Sammy Jukes Twin Lakes Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · October 31, 2024

Sammy Jukes Twin Lakes Review, Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves, and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.

Sammy Jukes Twin Lakes Review Pros:

Nice graphics.
8.15GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Graphics settings: window mode, resolution, v-sync, max FPS, gamma, field of view slider, motion blur, auto-detect settings, view distance, anti-aliasing, post-processing, shadows, texture, effects, and foliage.
Game settings – minimap, UI text size, subtitles size, and walk and run speed.
Free spoiler-free walk-through guide.
Detective adventure gameplay.
Multiple-choice encounters and interactions are the name of the game.
Before selecting a question or response you see what it is you are about to say.
A full 3D game world.
In-game cutscenes and interactions.
A lot of memorable characters and each one feels unique in their own weird way.
When going to a new area or seeing something you get a first-person flyover of sorts where the camera pans around.
A game about exploration and interrogation. To get the most out of it you really need to exhaust every bit of dialogue and try your best to search everywhere.
The dog in the game actually gives out tips like a good boy would!
Minimal in the corner shows all the road names and points of interest.
Clear easy-to-use interface for questioning.
First-person view.
The town of Twin Lakes is a really cool place to explore, it has a Twin Peaks vibe to it all with the secrecy and all that but it is a great place to explore.
Button prompts show up as needed.
Play how you want.
You can save and load when you want.
As you talk with people you have them in your journal and the information you learn about them auto-fills into their profile.
You can actually have the dog follow you around town.
Good writing makes you sound a lot more proficient and effective than I probably am.
Day and night cycle with weather effects.
High level of detail and protocol like having to justify and get search warrants to enter people’s homes.
It’s a story about an activist who went missing whilst protesting an oil company.
A great game to play with headphones on and just lose yourself in it all.
Hidden Collectibles.

Sammy Jukes Twin Lakes Review Cons:

No controller support.
You cannot remap the controls.
They have a free walk-through guide.
Characters look wooden and kind of robotic when talking.
A lot of performance issues like graphics popping in, slowdown, and general issues. It smooth out but can happen again at any time.
The flyover that I mentioned above is kind of jarring more because the camera movement is very floaty and the graphics pop in and go blurry.
No autosave.
The game is not great at helping with guiding you around or giving breadcrumbs.