Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files DLC Review - Muscles, Mayhem, And Mystery

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Fully suited and booted in his smartest get-up, Masaharu Kaito sits with his typical man-spreading pose in the Yagami Detective Agency as he speaks with a potential client. An apron-clad Toru Higashi carefully serves the two gentlemen some tea as they discuss business. You’d be forgiven for thinking this is the beginning of some KaitoxHigashi fanfic, but it’s actually a scene from Lost Judgment’s The Kaito Files DLC.

The DLC upgrades Kaito from sidekick to boss man as he’s left to run the Detective Agency in Takayuki Yagami’s absence. Fans of the series have already taken a trip down memory lane with Yagami more than once, now it’s time for a glimpse into Kaito’s youth as his past catches up with him. A new case to find a man’s missing wife who has been presumed dead for two years is more complicated than it seems when the woman in question turns out to be Kaito’s ex-girlfriend Natsume Mikiko. Throw in Mikiko’s son claiming Kaito is his real father and you’ve got more than enough to whet your appetite.

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You’ll be running around Kamurocho for about four hours to complete The Kaito Files, which isn’t too bad for a DLC pack. Of course, it could take you longer depending on whether you get sidetracked by mini-games or struggle with certain fights. I absolutely adored getting more background on Kaito and it was great to see flashbacks of a much younger Kaito rocking a spikier hair-do and it was nice to see his taste in clothing hasn’t changed all that much.

The mystery surrounding Mikiko’s disappearance was interesting enough to keep me wanting to play through to the end, but there are a couple of plot points you can easily guess, even if you can’t predict the