It's such a simple thing, granted, but my word is it effective. To be clear, I'm not talking about some wanky in-game browser that looks and acts like Google Chinatown Detective Agency includes an on-screen button that will tab you out of the game directly into the browser of your choice.
And sometimes, she does what the rest of us do when we're stumped: she turns to Google. Sometimes, she's under pressure to explore her environs speedily before the perp waltzes back into the room. Sometimes, she needs to select the right dialogue to get the mark to open up.
Sure, you'll get those Monkey Island vibes from clicking gleefully on everything on the screen in front of you, but Amira's sleuthing goes beyond spamming your interact button until you accidentally hit the solution. Interestingly, though, Chinatown Detective Agency isn't quite the traditional point-and-click adventure I was expecting. Coupled with an intriguing caseload and a natural wanderlust, she was someone I enjoyed getting to know. Calm and capable, she embodies all those things we've learned to associate with PIs without ever feeling like a caricature, her vocal delivery - when you get voice work, anyway - and dialogue landing exactly as they should. Watch on YouTube Get to know Chinatown Detective Agency's lead character in this trailer.Īnd I like Amira. An ex-cop, Amira's funnelled some early cases from collegial ex-colleague, but from there she builds her own client roster of the damned and the desperate and everything in-between. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the titular Chinatown Detective Agency does exactly what it says on the tin, with a peri-futuristic glimpse of a neon-soaked Singapore serving as the striking backdrop to a sea of crooked business people and shady politicians. Much like playing Back 4 Blood won't prep you for a real-world zombie apocalypse, bingeing true crime documentaries hasn't taught me much that I can apply to real-life bar one exception (shout "Fire!" and not "Help!" if you're at risk as that's more likely to attract assistance you're welcome), and that became abundantly clear when I stepped into Singapore's shadowy underbelly and into the shoes of Amira Darma, a freshly-minted private investigator who, as it so often goes, ends up embroiled in something she hadn't quite been expecting.
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