New England Detective: Breakfast in Boston

I originally wrote a review for this game as part of the Steam Curator group "Anime Tiddies Connoisseur". And currently, if you go to that curator's statement of this game and click to see the full review, it links directly to a forum thread in which I wrote a review of this game back in 2019! But, just in case something ever happens to that forum thread (and also so I can more easily share that review with others), I've decided to repost that review here and now, with a couple of minor grammar edits. For those without time on their hands, though, here's the tl;dr: I would have preferred more character art, and it's debatable whether $5 USD for a 2-hour story is a fair price, but it's a decent investigation story that just barely passes the bar. ---- New England Detective: Breakfast in Boston is not a story about eating clam chowder right after waking up. Rather, it's a detective story starring a Swedish private investigator named Ingmar living in America, set up to be the start of a series. In this first installment, a rich dame asks for help in finding her missing twin sister, whose lust for thrills seems to have gotten her in a real dilemma. There is no way for the player to …

Short visual novel. Two love interests. Decent enough. Seems to be the dev's first work. Recommend.

A very short VN where a Swedish PI takes on the case of a missing person. Fairly good story, but you only follow the story. You do not take any active part in the investigations, the choices you get seems rather to be about flirting with this woman or that. Not worth the money for only 2 hours "story reading".

nice artwork, sprite and story but they fail to keep giving a basic gallery. the adult scenes remain meh.

A short detective VN with lots of choices and a lot of smoking. Do you feel like exploring a mystery? The US's best private detective of Swedish origin, Ingmar Gustafson, dealing with a missing sister case. Does this sound intriguing or too cliche? I sure had low expectations, but was still hoping to be surprised. Unfortunately, this 2-3h read, was rather bland. The writing itself wasn't terrible, but the focus and pacing of frequent dialogues were pretty uninspired. No sudden reveals, unexpected twists, or engaging action scenes; all felt predicatable, monotone, and lacking complexity. Two endings of this very linear VN provide very little in terms of variety. The final scenes are just a tiny cherry on top and add almost nothing to explore  the characters. While it wasn't a terrible read, nothing really stood out that I could point to. Just a generic level of craftsmanship. In terms of options, you have all of the standard settings present in most VNs. At least that element is ok (surprisingly many indie VNs lack such basics). The anime character art is about as average as the story it portrays. Ok amount of detail and colour, but very few poses/variations. The protagonist has n…

Short crime VN. Even though other reviews mentioned slow pace and mundane content, for me it was more realistic thanks to that. After ending a sequel was mentioned, but it does not seem to be out yet. I would like to see it in the end.