니다~~~ ### 5/5 — 無料のクオリティ？今作もすごすぎた。 *2026-08-13* このクオリティが無料でできるのがすごすぎる。昨今わかりやすいAIだらけの広告や作品にうんざりしているが、このゲームはAIを上手く利用して素晴らしいグラフィックと世界観を創り出している。 パズルゲームがたまに難しすぎるのが難点だけど、ストーリー性と世界観の面白さになにがなんでもクリアしてやろうという気持ちになる。 次回作楽しみにしています。制作頑張ってください。 ### 4/5 — Super Fun but One Mini Game Has Issues *2026-08-12, version 3.3.0* This was really fun. And hard. Not the mini games. They were fun but pretty easy for me. Other than one game, which is the game in the table of the cafeteria in chapter 3. I have the free version and tried 2 different settings of this mini game (when it wouldn’t solve the first time I reset the game and it was a different configuration that too was unsolvable). The issue is you have chips that can only move so many spaces to special squares. In one version the chip could only move 4 spaces but there wasn’t a square within 4 spaces. Literally. Okay there was 1 but the chip that went there HAD to go there because it could only move 3 spaces and there was only one square within 3 spaces. I spent 25 coins to skip it and in both versions where the chips end up couldn’t actually end up there. So that needs to be fixed. Other than that this was fun and hard because it’s not always obvious where to go next. I usually don’t use a lot of hints in these games but I used A LOT in this one. I wish the mini games were a little harder but that’s always my beef with this developer. Either they’re way too hard or way too easy. I wish you could choose your level of difficulty to make it so the mini games are more difficult. ### 2/5 — Mystery detective 2 *2026-08-10, version 3.3.0* This game is not working unable to get coins to help you get to the next stage. Detective 1 works well please sort can’t get any further. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — AI *2026-08-25* All AI ### 1/5 — looks like ai in the cut scenes *2026-08-15, version 3.3.0* i’m really against the use of generative ai and it 100% looks like it was used for all of the cut scenes ### 1/5 — More to be desired *2026-07-30, version 3.2.0* Having played mystery detective adventure 1 (which I must say was one of the best games I’ve ever played) I was throughly excited to play this once it was released. However after around 20 minutes of gameplay it became clear that the mechanics of the game had changed quite drastically as well as the script writing. Major issues 1. The link between tasks and objects is now too dispersed, there are so many open tasks that require an item from another area of the map that you easily become lost in what you actually need to look for. I’m not sure if this is a deliberate plot to ensure users pay for coins but it seems like the aim to make puzzles more complex has actually made puzzles just more difficult to complete and track. Areas that have been completed are still available to inspect even if there is no actual action to complete ? , the order in which you obtain items makes 0 sense in the actual flow of the story , I leave my bedroom to go to the beach to get an item that’s for a room in the bar ? Why not have a clearer “detective diary” so you can link clues and objectives together and not just miraculously remember where everything is on the map. As people have stated the ads do not work, and you have now maid it so 4 ads need to be watched so we can gain 6 coins and buy a hint for “free” - just put a set price on the game and remove adds and add back free hints after a cooldown. 2. The storylines - the biggest + of the first release was the storylines were clearly different than the other games you have created. You were a detective solving real crimes ( murder, disappearance, etc ) it seems there has been a move away into just general mystery ? You feel less like an actual detective and just like another main character in any of the other games. To also add the dialogues are loose, you are provided with information that hints to a next step but then you have to go do something else before you can come back to the main point ? Unfortunately this was a very disappointing experience and I feel most of the other reviews are a little misleading. ### 1/5 — Say no to AI and unethical advertisers! *2026-07-13, version 2.5.0* Please do not use AI! And do not work with advertisers that promote gambling like Kalshi. Y’all are my favorite game developers, don’t go down the AI slop path. If you implement a paid version, I will always pay. ### 1/5 — Very disappointed!! *2026-07-13, version 2.5.0* I love all your games and was so excited to see a new game. This wasn’t one of their best and I don’t recommend it. I hope they’ll do it better next time. ### 1/5 — Lacks Effort *2026-07-10, version 2.5.0* Much like this game and its chopped cutscenes, any good reviews on this game are also probably AI generated. I miss when FiveBN put actual care and human creativity into their games. Now it’s all uncanny AI slop at best. ### 1/5 — Not happy *2026-07-08, version 2.5.0* In the attic you can’t pick up an object leaving me stuck ### 2/5 — Chapter 3 Solving the puzzle *2026-09-02, version 3.4.0* In the settlement centre, the congregation house, there was a solving a puzzle in that long table. The token needs to be move to the patterned spaces according to its number. However, the token with number 4 is impossible to move around and end in a patterned spaces. Even if you move the token with the 2 and 3, these will only move around the patterned spaces near them, unlike the token with number 4 which does not end to any patterned spaces. Kindly please check the that solving puzzle and address the issue. Thank you. ### 2/5 — STOP USING AI FOR ANIMATION *2026-08-27, version 3.3.0* I've played almost every FIVE BN game, from lost lands to New York to mystery detective 2 (still currently figuring it out. The earlier games were better and I've been in more of a mood to go back to the Lost Lands series and play everything 1-7, but recently the newer ones make me feel like there's not a lot of humanity in the animations and it feels less human and more robot-like and please go back to taking the time to animate things. I'd rather have a good well made game than have one that feels like im just playing to get through another game in the series. ### 2/5 — Game was good, AI was not *2026-08-26, version 3.3.0* The game was very good, like usual, but the AI was awful. Hand-made content always is better. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Another masterpiece by Five-BN *2026-08-30, version 3.4.0* I’ve been a fan of this publisher for a while now. Each puzzle is unique and the story is gripping. The use of AI actually has me grinning at each cut scene. The lead character looks like a young Chris Pine to me! ### 5/5 — LOVE BN games! *2026-08-29, version 3.4.0* This one is as beautiful as all the rest, and with a good storyline. ### 5/5 — Lili Martins é uma babaca! *2026-08-27* O jogo é ótimo! Mas a Lili Martins não presta porque deu spoiler da história, retirem o comentário dessa idiota!!! ### 5/5 — Great *2026-08-27* Wasn’t expected this ending. It’s was mysterious and interesting. ### 5/5 — 와 진짜 최고 .. *2026-08-25* 이렇게 완벽한데 광고없는 게임이 어디 또 있을까요.. 근데 여기 한국인 팬들 많네용 ㅋㅋㅋ 저도 로스트랜드부터 쭉 해오고있어요~~ 탈출겜 광으로써 이만한 게임 없습니당,, 퀄리티도 스토리도 최고다 이번겜 ㅜㅠ 개발자님 정말 감사드려요 하트하트❤️ ### 5/5 — One of the best *2026-08-24, version 3.3.0* Makes you look closely! Puzzles not year hard but finding stuff on an iPhone screen quite difficult! ### 5/5 — I love you guys! *2026-08-22, version 3.3.0* Having played all titles available, through Lost Lands, Darkness and Flame, New York etc., I absolutely love the games this developer creates. After the lengthy gap between LL 10 and LL 11 it was obvious that technology had improved, giving cinematic quality to the storyline segues so, I was delighted to find this 2nd instalment of cases from our ‘dishy’ Detective. Firstly, the further improved cinematic quality to storyline set ups was wonderful, allowing me to empathise with and invest in the storylines of characters. The split chapters was also familiar to me from playing other titles. The gameplay itself is as you would expect; needing to find hidden items to progress. Some more challenging than others but all solvable with trial, error and experience - even without spending on coins for hints etc. I wasn’t sure what the link was between chapter 1 and the last two chapters, but it didn’t spoil the adventure. My biggest gripe is that there is such a long wait between titles being released, but compared to the quality of some other developers’ hidden object/mystery games that are churned out relatively often, the wait is 100% worth it. Can’t wait (but will), for the 3rd instalment. Fab! ### 5/5 — Hooray! Another wonderful game! *2026-08-21, version 3.3.0* Five B-N games are superb. When I write reviews for your games, I struggle to find the best superlatives to describe how excellent they are. Thank you so much. I saw a fan club for your games on Reddit. I am currently travelling, but will join when I get home. Have you thought about a newsletter for us? I would love to know more about all of you. Anyway, thought you might like to know about Reddit. ### 5/5 — Amazing job! *2026-08-20, version 3.3.0* This game was so much fun to play. Thank you, can’t wait for the next one!! ### 5/5 — 続きを早く！ *2026-08-18* 最高に面白いのですが、続きを早くしてほしい、心がしんでしまう --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-12.*