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Detective Dotson
Chase down criminals, spy on bad guys and solve cases! Change into a disguise or recruit a team member - your choices matter! Enjoy multi-genre gameplay and watch thrilling episodes. Games and stories from the endlessly intriguing modern day India!
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A quirky murder mystery that captures small-town India brilliantly.
Detective Dotson, in all its pixelated wholesomeness, really is a love letter to India. Developers Masala Games have made it explicit that they want to create a game that celebrates the culture and vibrancy of India, rather than the false narrative that the country is “poor and ancient”, which some pop culture depicts. Detective Dotson is a short, side-scroller puzzle adventure game where you play as Dotson, an amateur sleuth who is investigating his father’s death. However, during his ...
When I first saw Detective Dotson being advertised, I was very excited about a detective game being set in India. However, as I played through it and got to grips with the game, I found Detective Dotson to be quite disappointing.