The Detective Society: The Disappearance of Claire Makova: Episode 1

I think this was ok, and really nothing wrong with it per se, but we just found it too easy in terms of puzzles and got through it very quickly. Good for beginners if you are just starting out, or don't want something too taxing, but nothing too exciting to recommend searching it out. Quality of the package overall was good and the story line worked fine, but we opted not to continue the subscription - played an at home DarkPark the next night and found that far better. 

This first part in an episodic subscription game starts off with some "training missions" which left us a bit apprehensive - they're maths-heavy and seem to bear little relevance to the main story - they felt like they were perhaps added as an afterthought just to pad out the content slightly. Fortunately, once they're out the way, the main body of the game is much more entertaining - you'll be identifying persons of interest, sending and receiving emails, and checking out things like maps, phone calls and credit card transaction history to investigate the case of a missing person. The components - both physical and digital - are all above-average quality, and are enjoyable to examine. None of the puzzles are particularly hard, but they flow well, and there's a nice narrative progression that ends with a satisfying cliffhanger to be continued in the rest of the series. It was good enough for me to decide to subscribe to the whole season, so I just hope the puzzles step up in difficulty slightly!