When comparing Detective Grimoire vs Goblin Sword, the Slant community recommends Goblin Sword for most people. In the question“What are the best iOS games without in-app purchases?” Goblin Sword is ranked 17th while Detective Grimoire is ranked 21st.
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Pros
Pro Easy to navigate
The whole game is laid out in an intuitive manner, from the menus to traversing each level. What's more the player is able to easily see where they need to go through highlighted objects on the map as well as receive hints when stuck.
Pro Well written and acted
The characters are fleshed out well through good writing and great voice acting, which makes for an immersive experience that feels believable even though the games story is a bit outlandish.
Pro New levels added since release
Pro Responsive touch controls
Platformers always succeed or fail by their controls and Goblin Sword succeeds on a platform that is rife with poor touch controls.
Pro SNES-era graphics
Goblin Sword offers a good bit of nostalgia due to the perfect design of it's pixel based graphics. Everything about it is reminiscent of SNES games of past.
Cons
Con Could be more challenging
Traditionally point and click adventure games have a difficult edge to their puzzles but sadly Detective Grimoire contains puzzles that are often easy, making for not much of a challenge for those that are fans of the genre.
Con Poor mix of easy children aimed content and an adult theme of murder
The games looks may appeal to children but sadly the content contained withing revolves around murder, which is not much of a kid friendly topic.
Con Uneven difficulty
Difficulty varies wildly, which may cause players to feel stuck at certain points or feel as if some parts are too easy.