- Fun To Play But Could Have Been Better"Touch Detective 2 1/2", even though it sounds like it's awesome, isn't so great. Since I enjoyed playing the first "Touch Detective", I wanted to play this one, thinking it was going to be good also.
This game has five episodes. I was happy to hear that, except when I began to play I got through two episodes in a day- they were way too easy. The first game was more challenging and I actually got stuck a few times, while in this one I never got stuck. It was completely predictible.
"Touch Detective 2 1/2" has one "enemy" that shows up in each of the episodes. It gets tiring to know who it is that's causing the trouble. All one has to do is figure out what the trouble is. The surprise of figuring out who's the "enemy" vanishes in this game.
There are a new set of characters, although we still have some of the main ones from the last game- Mackenzie (obviously), Funghi, Penelope, Chloe, Cromwell, and a few shopkeepers and skeleton-looking people. Some of the new characters are not as interesting as in the previous game. Some of them are even quite annoying- the dialogue seems to drag on forever.
New locations were added to this game and they are quite great, actually- some of the new investigation places are fun to explore; however, others (not many, though) seem completely pointless. Locations from the previous game that are included are Mackenzie's house (again, obviously), the shopping place and the apartments.
There's a "Bonus Episode", which isn't really an episode because one just goes around collecting information, running errands and participating in games. Again, it's easy and made the game slightly boring.
I gave "Touch Detective 2 1/2" three stars for fun because some of the new locations are fun to explore and the game just keeps one occupied, even when it's uninteresting. Overall, it's two stars because it was too easy to play, which makes it disappointing.
