Chinatown Detective Agency

 Xbox One
User Score
3.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 4 out of 7

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  1. Awanka
    Jul 17, 2022
    5
    Adventure puzzle game similar to those made by Wadjet Eye, but on hardcore mode. I haven't seen puzzles this obtuse and requiring internet sleuthing since "The Secret World." You CAN fail cases, and it's quite easy if you guess incorrectly or run out of time. Early on you can choose between 3 major clients, each with much different storylines and types of cases to solve, so there is aAdventure puzzle game similar to those made by Wadjet Eye, but on hardcore mode. I haven't seen puzzles this obtuse and requiring internet sleuthing since "The Secret World." You CAN fail cases, and it's quite easy if you guess incorrectly or run out of time. Early on you can choose between 3 major clients, each with much different storylines and types of cases to solve, so there is a bit of an RPG element to it. Do yourself a favor, and choose to work with "Keeran." You'll get to work with a character named "Laetitia" who is a lot of fun.

    This game is very buggy, and should still be in alpha. One of the endings is incomplete. If you expand your office to early, you can make the game unplayable. Save system is pretty bad. You can only save between cases, but maybe that's a good things considering how buggy the game is, and how easy it is to fail a case or reach an unstable game state.

    A bit of an odd duck, but oddly charming.    … Expand
  2. Jadedspades
    Jul 31, 2022
    4
    Playing on game pass. Holy crap the bugs are bad. This is a good game, a fun game, but the bugs make this game nearly unplayable. The voices and sounds usually don't work. Which if that was the only bug, I wouldn't mind. But we have gotten stuck on walks, and had other things not load. So you turn the game off and on again, except the save is only available between missions so you have toPlaying on game pass. Holy crap the bugs are bad. This is a good game, a fun game, but the bugs make this game nearly unplayable. The voices and sounds usually don't work. Which if that was the only bug, I wouldn't mind. But we have gotten stuck on walks, and had other things not load. So you turn the game off and on again, except the save is only available between missions so you have to replay the whole **** level again every time you restart. It's been so frustrating. The style, intended gameplay and story are great so it sucks to have it be so broken because of bugs. I'd be willing to try the game again if the bugs got worked out but I honestly can't recommend this version of the game.… Expand

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Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Video Chums
    Apr 16, 2022
    60
    Chinatown Detective Agency could be rewarding for the average pantomath and the story is intriguing stuff but if you don't enjoy doing your own research in order to progress in a video game then you'll likely find it to be more of an annoyance than a fun adventure.
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  2. Gamer.nl
    Apr 15, 2022
    65
    Chinatown Detective Agency embraces its tough puzzles and encourages you to figure out the answers yourself through search engines. This is a unique approach that also presents unique problems.
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  3. Xbox Achievements
    Apr 12, 2022
    55
    Chinatown Detective Agency is a disappointing miss, that, with just a little more time in the oven, could so easily have been a compelling hit.
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