It Happened Here 3: Detective

Although the general gameplay was enjoyable, there were so many issues with the game that I don’t even know where to begin. First of all, by making the icons (map, hint, strategy guide, phone and ESPECIALLY the Menu button) much larger, Elephant has made the gameplay interface much smaller. The player cannot even enlarge the HO scenes any longer. The graphics were decent but lacked visual acuity. The touchscreen sensitivity was so bad that it hindered me from completing one of the mini-games, ironically the one with the rats! You are all probably hysterical right now, so I’m laughing as well. It was a brief game, and the mini-games were dull and repetitive, such as jigsaw puzzles and adding text to evidence. Elephant took a page from Domini’s book and provided us the same type of inventory tools to use many times over, such as solvent, tongs, coins, and screwdrivers. Very few tools were novel or innovative. The storyline was somewhat convoluted. Oh, and I have told Elephant to cease putting exclamation marks on the map when no action is available at that particular moment, and they refuse to listen. I feel like Elephant is a totally different company, because the quality of their games has plummeted. If this developer doesn’t heed my advice, they will continue to lose players and revenue. It seems every release of theirs has some type of fatal error, which ends the game. Or, an error which doesn’t allow the gamer to purchase the game. Elephant is developing games very cheaply and it shows. This game was merely average. Had it not had so many technical issues, I would have rated it higher, but my final rating will be 3 stars. It’s very unfortunate because I love the sub-genre of crime and this game was underwhelming, to say the least.

This title gets better with every game. This one had a nice clean storyline that made sense and the puzzles/hops were quite enjoyable. I very much like the central character who isn’t a witch or a troll or on some magical journey to find something lost. I play those games, and many are fun but repetitive, so one set in the now with a believable set of characters and a no nonsense storyline is quite a nice break from the dark world :)

Great game loved number 1 and number 2 as well. Please make Another one. Thanks