Arthur & Susan: Almost Detectives Reviews

An OK point and click detective game with 2 cute characters. The dialogue can be a bit boring and the puzzles are not that challenging, so i guess it was an OK experience, not bad but not that great either. Cute artwork though! 6.8/10

Hilarious, with that old-school touch that brings back memories of Sunday mornings watching cartoons as a child! Absurd items, neat puzzles and tons of humor.

first of all, the game claims to be funny and it appears to be its main selling point. i'm sorry to say but it is anything but. i'm sure some of the attempts at jokes were lost in translation from spanish, but all in all the "humor" was silly, childish, annoying, just incredibly bad. graphics were nice and colorful, and it was about the only redeeming quality of this game for me. music was repetitive and bad, had to turn it off completely after a while. sound effects, including the forwarded text sound were mostly disturbing. translation was a big issue. while there were not a lot of grammar or spelling errors, it was too clear that the english translation was made by someone who doesn't really know their way around the language (idioms, sayings, street language etc). it was a hot mess most of the time and took away from what fun one could possibly get from this game. then there is the weird hotspot indicator (which for some reason flashes periodically, and shows hotspots whenever and how much it wants. it was especailly bad in ch.2). they have also tried something new with the inventory system and it made everything only more clunky and less fun to play. quite a useless novelty. there were some minor bugs there too. all in all, i have not enjoyed this game and had to force myself through to the end only to get it over with. not recommended. edit: so apparently they have taken care of the translation issue by having it checked by two native english speakers. it's too late for me but it shows they care about feedback and more importantly they care about the game they have created. thumbs up for that.

A nice little game which is somewhere in between a traditional adventure and an investigation-style game. There are no dedicated investigation mechanics such as deduction boards, but collecting evidence and questioning witnesses and suspects are a large part of the game. At the same time, there are many inventory-based puzzles, with some unavoidable amount of moon logic. There are some situations where it's not clear whether or not we still need to pursue a certain line of action/questioning. There may be some piece of evidence which surely seems important, or a character we talk to says, "No, I haven't told her that, but I told someone else", or there is an elaborate dialog tree which gives the impression that it definitely must lead to something, there are literally pop-up icons with exclamation marks accompanying some of the replies, and then all that has no tangible outcome. It's fine to have optional content and red herrings, but the game doesn't make it clear at all when we need to move on. The game doesn't provide any hints if the player gets stuck either, but, overall, the game is quite easy. The English translation was improved by a recent patch, but it's still far from ideal. As an example, a story about a family accidentally catching a burglar goes like this: "The owners were telling jokes and heard some laughter from the basement. He was the thief". There are many small annoyances like that. And there are some jokes based on puns which work only in Spanish and which apparently no one has even tried to translate properly.

I really enjoyed this game. It's perfect for a stay at home weekend. If you like cozy mistery books and absurd humor, you're gonna love this. I solved one of the mysteries (the first one) with my nephew and he had so much fun! We got stuck two times but thanks Lord this game has a walkthrough. Overall, this is a cute little game with funny characters and dialogues and 3 great mysteries to get solved. Hope they make another one!

Great characters! I specially enjoyed Juanita in the first case, Michael in the second, and Mr. Worthington in the final one. I got in the mood quite fast. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake, yet I found myself consulting the guide a few times. Nice work!

I had a really good time with this game. It's like a cozy mystery book turn into an adventure game. I got stuck a couple of times but I took a quick look at the walkthrough and problem solved!

Short but charming game. The dialogue was funny, and the progress was mostly intuitive but challenging at times. I'll say that in most cases it was obvious what had happened but it was hard to understand what to do to prove it. There is no Help button so at times I just clicked everything to see what did something, which felt a bit boring. And oftentimes the cases were over really quickly. It would be nice to have more cases in the future, a help button with vague hints, and maybe less repeated dialogue. There is an overarching mystery that you can kinda guess at while playing and it would have been nice to "solve" this as a case too, but it's just revealed at the end without intervention from the player. Feedback and Spoilers ahead: Case one [spoiler]It would have been nice to be able to do something with the recording and the fingerprint. At the end it felt like I was guessing who of the three had done it and the proof I needed was only an excuse.[/spoiler] Case two [spoiler]The bit about convincing the guy to study computer science was a bit weird and I only did it because I was going around trying everything. It didn't seem related at all. The dialogue could hint towards this a bit more.[/spoiler] Case three [spoiler]Again I only realised how to make the guy cry by trying everything. This was a bit boring because I was going in circles.[/spoiler]

Arthur & Susan: Almost Detectives is a fun little adventure, featuring colorful graphics and a no less colorful cast. You'll talk to a bunch of funny characters in your quest to solve a series of misteries. The dialogues are nicely written and the story achieves to keep a cozy, light tone overall. There are many inventory puzzles in the style of classic point and click adventure games. It's also not very long, which I consider positive. Highly recommended if you're looking for some lighthearted, comedic detective fun.

This point and click detective game was such a treat! The art work was bright and cheerful. The story comprises three cases that are interconnected for the two new detectives. The story made sense, puzzles were part of the story and were logical, and the dialogue was very often funny and made me smile. Manual saves, which is always good. For game length, quality and fun factor, this game was absolutely well worth the reasonable price of the game. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I bought this, but I was very pleasantly surprised at how much fun I had playing. I would love to see more mysteries for Susan and Arthur to solve!