[mywittyname]

You're getting downvoted, but I think this is fair.

DE is not a game for everyone. It's a point-and-click adventure game that feels like it is intentionally designed to be obscure and difficult to follow. The game is forcing you to role play as a alcoholic detective who woke up after a bender and has no clue what is going on. You the player are just as clueless about the world as the character you're controlling is.

FWIW, I completed the game four times, and it was only on the fourth play through that I really felt like I understood how to play the game. Not just from a mechanical perspective, but also a how to role play as an alcoholic-detective-who has-no-clue-what's-going-on. IME, the game only truly makes sense when you play the game as Harry would.

There's a point where Kim tells Harry that he's probably a phenomenal detective, as he was able to close an absurd number of cases. And to get the best experience from the game, you have to match Harry's true level of authenticity, intelligence, openness, and assertiveness. You can finish the game as Hobocop, Superstar Cop, or Detective Costeau, and you can blame all the world's problems on communism and you'll solve the mystery, but you won't have the full experience.