Review: Detective Gallo (PlayStation 4)

Detective Gallo is a point&click comic-noir adventure that is entirely hand-illustrated and hand-animated, and whose protagonist is a feathered and grumpy private eye struggling with a very tricky case, bizarre characters, and puzzles that will put his insight and patience to the test. Here is our Detective Gallo review.

Pros:

• Cartoon graphics.
• 868.6MB Download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Strong voice work.
• Point and click gameplay.
• Uses DS4 touchpad for cursor control (optional).
• Basic tutorial help as you play.
• Maintains a retro atmosphere to it all.
• Gallo visions- Press R2 to bring up all interactable objects on the screen.
• Save when you want.
• Humor throughout.
• Simple controls.
• Easy trophy list.
• A good introduction to the genre.
• Decent puzzles.

Cons:

• A fair bit of hand holding.
• Characters talk over each over a lot.
• Slow pace.
• Doesn’t explain everything at first like how to look at something rather than pick up or interact with.
• Gallo vision cheapens the gameplay.
• No tips/help on clues.
• No tooltip help for items in your inventory.
• The font can hurt to read sometimes.
• One and done experience.