Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze Reviews

I went into this completely blind and good god this was horrible writing. Within the first minute of the game character names are just thrown at youň or I should say just names are thrown at you because these are not characters, they are not even 1 dimensional, they are negative 100 dimensional somehow. The game has the weirdest pace where plot is just skipped through but random bullshit the game just spends a weirdly long time on. There is this weird feeling where the game's writing feels like a badly remembered summary told by someone who trying to remember a show they watched ten years ago, and they swear it was the best show ever but from what they babble on to you you cannot understand anything. I burst out laughing when within the first introduction of the morgue lady and secretary they are shown to fall in love with a music sting to go along with it... Who gives a fuck? Who even are these people? I had to quit on the next scene we were thrown more names without any context. Then I looked it up, turns out this was a licensed game from a tv show. That explains a lot but good god I thought such terrible adaptations were left in the 90s.

More of a visual novel than a true investigation challenging the player. This game probably doesn't offer that much to those who are unfamiliar with the source material, but for fans of Miss Fisher's it's a fun way to spend some more time with the characters from the TV show. Although the story isn't super exciting, the characters are faithful to the original and have quite a few witty lines (you get to flirt with Jack!) A fun way to spend an afternoon or two, but don't expect too much of it. It's a shame the story will probably never be finished. It doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but I would have loved to know what happens next!