- Publisher: Aksys Games
- Release Date: Jun 11, 2008
- Summary: Hone your detective skills by interviewing witnesses, uncovering clues, and following leads, all helping to bring you closer to the truth! Experience three unique murder mysteries as Detective Jake Hunter. [Aksys Games]
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- Developer: WorkJam
- Genre(s): Adventure, General, General
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 12
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Mixed: 7 out of 12
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Negative: 5 out of 12
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Since there is no dynamic gameplay to fall back on, the visual novel genre is driven 95% by story, and the stories were below average in this game.
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Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles tries to capture the essence of hard-boiled sleuthing, but it falters mainly because it takes itself way too seriously. [June 2008, p.101]
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Jake Hunter is a decent way to kill a few hours, but there wasn't enough effort put into it to really stand out. It lacks personality. Jake is a stereotype, and the stories are straight forward, humorless affairs.
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The cases aren't terribly creative and the dialogue is often flat and poorly translated from the original Japanese. You'll also likely love or hate the atmosphere - Jake is the stereotypical gritty, film noir-type private eye, with all the trenchcoats, dames, and languidly rising smoke that entails. Cliché, or classic? You decide.
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The worst part is that Jake Hunter had a lot of potential. [July 2008, p.84]
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Nintendo GamerJake Hunter should come with a health warning: may caus lung cancer. [Sept 2008, p.71]
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Everything in the game (art, dialogue, characters, etc.) is barely bargain-bin passable.
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Awards & Rankings
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85
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#85 Most Shared DS Game of 2008
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