Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division

Buy it nerds.

Got a raise and SQLated my promotion at work. Query good!

I'm currently jobless, looking for a data related role. And yet here I'm playing this to feel something.

Scarily accurate experience of my actual job.

I think this might be the most boring game ever created. It starts out okay, but then gets completely ridiculous. I enjoy programming. I enjoy puzzles. I do not enjoy having to trawl through fake websites to get a person's RPG character class so I can perform an arithmetical aggregate SQL query to statistically analyse the difference a weapon's modifier makes in a fake RPG game so that I can answer one of five questions in a fake questionnaire so that I can get access to a fake forum to perform the next laborious task after I've already spent hours working my way through similarly laborious tasks to get to this point and will no doubt be faced with many more just to solve this one puzzle in this game. Whoever made this just has no idea how to balance a game or when to reign things in. A lot of the cases require you to make assumptions too, which is a huge issue in a game of this type.

Хорошая детективная игра. Забавный, местами сатирический юмор. Ожидал головоломки на знание/изучение SQL, так и было по началу. Но после 6-го уровня - начинается жёсткий и местами даже душный детектив, где больше играет роль сбор информации, сопоставление найденных данных и так далее, а SQL необходим уже на финальном этапе уровня для фильтрации найденных данных. Игру рекомендую, но не думаю, что многие пройдут её до конца.

Just a disclaimer, I am not a coder, so this game is my introduction to SQL and coding in general. But this game is a good way to learn and I learned my way from 0 to being able to solve the cases. So don't worry if you have no experience in SQL. What you need is an open mind and a willingness to learn. That said, it's a fun experience solving the cases with SQL. Most of my playtime is spent mostly on figuring out how to do the coding. I can say that the coding itself is part of, if not the main puzzle-solving aspect of the game, as there are too many tables and data values to do things the usual pen-and-paper-notes way with the usual deduction games, so you really have no choice but to use SQL for it. I've never done so much typing and cross-referencing just to get the name of 1 suspect! For me, this is still a must-buy for anyone who likes deductive or puzzle games. The humor, voice acting and storyline (yes, there is lore!) carried me through it! It's definitely a different experience and gameplay loop puzzle game-wise, and I highly recommend it if you're looking for something different! If you're still on the fence, try the demo first and see if you like it before committing to the full game!

This is a really fun game, and it has shown me how useful SQL can be in my work! I am a little frustrated with all the red herrings this game throws at you, especially in the last few chapters. It's also super annoying that the game doesn't save any of your lists when you accuse the wrong person, and you have to start from scratch. The lore-building in this game is super funny, though, and it really is an enjoyable game.