Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles

Annoyingly linear gameplay and a flat and incomprehensible story stop Jake Hunter from being the next Phoenix Wright. At least the chiptunes-y soundtrack's kinda nifty.

Genre: Adventure
Release date: Jun 10, 2008
Published by: Aksys Games
Developed by: ARC System Works
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
5 SO-SO
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Screenshots updated Jun 24, 2008
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Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles
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Gaming Excellence reports: Aksys Games has shipped Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles, an interactive...
News from N4G Jun 11, 2008
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Although we're big fans of point-and-tap whodunit games like the Phoenix Wright series, we can't quite get behind private detective Jake Hunter. Detective Chronicles has a ton of potential, but ham-handed presentation and "so simple a baby could do it" hand-holding make this gumshoe seem more like a goofball.There are three cases for you to play through, all of which involve you going to a crime scene, talking to everyone until you ...
Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles - hands-on
This gumshoe beats the street to find where the leggy dame's old man got 86-ed
Apr 29, 2008
Text-y point-and-click adventure games are making a comeback on Nintendo's can-do handheld. With hits like Ace Attorney and Hotel Dusk along with lesser titles like Touch Detective, the time is right for solving mysteries on the DS, which makes room for some very obscure, if long running, titles to be localized for the first time. That brings us to Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles, the first US release of a Japanese detective series that is more than 20 years old. ...   » Read Full Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles preview
ESRB Rating
Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles is rated:
Teen
Drug Reference, Language, Mild Violence, Use of Tobacco, Mild Blood
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