The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

Considerably longer and more elaborate than the excellent first game, for better or for worse. Must play for fans of the original, but absolutely start with that one imo.

Like its predecessor, a love letter to all the classic '90s point'n'click adventures. This sequel is an improvement on the original (longer episodes with better puzzles), but don't play it until you've completed the original, as it brings back characters and makes a lot of references to the previous game's hi-jinks.

This is very similar to the first game (and picks up chronologically where the first one left off): Mini point-and-click adventure episodes where you control Detective Francis Mcqueen and his friends as they solve spooky happenings in the town of Twin Lakes. You don't carry any inventory between episodes and there are no game overs or soft locks. I liked this one less than the first. The adventures are much bigger in general in this game and so I frequently found myself having to run all over looking for things. Episode 7 does a perfect job by having a lot of different areas and some quirky puzzles but it locks you out of places once you don't need anything else from them whereas on the other maps you may find yourself doing a lot of legwork to areas that you aren't aware are no longer relevant. I forgot to mention this in my review of the first game, but almost every time I got stuck in either game it was due to a pixel hunt. The devs have done a great job of making all the rooms look busy but that's better for ambience than it is when there's one usable item on a cluttered shelf. You can hold shift to highlight clickable spots (game doesn't mention this afaict) but without la…

pretty good, but not as good as the first one

They've done it again. This one of my favorite point and click adventure games. They somehow improved on the first, which mind you was so gripping it had me concerned about a joke cartoon/pixelated police officer disappearing. More puzzles, just as many puns and perfect humor. I really do like the case approach- one of my biggest issues with point and click adventure games at this point in my life is the time investment but with the darkside detective games I can check out for a little while and crack a smile of the ridiculousness of it all. Absolute gold.

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