Insecticide Part 1

Скрытый гемчик игровой индустрии, дёргал писюльку на гг в детстве - спустя 20 лет ничего не поменялось

Insecticide Part 1 is an okay action, detective game. But what is the story. In the city of Troy it was supposed to be just another night, another simple case for Detective Chrys Liszt and her senior partner Roachy, they were on the case of the mysterious murder of an employee at the soda drink conglomerate Nectarola, a company that has a near monopoly on all of the city. But this was no simple murder as this case will unveil secrets to detective Chrys’s mysterious past, but is this fiery insect prepared for what's on the other end or will she be squashed. The likes, the gameplay was okay it combines fast-paced shooting with point and click detective work and I think for the most part works pretty well. The story was pretty good it definitely uses all the tropes of detective noir stuff, hard-boiled detective with a young female partner with a mysterious past, that's sort of thing but sprinkles in some meta jokes and bug related puns. The graphics are okay they definitely have a 2008 vibe with its uses of designs, colors and scenery that fits with other games of that era. The levels are good each area is unique and stands out pretty well really catches the whole grimy city that you see in detective stories. The characters are good each bug has its own unique design and some fun, if not a bit cliche personality which I don't mind, I like Detective Chrys she's cute yet badass. The voice acting is very good it has some pretty good and recognizable voice actors. The music was good each song fitting this detectiveish game well. The dislikes, some parts of the game definitely feels bunk like the platforming mechanic feels a bit finicky, especially when you have to platform on very skinny ledges, it's particularly noticeable in the final level. And speaking of that the final level there are Invincible enemies that hide in manholes, I tried to kill them but shooting them doesn't do anything, there's also annoying spider bot boss and I had to look up a walkthrough on how to defeat it and it's pretty annoying to fight, especially with how quickly your health can go down because of the annoying invincible enemies. Also the story ends on a cliffhanger which I sadly think it will never be completed which is sad this game isn't bad, it actually has some interesting ideas maybe someday it'll be picked up by a gaming company and they'll release a remake of it. Now then with that all finally finished Insecticide Part 1 is an okay action, detective game, it has okay gameplay, a pretty good story and good characters, so do I recommend this game, sure I mean if you're looking for a time waster.

Fantastic game! I love genre mashups like this which is a mix of point-and-click segments and 3rd person shooter/platformer. It totally works in the context of a detective/cop theme. The art direction is fantastic and the dialogue will make you chuckle with all the bug-puns. I got stuck a couple times during the point-and-click segments, but once you do figure out a part you're stuck on, it's one of those "ah, that's clever!" kind of moments. Too bad they never released part 2 for PC. The whole game was released on DS, and I played it all the way through on that platform back in the day. I wanted to check out how the higher definition PC looked. It didn't disappoint! If you play this on PC, I highly recommend seeking out the DS version somehow too to finish the story.

This is a hard game to review. I definitely enjoyed parts of the story and was overall quite interested in what would have happened in part 2 (there is a youtube channel with the cutscenes that would have been in part 2). The reason for not recommending this game comes down to a few points: - the game introduced quite a few challenges throughout, such as providing minimal directions on how the game worked. This led to me having to google controls early on to see how I was supposed to interact with things in the world. - The controls for movement itself was also challenging. I would sometimes jump where I thought I was supposed to go, but if I was slightly off then I would die or fall and have to restart that section even if I was almost in the right spot. - Sometimes the level objective was hard to figure out. The level may tell me to do XYZ, but then it is not clear how that is actually supposed to be achieved or where on the map I would have to go to do it. - This is not a reason to not recommend exclusively, but the graphics are clearly very dated as you can see in the pictures on the store page.

Спочатку із мінусів: По перше: гра дуже коротка, проходиться за пару годин. По друге: друга частина, нажаль, так і не війшла :( (хоча на ютубі є відео заставки з другой частини, які розкривають сюжет) А із плюсів: ВСЕ інше)) атмосфера, гумор, персонажи, світ, увага до деталій, музика. Все чудово :) Зі скидкою, взяти гру на один вечір, щоб чудово провести час, саме то)) (навідь з незакінчинам сюжетом)

Shame the second part never came out. I had such a Sam & Max vibe onto it

Что будет если совместить нуарный детектив, квест и платформер шутер от третьего лица? Вот это оно самое. Уровни шутерные разбавляются уровнями детективными - они же квестовые. В перерывах между уровнями показываются CG катсцены, довольно неплохого качества. В целом игра на 7 из 10.

This was intended to be the first part of two, but the second was never ported. It's a weird game, even by the standards of the time when it was released, mixing adventure and investigation with action elements. The result is a weird but interesting experience where you play as a noir spider-detective trying to uncover a huge secret. Short and old, charming and fun, but don't expect AAA graphics here.

Игра детства <3

Such a pity you closed the second part project. I love your game. I played it first when I was around 13 or 14.