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Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness

Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness

by Zima software

★ 98%
Price $14.99
Avg Players 0
Reviews 239
Released Dec 12, 2023
2DAdventureCartoonChoose Your Own Adventure
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Detective Hayseed is a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure set in a noir-tinged world where human cloning has gone wrong. You'll guide detective Francis through comedic mysteries and absurd scenarios, solving puzzles and unraveling a kidnapping case with the help of witty dialogue and colorful environments. Adventure game fans and retro enthusiasts will appreciate the classic mechanics modernized with mouse-friendly controls and optional hotspot hints.

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▲ Recommended 9 hrs
Adventure game, graphic adventures, comic, 2D, hand-drawn.

PLOT

City of Monroe, where there is an advanced technology laboratory that allows the human race to be cloned.
The “DNA Revolution” company has grown and specialized in creating clones of historical figures and celebrities to export all over the world.
This project is very successful, in fact the clones are in great demand to be used as stand-ins for politicians or artists well known by the public.
Cloning people can also be useful in another way: for example, it is possible to make use of the wisdom accumulated by scientists of the past or the strategies used by military commanders in battle.
No one is surprised to be able to talk to Bernie Madoff, Julius Caesar, Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, Michel Jackson, Marylin Monroe, and Lara Croft.
All this brings economic benefit; The city of Monroe is experiencing a period of great splendor, in this favorable moment a beautiful idea is born: Creating a "Colonized Beauty" competition to attract audiences from all over the world.

But all this success also attracts crime: a young clone named Claudia is kidnapped and the case is entrusted to detective Francis who begins to investigate this strange disappearance,
and a mysterious fire in a hotel.
His mission will take him to visit different places and meet eccentric characters, will he be able to solve the case?
Let's follow him on his long adventure, fun is guaranteed!

PLAYABILITY

It's a classic comic "Point and Click" adventure with cute cartoon-style graphics, hand-crafted in 2D.
We have a large inventory because there are many objects to collect, apart from a few puzzles, more than anything else we need to understand how to use and where the objects we have available.
With our protagonist (Francis) we will visit many locations and make friends with bizarre characters.
Being in a comic story we will not always use formal methods to solve this case, Francis allows himself to do extravagant things to achieve his goal, and he does it well.

As a game it is quite long, it requires at least 10-15 hours to complete and the music is pleasant and suitable for the story.
The graphics are in 4K widescreen resolution, but you can also use the original Pixel style graphics by pressing F3 in the game and "G" to return to 4K.
There is an excellent help system: if you press the space bar it will show you the active points where you can act, in the Menu under "Help and more" you will find a "Walkthrough" section to consult in case you get stuck in the game.
It also contains a bonus chapter "Play add-on" we can find out how Francis became a private investigator.

I recommend it, I really liked this comic adventure, it's a well-made product full of content.



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21 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 9 hrs
Pros
- Nice art-style, very colorful.
- Decent voice acting
- Humorous dialog
- Excellent controls, mostly entirely playable with mouse including inventory, saving the game and exiting the game, has modern convenience features such as click to skip dialog and double click to teleport.
- Built in hot-spot reveal but you do have to use the space button.
- Optional help system at the beginning of the game.
- Built in walk-through if you really get stuck.
- Lots of locations to explore
- The overall premise of the story was quite interesting.
- If you played the original then you have the option to show the original graphics which is a nice addition.

Cons
- Some of the puzzle logic was complete nonsense. I think it started out okay the first half of the game is pretty logical but then it goes a bit nuts. Some of the puzzles don't even make sense even if you manage to solve them. This might be a pro for some people if they are nostalgic for old school point and clicks where this kind of thing was common.
- Overall story was good but the pacing was a bit off in my opinion. Got a bit bored half way through.
- Various things left in your inventory that are useless
- Various interaction points in the game that are useless.

Overall it gets a recommendation but it might be a game for die hard point and click fans only.
16 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 1 hrs
The game of my childhood, now better than ever!
Also there's a pony
9 found helpful Steam ↗

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Add-on done

785 days ago
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44752517/82971c23092f286f840e1637f0a2c586edb52236.png The update brings the promised addition between Polda 2 and 3, or How Pankrác became a private eye. The add-on can be started directly from the menu, or you can play it after the end of the main story. Have fun!

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