Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

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3 whole games later and I still don't understand hats...

Frog Detective 3 is fine. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I played it directly after the last two games, but because it's been 5 years or something, none of the sentimental stuff at the end really hits for me because I don't remember any of the characters. As a game on its own, it's just like the previous two - you walk around a cheerful little scene talking to people and doing fetch quests for them, the end. There isn't much serious detectiving, but it's colorful and cute and a decent enough way to spend an hour or two. Perhaps best enjoyed with kids.

I'd give this a mid rating if I could, the price is fine for the latter two games in my currency, probably not worth it in american bucks. The first two game store pages point out that they are short, but the first title was really pushing it for me. You can buy them in a pack at a discount and I don't see why you'd ever buy just one of these, they are all very much connected in their narrative and don't really work when not played in sequence. It's more like one game, split into 3 episodes for no good reason, other than to have attractive 5$ price tag. The gameplay is a series of very kids friendly puzzle sequences, interviewing everyone in the area, grabbing a thing or two you find, then going through a chain of exchanging items with these characters, until you arrive at a location that reveals the explanation for the current chapter's mystery. Second game introduces a notebook item to better keep track of these item exchanges, the third one adds a scooter to drive through the town, as well as a short sequence where you throw powder around to reveal prints. It's not technically a walking sim, but it is as far from a challenging puzzle game as possible, as I mentioned - very…

I like this game, it was fun! I do think, however, it was a bit too short and I was disappointed by how little the scooter was used. I would have liked there to be more challenge there, or some skill to be built up at least, but I suppose this isn't really that sort of game. Personally I would have probably have rather watch someone else play this on youtube or something, as I would've gotten about the same level of enjoyment from watching rather than playing. The gameplay isn't that deep and the story too short for me to feel right about recommending but at the same time there was nothing Wrong with it so... it's a dilemma. There was a good plot twist moment though! And the characters were entertaining. Just wish there was more, basically.

A charming denoument to a wonderful trilogy.