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Play Overview
Pig Detective 3: Death on Detox Island (2020) is a point-and-click adventure. You play as Pig Detective who has been invited to Relax Island for a holiday, but soon his investigation skills are needed. The world is populated by talking animals in a 1930s hotel. A touch of Agatha Christie mixed with a pinch of hard-boiled detective novels and a tiny smidge of Beatrix Potter. Children will warm to the family-friendly mystery starring a pig.
Gameplay involves walking up to objects to examine them or collect them, and talking to characters to progress the story. Fans of LucasArts games of the 90s will recognise the nods to titles like The Secret of Monkey Island. There is a lot of narrative which is presented as voice-over and subtitles. It plays as an interactive mystery novel for young and old.
Pig Detective has become a mascot of sorts for the Dreams game-making platform and now involves a large team of creators and Media Molecule staff providing voices. This is the third Pig Detective game, the others being:
Our examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Pig Detective 3: Death on Detox Island (Dreams) 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 9 months ago.
Gameplay involves walking up to objects to examine them or collect them, and talking to characters to progress the story. Fans of LucasArts games of the 90s will recognise the nods to titles like The Secret of Monkey Island. There is a lot of narrative which is presented as voice-over and subtitles. It plays as an interactive mystery novel for young and old.
Pig Detective has become a mascot of sorts for the Dreams game-making platform and now involves a large team of creators and Media Molecule staff providing voices. This is the third Pig Detective game, the others being:
- Pig Detective: Big Trouble in Little Cologne
- Pig Detective 2: Adventures in Cowboy Town
Our examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Pig Detective 3: Death on Detox Island (Dreams) 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 9 months ago.
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Play Style
This is a Point-and-Click game with Adventure elements. This is a single-player game.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Skill Level
8+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Requires analytical thinking and understanding of complex narratives.
Account Rating
Account required for online play that has 7 years old as minimum age. You must be 7 years old to have a PSN account, which is required to play Dreams. To set this up you need permission from a parent or guardian. Unless the parent or guardian specify not to restrict Network Features | Communication and User-Generated Content, or make an exception for Dreams they will only be able to access games and assets created by Media Molecule (rather than games made by the community).Costs
Pig Detective 3: Death on Detox Island
This game is free to play. There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.This is an unusual "subscription" as you only need to purchase the Dreams game once on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5, then you can access all the games for free.
You need to purchase Dreams to play the game on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. Once you have Dreams the game itself is free via the about link.
Game Details
Release Date: 26/03/2020, updated in 2021
Price: Free
Out Now: PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Point-and-Click and Adventure
Accessibility: 20 features
Components: 3D Third-Person
Developer: Sebastian Team PD (@SebastianTeamPD)
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