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Lord Winklebottom Investigates (2022)

Cave Monsters

Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

3.14 from 7 ratings

25 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 11 backlogged · 13 wish listed

How long? Main story 6h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Take on the role of Lord Winklebottom, detective giraffe, as he investigates the murder of his childhood friend, the axolotl Admiral Gilfrey, in this point and click murder mystery adventure game.
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Details

Developers
Cave Monsters
Publishers
Cave Monsters
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Point-and-click, Puzzle
Themes
Mystery
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jul 28, 2022 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
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Community All Reviews Statuses

pixelcrypt

Review pixelcrypt 2/5 · Sep 9, 2022

Good puzzles, but nothing groundbreaking

The strongest part of the game are the puzzles, which often are the perfect amount of challenge and pretty logical. Occasionally it gets confusing, because things you couldn’t pick up before or new dialogue options appear via chain-of-events, so you’re kind of always sweeping the same rooms.

The overall writing has a nice British humor. The art is pretty good, …

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The strongest part of the game are the puzzles, which often are the perfect amount of challenge and pretty logical. Occasionally it gets confusing, because things you couldn’t pick up before or new dialogue options appear via chain-of-events, so you’re kind of always sweeping the same rooms.

The overall writing has a nice British humor. The art is pretty good, the animation is awkward, and the OST music is great. The game overall is super short and ends very abruptly.

Not something I would recommend to anyone, but it’s a decent point and click entry that I don’t regret playing.

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adverb

Status adverb Jul 30, 2022

I'm a sucker for games with talking animals. I'll keep my eye on this coming to the switch at some point.