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With titles like Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit The Road and Dark Forces: Jedi Knight, members of developer Crackpot Entertainment have a lot to live up to with Insecticide, which shipped for the DS on Wednesday March 12, 2008. The tries to mix platforming action with adventure (mystery solvin’) and, from what the trailer shows, a bit of comedy as an afterthought.

The game takes place in a future where bugs dominate the planet, relegating humans to the edges of society. You’re Chrys Lyszt, some sort of bug, trying to solve the case of a CEO’s suspicious death. It all takes place against a noir backdrop, which usually means lots of shadows and slow jazz. In a trailer on the game’s Web site the developers cite The Wire and The French Connection as inspiration. So, there’s that.

An early review at IGN gave the game a 7, saying the game’s mystery was a blast but was muddled by the action bits. I still get a kick out of seeing good 3D up and running on my DS, though, so maybe $30 isn’t too much to ask for an average game.

The game is the second that industry rabble-rousers Gamecock has shipped for DS after the brilliant Dementium: The Ward. An episodic version of the game will be available in the future for PC.

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