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Very Well Written CYOA with Great Title Character, May 10, 2017by Audiart (Davis, CA) I enjoyed the humorous yet mature writing style, and the titular character much more than the game itself. The only real puzzle is figuring out the solution to the crime, by interviewing all of the suspects. Ultimately the main character is so likable and funny that going through every dialogue option was buckets of fun. You will find yourself going "back" to check all of the options. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Excellent twisted version of a young detective story, February 3, 2016by MathBrush Bell Park is one of the four games put out by the author in 2013, and is one of the best. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Interesting murder mystery., January 10, 2015by Chai Hai (Kansas City KS) This was fun. Not exceptionally great or anything, but worth your time. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Absurdist setting, real emotions, December 11, 2013by Andrew Schultz (Chicago) Bell Park was cathartic for me. Nothing terribly serious, really. It just made it easier to laugh at the tales of Haledjiann and Encyclopedia Brown that baffled me so much as a nine year old. So I gave this game a 2013 IFComp Miss Congeniality vote over a few other strong efforts that were tough to leave out. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
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Hilarious , November 30, 2013by Sharpe (Playing Kerkerkruip, the IF Roguelike) Bell Park, Youth Detective isn't really so much a game as it is a funny short story. It isn't meant to be taken any more seriously than a skit on Saturday Night Live—and what's even better is, I can see this actually being a funny skit on a show like that. Suspension of disbelief shouldn't be a problem at all. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Low on choice, but well-written and fun., November 18, 2013by streever (America) The writing is good: I'm not typically one to sit through a game with large amounts of text, but the presentation and writing on this game were both very well done. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Much text, few choices, October 4, 2013by Ray This CYOA is fairly competently written and mildly amusing at first, but gets increasingly boring when the player, or should I say, reader, is bombarded with page loads of text with only a few and useless choices to be made. The story is improbable enough to make me lose attention while at the same time not wacky enough to keep me entertained (unlike the author's earlier piece about bees). So I skipped from about half-way through till the unspectacular end. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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