Detective games are cool. I’ve played a good bunch of them, and as of recent, I’ve had the pleasure to play four games that create an interesting contrast. Two of them are Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios’ Judgment series, and the other two are the new reboot timeline for Frogwares’ Sherlock Homes series, Chapter One and a remake of The Awakened, their Cthulhu themed caper from 2006 now done up in Chapter One‘s mechanics and look. The two franchises have stories that contrast heavily in how they approach what a detective is, and it’s especially interesting with Lost Judgment and The Awakened due to both of them examining the baseline formulas created with classic Sherlock Holmes stories.
Bi The Dark Side 