"To sell well, a game must be well-made or controversial. Ideally, the game should be well-made and highly controversial, but in the case of the game from 1996, only the latter was achieved...
Everything in this title was designed to be controversial, and that's not surprising considering it's a game for more mature players.
In the game, we play as a private detective named Dick Slammer (no joke, that's his real name...) who is visited one beautiful morning (or evening, whatever...) by a woman named Nancy (whose beauty is strictly subjective), who suspects her husband of cheating.
As you might imagine, our task is to catch the cheating husband in the act with his lover.
Private Investigator is a typical platformer game in which we jump from platform to platform and avoid (or more often: beat up) obstacles like basketball players or grandmas in wheelchairs. Doesn't sound too controversial? What if I told you that on the game's levels, there are women offering the main character... well, let's just say a "transaction" in exchange for goods or services. And I'm not talking about venereal diseases here, but rather items like weapons or health refills. Of course, that's not the end of the surprises. Remember, the game has to be controversial. After completing each stage, we are rewarded with some kind of "gadget" to play with in the bedroom with Nancy, who, exercising her right to retribution, doesn't remain indebted to her husband...
The game is poorly made, even for 1996. Remember, in the same year, games like Duke Nukem 3D and Quake debuted.
The only element that is well-made is the detective's office, which we can view in a smooth 360-degree view. Of course, even in this location, something related to sex had to be included. Only nature documentaries play on the TV, while using the phone allows us to call a sex hotline..."
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