Parker & Lane: Criminal Justice

First of - the game itself is not bad. Not as good as Heart Hospital, which is more fun and involved, but not bad either. That being said - I gave a bad rating because the sexism of this game is so blatant, bad enough that it had me end the game at one point and fume. The main female character is hysterical, slightly dumb, keeps repeating unprofessional slurs against a colleague and shames him for "being a girl." She is sexually assaulted and does not officially report it (what the hell?), instead blames her partner. He in turn is being rude and sexually inappropriate towards her and a colleague in the workplace, who states "I don´t mind." I mean, who wrote this game? Let me guess, some dudes who thought it funny that a woman should be a professional police investigator? It is 2018, the #Metoo movement is strong and clearly the video gaming industry is a sexist as ever. Good job guys.

Wow... so, I really do love the Delicious series a lot! They're fun, charming, great story and all around fun. I immediately recognized this game was the same style and artwork, so I bought it. I briefly read some reviews about the blatant sexism and terrible game mechanics and purchased it anyway. Why? Because I'm a beast at time management style games. This game, however, would not be worth the experience if it were free. The way the game referenced mental illness was awful, as if the game developers have not ever spoken to someone with anxiety. And the sexism, as one review put it, is just a lazy way to try to portray the main character's plight as the first female detective. It was executed in such a sloppy manner, that it turned me off. The actual mini games are unnecessarily clunky and disruptive. It was hard to get into the flow of the game or even really understand the plot compared to the Delicious series. It's seriously day and night and I highly recommend that you find anoth...

Sigh. I dunno. I've been thinking about this for a while, but I think in the end, I'm actually disappointed? I don't think this game is as casual as a 'casual game' should be. There are... moments where it goes beyond challanging, and into frustrating. In one level, no matter how well I play repeatedly, I can't get beyond the 2 out of 3 stars needed to prefect it. The game crashed a lot too in the beginning, less so now but... And sometimes the backgrounds and assets didn't load. There's too many mini-games. By the end I felt like I was slogging through levels. It's just a bunch of little things like that, that made this tiresome to play in the end. Storywise... The end was a little abrupt, but that's fine honestly. The story's kind of ignorable. The pacing is simulateously too fast and too slow. Besically, don't buy it for the mystery. It's just- the main character (Lily Parker) is irrirating and overbearing... It's unfortuante. If I'd liked her, I'd probably find the story more to...

While I did play Parker and Lane all the way to the end, it was more to say I completed the game rather than because I was having fun. The minigames were not as fun as others in the GameHouse series and there were a few times that the graphics glitched out and made things difficult to play properly. More than anything, though, I did not like the story or the main characters. The case is hardly above an episode of every cop show ever and Parker is incredibly dislikeable as a person. The intended tension between her and Lane is over the top and tiresome. Police officers and lawyers are often at odds, yes, but her being this jaded as an officer on her first case is annoying. There is no background given to explain her level of toxicity for lawyers, thus she's a stereotype and frustrating to listen to. Lane is a cardboard cutout with a sprinkling of drama but not much substance past the cliché backstory. If you're a fan of the GameHouse series for the gameplay, you might like this one to...

Hey Game House! What's with all the anti-medication stuff lately? First Amber's Airlines and now Parker and Lane? Abusing medicine is bad, yes. Implying that people who have to use medication to moderate their anxiety isn't good and makes me not want to keep buying your games if you're going to say that taking anxiety meds somehow makes me irresponsible or an addict or something. Not a happy customer.

I want to like this game more than I do. A bunch of people have already mentioned issues with the character development, plot, and sexism throughout the game, and in addition to those issues, there are parts of the game that seem unfairly difficult and frustrating. I usually enjoy time management games, both ones that are relaxed and ones with higher pressure, but in this game, a lot of the mini games either have timers that run out too quickly or are borderline incompatible with a laptop gaming setup. In particular, any of the "drag and drop" games were almost impossible to beat with full hearts while using the laptop touch pad. Using a mouse wasn't any easier. I've also noticed some serious glitches with the game, such as the daily challenges never resetting and music not playing in some of the levels-- although this seems to happen at random, rather than on the same specific levels.

Not good but not bad, this is the most weak of the gamehouse games i've played here on steam. Pros: Good gameplay Acceptable Story Cons: Most part of the levels are silent without music, just some at the police station works After you end a level that have music, it keeps playing at the star screen with the end of level music Repetitive Levels and Challenges Daily Challenge obligates you to play everyday

I enjoyed being a detective and working in the lab, the story is good filled with mystery and trying to catch the criminal mastermind behind all the deaths. The only negative is, you can't set the difficulty at all. Some stages are super hard to pass and getting those 3 stars is a tough challenge, so if you are an achievement hunter like me. All you need is patience to push through the hard levels!! Some of the achievements are hard to get as well, logging in literally daily to play one level. I despise daily challenges, but damn it feels good having a 100% achievement completion. Would I recommend the game? It's 50/50 to be honest, if you love challenges and repeating a level then go for it. If not, then don't bother to get frustrated.

fun game to pass the time. not much thinking goes into it

Usually, I'm not a big fan of time management games. However, this one had a very nice and interesting storyline that made want to finish it. The gameplay wasn't too complicated and the minigames were a nice touch. At the same time even though the difficulty kept increasing it never went past the point of reason. Overall, I'd give it around an 8/10.