{"id":21900,"date":"2021-12-29T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21900"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:24:22","slug":"inspector-waffles-switch-ps4-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/29\/inspector-waffles-switch-ps4-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspector Waffles (Switch, PS4, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Waffles is a cat who lives in a world full of anthropomorphic animals, but mostly cats and dogs.\u00a0 He\u2019s an inspector who works for a local police station, but has been downtrodden after his last big case went south.\u00a0 Now a nearby cat, Fluffy, has been murdered and Waffles is on the beat again.\u00a0 With his newfound partner, snifferdog Spotty, will Waffles be able to solve the case and get back on his feet again?\u00a0 You\u2019ll find out in Inspector Waffles, a point and click adventure mystery game.\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on Switch, PS4, and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Inspector Waffles plays like pretty much any other point and click adventure game out there.\u00a0 Move a cursor around the screen, and it\u2019ll highlight at any points of interest.\u00a0 You can pick up certain things and use them as items later, or even combine them to make new tools.\u00a0 Talk to animals to gather clues, and sometimes when you click on things and talk to others, you will write down clues that you can click on in conversations to move the story along.\u00a0 If you get stuck, you can call Waffles\u2019 mom, a retired detective, and she\u2019ll give you hints as to what to do.\u00a0 But most of the time, the game is pretty straightforward.<\/p>\n

The story and writing in the game is great, and pet owners will really like the added humor.\u00a0 Waffles\u2019 and Spotty\u2019s banter between each other is also fun.\u00a0 The game is split into five chapters and the whole thing is about as long as an old TellTale point and click adventure.\u00a0 Not too short, but not too long either.\u00a0 I also liked the pixelated retro graphics.<\/p>\n

The game does have some problems, though.\u00a0 While I appreciated the retro graphics, sometimes it made it hard to see what you need to click on.\u00a0 For instance, if you need a sheet of paper, you have to look for a small line of white squares that may be hard to see.\u00a0 Another time I got stuck because a dog was holding a hair dryer I needed, but since she was holding it in front of her, it looked like part of her outfit.\u00a0 On the Switch, the text is way too small when playing in handheld mode.\u00a0 There is also a sidequest where you must collect sports player cards from a fictional game called Woolball, and if you get them all you get a secret ending.\u00a0 But if you miss any, you may not be able to go back and collect them later and may have to start the game over, which is annoying.\u00a0 But I cheated and looked at the secret ending online and it\u2019s not much.\u00a0 Aside from these problems, Inspector Waffles is still a fun point and click adventure that any fan of the genre should enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Inspector Waffles is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood, Violence, Use of Tobacco and Alcohol, and Suggestive Themes.\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember seeing too much blood, and depictions of death are usually just a body in a bag with cat legs sticking out.\u00a0 And it\u2019s not very graphic anyway due to the retro visuals.\u00a0 Most of the other descriptors are in the text only.\u00a0 They refer to catnip as an illegal drug, and milk is an alcoholic beverage in this world.\u00a0 Because of the subject matter and high level of reading involved, I\u2019d say this game is best for teens and older kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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