Of Parker and Lane

A Brief Game Review on GameHouse's Parker and Lane

Intro image of the game

This is probably the FIRST game that GameHouse released under the same company as Delicious Emily's games which I've loved. I used to play the Delicious Emily games to pass the time when I was an undergrad and I still do now. I really love how the characters are built and they grow with their audience. I also love the Nancy Drew games created by Her Interactive. I love how the stories twists, the puzzles and how the characters where created. I even played the horror themed ones and I hate horror themed anythings ( I have a very active imagination after watching horror 💀🎃🌒 films so I try NEVER to watch them if I want to sleep and I WANT TO SLEEP).

You could just imagine how thrilled I was with this new game. Its like everything I loved rolled into one game!

The whole evidence board of Parker

SPOILER ALERT

However, after playing the first 10 episodes of the game I got tired of it. The story started out great but the game felt heavy and the story line was dragging a little. Maybe it's because the new character here, Parker, has a lot of issues. I'm confused as to whether she was scared for life that's why she hates men or maybe she's just trying to prove to her boss and her workmates that she knows what she's doing. Also, and I know this is a silly one but it really bugged me, why is she always angry at Lane for being an attorney who earns money? She's a cop, doesn't she know the saying "innocent until proven guilty"?

Lane, on the other hand, needs to have a bit deeper background story. This will probably unfold with in the next few episodes but what's up with the kid? And why the brown jacket? Before starting the game I thought he was the detective and not the girl.

The progress of the characters were also too slow. They kept arguing through out episodes 11 to 30. Could they have at least triggered a bomb that made them a little comfortable with each other during the basement episode? This should have been an action packed game. Nancy Drew ALWAYS gets stuck in a room when investigating. Heart's Medicine - A Time To Heal had more action packed episodes than this.

Lastly, I'd like to point out that the game play is almost the same as Delicious Emily's or Dr. Cares and that surprised me. She was serving them their equipment, it felt unrealistic. I wish the team who made this game watched a few episodes of Castle. I mean, why would the lead detective HAND equipment to the Forensic team?

In conclusion

Will I still play this game? Yes, I always finish what I started and ONLY BECAUSE I've already started playing it. If the ending is good (at the least) I might still play the next episode of this. I'm still willing to give this game a chance.