Dog Mendonca

I agree with the other reviewers that some of the controls are a bit clunky or slow (for example, the characters shouldn't have to walk all the way across a room to change settings). However, I'm not bothered by the lack of a tutorial; the gameplay, inventory management, etc. will be familiar to anyone who has played a few "point and click" old school adventure games. I thought the graphics and voice acting were terrific, and the storyline and script were entertaining and novel. I saw influences from Grim Fandango, Phoenix Wright/Ace Attorney, the Blackwell series, and Sam and Max: think "horror detective" with a heavy dose of humor. I was thrilled to see a true adventure game appear among the standard AppStore offerings of Match 3, Angry Bird, and Sims spinoffs, particularly when most of the games designated as "adventure" are endless hidden object puzzles. I'd like to see the developers put out a release that addresses the glitches and minor flaws described by the other reviewers,because then this would truly be a 5 star game .

This game was both challenging and beautiful. The puzzles kept me guessing. I thought the voice acting fit the murder mystery detective vibe the game has. I also loved all the references to other games and pop icons. However, the touch controls in the game need work. The magnifying glass icon doesn't work half the time and dragging items was cumbersome. Small thing though. I thoroughly enjoyed the game!

If you are a fan of true puzzle point-and-click adventure games (ala Monkey's Island, Full throttle, Grim Fandango, etc.) then this is the perfect game for you. The imagery is beautiful, and story line is fun. Yes, it's a little clunky and the voices aren't always the most animated, but this is a point-and-click game, not Call of Duty (which I also play- there is a time and place for it all). Many reviews are overly harsh about the speed and feel of the game, but they miss the fact that it's about the puzzles, story, and graphics. A definite must!!! I hope they make a sequel!

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I was initially interested in this, due to my love of the Broken Sword series from Revolution (which are terrific, btw). First - the good...beautiful imagery. No discounting that. Love the detail that went into it. But that's it for the good. The bad - well, everything else. Extremely short for a $5 game (finished in two hours), very inconsistent and clumsy controls ( no real direction on gameplay except constantly pressing the magnifying glass to find search areas and the notepad would work 80% of the time), lame and incoherent gypsy curse story line, voice acting which was ok, but phoned in (no change in tone when Dog was wrestling), and just a lack of polish overall. This is one of the annoying games that hound have been so much better. Look for the Broken Sword series if you want to see it done right...

The graphics were awesome. I thought the voice acting was a let down though and I wish there was less dialogue to read through. It got to a point where I just started skipping through the reading because it was taking to long to get through it all. The gameplay was cool though. Just wish there was more of it and less reading.