I’m not putting a duck pun here because I have self-control. It's a great time for puzzle games. Just in the past month, we've seen and , with sci-fi detective thriller earlier in the year.
Between all those games, you have obtuse platformers, dense math puzzles, and neo-noir investigations, but until now, one thing has been missing: duck-based puns. Fortunately, is here to provide that pillar of the detective genre on PC and Nintendo Switch. stars Eugene McQuacklin, the titular duck detective, following the kind of case any investigator dreams of — someone's been stealing lunches from the break room of a crappy bus company, and he's there to put a stop to it.
lets you solves crimes and be a silly little guy all at once. If the name didn't give it away already, you're probably getting the idea that is a very silly game. I wouldn't say that video games are always , but I can count on one hand the number of so-called comedy games that have actually made me laugh, so I approached with a little bit of trepidation.
So I'm happy to report that, yeah, it's pretty funny, with the good sense not to hammer its jokes into the ground, resort to cringey meme references, or overstay its welcome. You can easily beat in a single sitting and have a rollicking time the whole way through. A lot of 's humor comes from the fact that it stars a duck who is a detective.
I don't know what else to tell you — that's just funny. The game opens with some broad neo-noir parody, with McQuacklin hang.
