Vindictive Drive 2: Maidbot Archive Reviews

You wake up from an edgy nightmare and you are part of a huge ship's crew You talk to Hex, the leader, and you have the option to either go outside with your Maidbot or play the story The story has a comic book style and small playable sections, all seems skippable The point of the game is to go outside and kill stuff, unlock new areas, get new Maidbots, repeat My only complaint is the last one, Vitakrosis, is extremely hard to get.

Gameplay: 1.5 (At or slightly above industry standard for the genre) Monetization: 2.5 (Wonderful, wish more games used this model) Replayability: 1.5 (At or slightly above industry standard for the genre) Atmosphere: 2 (Done very well and made the experience a worthwhile one) Score: 7.5 Personal Play Time: 3 Hour Methods Detective Competition presents players with a battle of wits involving 99 other detectives and 100 criminals, all vying for a million-dollar prize. As a visual novel, it marks a departure from the usual content reviewed on this channel, offering unique characteristics that may warrant recommendation. Let's delve into its mechanics.

Vindictive Drive 2 combines elements of noir storytelling with weeb anime trends, making a bizarre mix that somehow just hits the right spot. Collecting Maidbots is the best part of the game, the stealth parts need work. Gameplay: The prologue introduces you to the story and basic stealth moves, it feels like a small chore to get to the actual game, the city exploration and maidbots, big bosses and epic music.

Slakes has a slouch, but he's pretty tall, which makes up for it. He wears a rumpled brown jacket. Slakes has a prickly personality. He's often sarcastic and doesn't tolerate nonsense. Slakes's method, Alter-Ego, allows him to access his criminal counterpart, Mastermind Sekals. Sekals is good at solving mysteries, and Slakes is good at creating crimes.

I've always been an huge fan of detective games. AI Somnium Files, Dangonronpa, and many others come to mind, so I was enthusiastic to try to solve challenging puzzles and mysteries, but to my disappointment, I found that it was largely a decently done Visual Novel with extremely simple solutions to each crime.

SHOULD I PLAY METHODS: DETECTIVE COMPETITION? Play it if you like mystery games with a sense of humor. In Methods: Detective Competition, one hundred detectives face off against one hundred master criminals. As you might expect, this plot requires a huge cast of characters, and I’ve enjoyed getting to know all of them. It’s more like a visual novel than an investigation game, but it’s still given me plenty of chances to test out my sleuthing skills.

What you see is what you get, this is an old school platformer with cute retro graphics, you can get assistance from summons, it's not any deeper than that, I rated it great because I'm into this, so know I am slightly biased. Old school means NES platformers, so apologies Zoomers, there's no tutorial in here, you're left alone in the battlefield like my dad left for milk 20 years ago. This is on Early Access so of course it's not very big just yet, if the developer plans on extending it as stated in the FAQ and I quote:

Game: Methods: Detective Competition Platform: Mobile Genre: Visual Novel, Detective, Mystery, Casual Overview As a detective novel, this takes a much more relaxed approach. If you're hoping for a taste of the deep thinking possibilities seen in series like Dangonronpa or even Ai Somnium Files, this won't cut it because it's too easy and doesn't present much of a challenge at all as it primarily focuses on the dialog and story.