There’s even a dedicated button to tab out of the game to open it up, which is a bit immersion breaking in practice while also being clunky, as Steam sometimes won’t recognize the game has closed if you’re still using your browser. The game is up-front in letting you know that your favorite real life search engine and web browser will be part of the experience, as you’ll need to go online to find clues to piece together the solution. This work, however, is where Chinatown Detective Agency suffers the most. Each one gives you two missions before you’re forced to choose, so you’ll feel compelled to try everything the game has to offer. Though there are multiple story paths, you must dedicate yourself to one early on and the client you choose will set the tone for your adventure. Though this will increase your monthly rent, it’s worth it for the added level of immersive character building it gives. You can even expand your office and hire employees to help your sleuthing if you become successful enough to bank large amounts of cash from your detective work. This makes most of the characters memorable and gives the game the personality of an episodic crime drama that uses light life sim elements to bring you into the role of running a detective agency. The majority of your contacts and characters you meet along the way are paired with some excellent voice acting that brings you into the drama. Some missions have objectives you can fail, but the game will always autosave at the end of every mission and you’re able to manually save at any time between them. These help you keep the lights on at your office and help pay for other expenses, such as travel or clue acquisition from your contact at the library. Chinatown Detective AgencyĮach job Amira does will earn her cash, with bonuses for jobs done without error. You’ll help her do this by tapping into her various contacts from her previous life as law enforcement and other colorful characters you’ll meet along the way. This ultimately leads to her founding the Chinatown Detective Agency and becoming a private investigator to help quell crime according to her own rules.
You are Amira Darma, a headstrong ex-policewoman in Singapore who wanted more palpable results from her line of work in the not-so-distant future of 2039.
Chinatown Detective Agency by General Interactive Co is a point and click adventure that weaves an interesting tale of intrigue that’s full of twists and turns over the course of missions that are given by colorful clients or mysterious circumstances. From a big-name murder to bank heists, it’s always fun to follow the clues to the conclusion.