BROK the InvestiGator Review – Point and Kick Detecting

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Brok is a point-and-click detective game paired with a side-scrolling action beat ’em up a la Turtles in Time. It’s styled in a fantastic 90s cartoon way, and if I didn’t know better, I would assume it was based on an existing one.

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The characters all have the feel of extras in Disney’s animated Robin Hood, the one where everyone pretends they didn’t have a crush on Robin Hood, who was literally a fox.

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WHAT’S THE SCOOP, BROK? Like any good neo-noir story set in a dystopian future, Brok the InvestiGator begins with a dream sequence where Brok relives the night his wife Lia dies.

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Today, Brok lives with his stepson Graff in the slum district. A detective by design and a handyman out of necessity, Brok wakes from his nightmare to find multiple missed calls from a prospective client called Sin.

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BROK THE INVESTIGATOR IS AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO PLAY As I touched on before, Brok is a point-and-click detective game. Investigating your surroundings thoroughly is essential, even if you’ve been to the location before.

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This goes for talking to people too. Your dialogue choices will impact your relationships and outcomes, and persistence could change the conversation.

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There are three to collect in each section. They are small and triangular and look like QR codes. Some are pretty obvious, some not so much.

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There’s also the combat aspect to the game that is so pitch-perfect to early 90s side scrollers that it really feels like it came from that era.

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BROK the InvestiGator Review – Point and Kick Detecting

Brok is a point-and-click detective game paired with a side-scrolling action beat ’em up a la Turtles in Time. It’s styled in a fantastic 90s cartoon way, and if I didn’t know better, I would assume it was based on an existing one.

The characters all have the feel of extras in Disney’s animated Robin Hood, the one where everyone pretends they didn’t have a crush on Robin Hood, who was literally a fox.

WHAT’S THE SCOOP, BROK? Like any good neo-noir story set in a dystopian future, Brok the InvestiGator begins with a dream sequence where Brok relives the night his wife Lia dies.

Today, Brok lives with his stepson Graff in the slum district. A detective by design and a handyman out of necessity, Brok wakes from his nightmare to find multiple missed calls from a prospective client called Sin.

BROK THE INVESTIGATOR IS AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO PLAY As I touched on before, Brok is a point-and-click detective game. Investigating your surroundings thoroughly is essential, even if you’ve been to the location before.

This goes for talking to people too. Your dialogue choices will impact your relationships and outcomes, and persistence could change the conversation.

There are three to collect in each section. They are small and triangular and look like QR codes. Some are pretty obvious, some not so much.

There’s also the combat aspect to the game that is so pitch-perfect to early 90s side scrollers that it really feels like it came from that era.

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