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Oh nothing, just a Frog Detective appreciation post. What a good, funny, wholesome little trilogy. Frog detective just solving mysteries and being a cute, little frog who’s just trying his best!

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Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery

This review contains spoilers.

Frog Detective came out in 2022 and was co-directed by Grace Bruxner (no shocker if you've played or watched a playthru of the game itself) and Thomas Bowker, whom also designed with help from Olivia Haines, and soundtrack by Dan Golding.

This was yet another Gamepass quick and easy game, but I would not let that fool you into thinking this game was quickly thrown together or made to be completed without putting any effort into it so lets jump straight into the gameplay.

The game is a collect-and-complete puzzle where you play as a Detective (who is also a Frog incase you didn't deduce that yet), who through the help of The Supervisor, is assigned cases and utilizes the people and items around him to solve the mystery at hand. There is not a lot complicated about the game at all, you simply walk up to an NPC, they tell you what they want in exchange for another key item or piece of information, and by the time you've spoken to every NPC in the area once or twice, you've collected the necessary objects or completed the tasks and have solved your case, and it really takes no time at all.

While the conversation piece can become redundant and long-winded, the writing is remarkably hysterical. Every NPC that talks to our main character is so out-there that you almost don't blame him for giving up on correcting them and just saying "OK", like constantly bringing up that he is NOT the more popular Lobster Cop, who is DEFINITELY the #1 Detective or that he is small or could never wear a hat because of the odd shape of his head. Despite his apparent short comings constantly brought up by random suspects that he's just meeting, it is apparent in every conversation that all he cares about is solving a mystery and being the best Detective he can be! His notes on each suspect in his personal detectives notebook are a testament to his honest but endearing nature, even writing himself in as a suspect!

There were little surprises around the corner in the game, like the Developer herself popping in to let you know she doesn't condone giving out your address or that all books are NOT factually incorrect and useless. Or the other NPCs of the game taking over the role of playable characters when you least expect it. Even the achievements themselves made me chuckle.

The soundtrack is light, mostly piano, but at the end of every case you do get a fun party where you can see all the characters dancing together to goofy music, and it made me genuinely smile every single time.

Towards the ending of the game, about 3 hours in for me, I was just aching to have more to play or more to solve, and wished the dialogue was less heavy. All in all though, I was surprised by how much I actually ignored the walk thru and just played the game because it was fun, and there wasn't much that you can miss even if this is the first game you've ever picked up, and it is not another quick completion that makes you feel like you somehow cheated your way to a thousand gamerscore.

This game is currently available for $19.99 on XBOX, Playstation 4 & 5 and Nintendo Switch or free with XBOX Gamepass.

This has been a free and honest review by someone who played the game and simply enjoyed it. Please give the developers some love and give the game a play, or let them know your thoughts if you've already played/watched it.

You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.

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Please note the IMDb ratings are separated into the the three parts that the game integrates.

Thank you for reading and let me know what you thought about the game. 🎮🏆

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