I didn't like it. It's kind of an older game at this point, but if you've played Spore with the expansion Galactic Adventures, it is a lot like one of those user made stories you beam down on to a planet to play through. You talk to a few characters, trade a few items, and then it is done. It felt like about the same quality as a lot of those too.

I looks like most people find the writing charming, but I found it to be boring. The characters don't really have distinct personalities either, they all feel like they are the same person.

I don't have any problem with the silly lighthearted tone of the game, I just don't think it does it well.

I found myself adrift in a digital swamp, haunted by the promises of an intriguing tale. "Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island" beckoned with its whimsical charm, but oh, how it deceived me. As I dove into this supposed mystery, I felt as if I was wading through a molasses-thick fog of underwhelming gameplay and lukewarm plot.

The titular frog detective, a figure of boundless optimism, left me yearning for something more—a bite, a hint of grit, anything to anchor me in this pixelated purgatory. Conversations with the island's inhabitants, a parade of eccentric characters, felt like feverish babble, their words slipping through my grasp like sand. They spoke in circles, their clues as elusive as the moon on a stormy night, offering no satisfaction, no resolution.

The island itself, a pastel prison, was a maze of mediocrity. Its simplicity mocked me, each step a reminder of the mundane reality I was trapped in. The so-called "haunting" was but a whisper, a distant echo that never crescendoed into the thrilling terror I craved. Instead, I was left with an unshakable sense of anticlimax, a longing for depth in this shallow pond.

Puzzles, if they can be called that, were mere child's play, insulting the intellect and patience of even the most casual gamer. They were pebbles on the path, easily kicked aside, offering no true challenge or satisfaction. My brain, yearning for stimulation, was left adrift in this sea of ennui.

And then there was the music, a looping melody that drilled into my skull, turning the whimsical into the unbearable. It was the soundtrack to my descent into madness, a relentless reminder of the time slipping away, irretrievable, wasted.

"Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island" is a mirage, a false promise of adventure that leaves you parched and unsatisfied. It is a fever dream from which you wake, drenched in sweat, your mind echoing with the hollow laughter of a game that could have been so much more. Avoid this amphibian folly, lest you too find yourself lost in its disappointing depths.

I love The French Detective!

But I love Clam Man more.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000640/Clam_Man/