The Darkside Detective Review: An Eerie Good Time

<p>One of the perks of being an editor&sol;writer for a gaming publication is you sometimes come across little gems that otherwise would have eluded your radar entirely&period; These little gems are not AAA titles backed by a huge company&comma; nor are they indie titles promoted by a larger publisher&period; They are simply fun games&comma; developed and published by a small company&comma; that don’t get the exposure they deserve&period; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;darkside-detective-coming-nintendo-switch-february-7th-2018&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">The Darkside Detective<&sol;a>&comma; <&sol;em>a point and click adventure game with a quirky&comma; sometimes retro sense of humor is one of those little gems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You take on the role of Detective Francis McQueen&comma; the head of Twin Lakes City’s Darkside Division&comma; he&comma; along with his cowardly and clueless partner&sol;sidekick Officer Dooley&comma; investigate 7 weird and creepy cases&period;  Each case is a story of its own and keeps you on the edge of your seat&comma; making it very hard to stop playing before the case is finished&period; The cases vary in difficulty but are all fun&comma; challenging&comma; and engaging&period; I didn’t find any of them too difficult to manage&comma; but I did feel the first case was way too easy&comma; and a couple of cases I found to be too short&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;135914" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-135914" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-135914" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;image&lowbar;03-1024x577&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-135914" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;The Darkside Detective&comma; Spooky Doorway&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Done in a pixel art style&comma; the gameplay is your usual point and click fare&period; You search the scene&comma; find tools you can use&comma; combine tools you find to make new tools&comma; question the characters&comma; solve the puzzle&comma; and then move to the next scene&period; Everything you click on has some sort of joke or pun attached&comma; so it’s worth the time it takes to click everything&period; Some are cringe-worthy&comma; yes&comma; but most will&comma; at the very least make you smile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For me&comma; the humor was what really made the game really great&period; Questioning the characters involved in the cases is very entertaining&period; Even supporting characters have their own personality and quirks&period; Many of them are hilarious&comma; even the prickly ones&period; The dialog between the heroes&comma; Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley&comma; is where the humor really shines&period; The biggest laughs in the game come from the silly&comma; sometimes downright weird&comma; exchanges between them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;135915" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-135915" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-135915" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;image&lowbar;06-1024x577&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-135915" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;The Darkside Detective&comma; Spooky Doorway&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The <em>Darkside Detective<&sol;em> is not a horror game&period; Nothing is going to jump out at you&comma; and there’s no gore&period; However&comma; the soundtrack&comma; composed by Ben Prunty &lpar;<em>FTL&colon; Faster Than Light<&sol;em>&rpar;&comma; gives the game a creepy vibe that perfectly fits with the ghosts&comma; ghouls&comma; and dark creatures that you’ll be dealing with&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I really&comma; really loved this game&period; If you enjoy quirky weird humor&comma; an eerie vibe&comma; and a challenging point and click&comma; you’ll love it too&period; If you love a game that makes you laugh&comma; this game is for you&period; If none of those is your thing…well give it a try anyway&period; You won’t be disappointed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A PC Review Copy of The Darkside Detective was provided by Spooky Doorway for the Purpose of this Review&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;