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The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters.
The Detail is a adventure, point & click and 2d game
developed and published by Rival Games Ltd.
Released on October 28th 2014 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 675 reviews of which 489 were positive and 186 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
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- OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Graphics: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
- DirectX: Version 9.0
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- OS: Mac OS X 10.6+
- Graphics: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
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- OS: Ubuntu 10.10+
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Foreword This was on my backlog list for a while as an incomplete game. I remember finishing the first two episodes only while I barely began with the third and last. Going back I found it strange that while the 3rd was the last in what is referred to as season it was also the most interesting. As it ends in a cliffhanger I was very disappointed since I already knew there will be no more episodes (seasons). So this is a word of warning that while The Detail is a great point-and-click game it remains incomplete. Comic book It is an interesting adventure game with comic book style presentation. This sometimes means black-and-white scenarios which certainly give the story a noir feeling. The unique presentation is mainly apparent during cutscenes - otherwise you would call it simply cartoonish. On the go Gameplay-wise this is a very linear game. You do not really have multiple locations to visit (at HQ you can use the elevator to visit several floors but other than that the game is pretty linear). You can interact with objects and talk to people (or look at them first) and pretty much that's it, all done sans inventory. The story has you control two detectives (one being a veteran) that are part of a special police unit. You have everything here that you need for a good story: corrupt cops, by-the-book cops, corrupt politicians, gangs, prostitution, falsified evidence etc. The branches the store page refers to are barely existent. Yes, there are achievements that are only unlockable if a certain decision was made in a previous episode but you would really need additional episodes to see the fruit of your decisions. Issues See foreword. This is an unfinished game with otherwise great characters and story. And while the music is great I do miss voice actors here. Also, there are 1 or 2 locations that are bugged and do not allow you to continue - this requires a complete restart of the episode. Other than the above The Detail is a great game. Too bad it is incomplete. It reminded me of another gem with similar fate: Blues and Bullets .
The Detail is a three-piece set of a crime noir story. It is labeled as a point and click adventure, but truth be told it is more visual novel than anything else. Most of the game consists of conversations and player impact is reduced to branching choices where you pick from one of two or three paths within said conversations or situational quick time events. (actually it's slow time events, as you usually have around 10-15 seconds to actually pick a choice before something happens by default). There's no solving of puzzles or using items within your inventory with the environment except for very few scenes where you have to use certain hotspots to get the information you need to proceed. For an adventure, The Detail is way too simple and lacking. For a visual novel, it features excellent graphics, full voice acting, interesting characters and a well written, yet not always brilliantly executed story. The art design is spot on though and the asking price for the full experience is very moderate, therefore it can definitely be recommended. Just don't expect it to be an adventure, it's not.
Think of it as a low grade interactive comic spinoff from the TV show "The wire". A sort of choose-your-own-adventure graphic novel. Split across 3 chapters you get to play as several different characters as their stories intertwine at different points. The presentation is pretty well done for the budget and while the game does involve a fair amount of reading, the writing overall is high enough to keep your interest. At times you will groan with some of the generic bad guy lines that are used, but it's not a deal breaker. There's no voice overs but that's probably a good thing considering the game has plenty of different ethnic characters and it most likely would have sounded corny. All the characters are somewhat flawed to make them a bit easier to relate to and how their actions play out. While you do get to control the characters at certain points (e.g checking out a crime scene, finding clues and working out what happened) you are led down a fairly narrow path on how you can alter the underlying nature of the story. You'll only notice this issue if you replay the game several times though. For example at the very beginning you are are choosing how 2 police officers enter an apartment to investigate/catch a suspect. While there are 3 odd choices in how to tackle it, with another quick time event (pass/fail makes no difference) and a further 5-10 choices amongst it all, either way you'll end up cuffing the suspect (regardless if you choose the most reckless path and he gets the jump on you). However I will note as you proceed further through chapter 2 and 3 there are a few different scenarios and endings that can play out based on your actions. There is plenty of grey area moral choices throughout the game and while most are an illusion it still feels like you have entire control on how everything plays out. If you play through the entire story in one go you'll enjoy the trip. There are some minor bugs (characters walking with wrong animation or missing textures) these are very few and far between and overall do not damage the experience. I didn't experience any game crashes and all the achievments popped. Total game time (depending on how quick you read and how much you examine all the environments) would probably be in the 3-5 hr timeframe (to complete all 3 chapters). To 100% the game achievements you'll need a bit longer on top of that to basically go through every different choice and ending the game has to offer. You'll also probably get a bit annoyed with how slowly the characters walk when you want them to move from spot to spot. It can be painful when you forgot something and need to wander back to other locations. On sale definitely worth a look if you enjoy this genre.
Firstly: this is a visual novel - More "Heavy Rain" than L.A. Noire". I completed it in a very relaxed one to two hour game play session. You are essentially choosing your dialogue and, occasionally, your response actions. The screen shots above are indicative of the play area you find yourself in. It DOES have a "hold alt to highlight all things you can interact with", so pixel-hunting is non-existant. (Pressing tab leaves it on permanently). There is minimal voice acting and sound effects, but I don't find reading the text to be a chore (and the text is used to enhance the atmosphere) so I appreciate that they have better things to do with their money than do an "OK" VA job . To be honest, I'm not sure how many of my choices matter in the long run. Games like these live or die by their ability to tell a good story. So far, the game delivers. Update: It continues it do well in the second episode.
As only one episode is out, this recommendation is tentative. Noir style, very atmospheric, good visual presentation, plays like interactive fiction similar to Telltale latest "adventure" games. The story is solid with a few interesting choices along the way so we'll have to see if those have any impact on future episodes. It is very short, less than 2 hours to finish but has some replayability value with most objectives having more than one possible approach.
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The Detail is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
No, The Detail is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.
Yes, The Detail received 489 positive votes out of a total of 675 achieving a rating of 6.93.
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The Detail was developed and published by Rival Games Ltd.
Yes, The Detail is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, The Detail is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, The Detail is playable and fully supported on Linux.
The Detail is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for The Detail. Explore additional content available for The Detail on Steam.
No, The Detail does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Detail does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, The Detail is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Rival Games Ltd
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Rival Games Ltd
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28 Oct 2014
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