Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
In the town of Arthurton lives a young girl just starving to flex her detective skills. Jenny LeClue - Detectivu, centers around that very girl, Jenny. All she wants is a big adventure, a difficult case that requires her to solve it. Sadly as Jenny is just a child the most complex cases always seem to be centered around a lost sock, or some other mundane object. She yearns for death, mystery, buried truths, etc. Unbeknownst to her she’s about to stumble into a case that will reveal a murder, dark secrets about her boring town, and a mysterious man in black. Will she be able to live long enough to see this case all the way through? I guess you’ll just have to play the game to find out.
This was a very well crafty game. The game starts in the living room of an author who has been writing books for many many years centered around his favorite young detective, Jenny LeClue. He receives a phone call and a letter saying that the stories have become stale and that if something doesn’t change the publisher will cancel the next book. It is when he sits down at his typewriter that the game truly begins, and you get to meet a cast of very unique and interesting characters. You will traverse much of the town of Arthurton during your adventure.
As this game centers around trying to unravel a huge murder mystery, it is filled with tons of puzzles, which were all well crafted. I will admit, as hard as it is to do so, that there were a couple of puzzles I failed miserably to solve quickly, but it was my own fault and not the fault of the game. The puzzles also brought depth to the game, I never felt as if I was solving a puzzle that was put into the game to just make the game longer. Each puzzle was relevant to the flow of the story.
As many of you know when it comes to dialogue heavy games I yearn to have voices put to those words, and this game didn’t just deliver, it knocked it out of the park with the character’s voices. Each character not only had a different voice, but those voices added to the character and made those characters feel real. I also want to mention one of my favorite dialogue parts and that is the conversation that pops up between the author and Jenny throughout the game. Most of the time those little chats turn into arguments about what Jenny is willing to or not to do, and they contain just the right amount of humor to make you chuckle.
I full heartedly recommend this game. It took me just over eight hours to complete, and in my opinion was worth every penny. When the credits rolled I wanted more adventures, puzzles, and interactions with the set of characters that were present in this game. Here’s hoping that there will be a next chapter.
