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 | CSI: New York The Game |
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Solve Crimes In The Big Apple - Finally, CSI fans can experience the world, characters and mysteries of CSI - NY. Piece together clues and uncover hidden evidence in the biggest city in America. Explore brand-new, bizarre crimes and bring suspects to justice For the first time ever, immerse yourself in the world of CSI: NY. Experience original cases written by CSI writers and solve mysteries alongside your favorite characters from the hit TV crime show. SOLVE CRIMES IN THE BIG APPLE - Finally, CSI fans can experience the world, characters and mysteries of CSI: NY. Piece together clues and uncover hidden evidence in the biggest city in America. Explore brand-new, bizarre crimes and bring suspects to justice. PLAY AS THE STARS - For the first time, you can take on the role of CSI stars as you play the characters of Detectives Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera. MORE ACCESSIBLE GAMEPLAY - A new, moody graphic-novel art style and more user-friendly interface will assure accessibility and hours of replay for all types of gamers. Improved gameplay includes new mechanics for conversations, blood work, computer use and much more. CONTROL INTERROGATIONS - For the first time in CSI, control interrogations and use evidence to reveal a suspect’s lies. Take part in dramatic interrogations, and create atmospheric reenactments while exploring grisly crime scenes inspired by the show. DIG DEEPER WITH NEW MINI-GAMES - Includes an incredible variety of new mini-games, including code breaking, facial reconstruction, identify locations from photos, triangulate shooter locations, manipulate the X-Ray scanner, physics simulation reconstructions, identify poisons, compare samples for differences, Internet searching and more!Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2972 in Video Games
- Brand: UBI Soft
- Model: 68448
- Released on: 2008-11-18
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
Features
- Solve Crimes In The Big Apple - Finally, CSI fans can experience the world, characters and mysteries of CSI - NY. Piece together clues and uncover hidden evidence in the biggest city in America. Explore five brand-new, bizarre crimes and bring suspects to justice
- Play As The Stars - take on the role of CSI stars as you play the characters of Detectives Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera
- More Accessible Gameplay - A moody graphic-novel art style and more user-friendly interface will assure accessibility and hours of replay for all types of gamers. Improved gameplay includes new mechanics for conversations, blood work, computer use and more
- Control Interrogations and use evidence to reveal a suspect's lies - Take part in dramatic interrogations, and create atmospheric reenactments while exploring grisly crime scenes inspired by the show
- Dig Deeper With Mini-Games - Includes an incredible variety of mini-games, including code breaking, facial reconstruction, identify locations from photos, triangulate shooter locations, manipulate the X-Ray scanner, physics simulation reconstructions, identify poisons, compare samples for differences, Internet searching and more
Customer Reviews
CSI for Dummies
CSI:NY is a radical departure
from previous CSI games, and not in a good way. The difficulty levels,
fairly long and layered cases and the tricky, sometimes exasperating,
search for evidence that resulted in satisfaction when you finally
solved the crime have been replaced by a system that gently leads you by
the hand from place to place and clue to clue.
You still search a
crime scene, but it is limited to one screen shot and there is little
actual evidence to find. Instead, you search for a variety of
nonsensical objects represented by outlines in your inventory that have
no bearing on the case and immediately disappear. Sort of CSI meets a
scavenger hunt. The few real clues are also previewed in inventory so
you know exactly what to look for, and processing them is simple because
you are provided with only the correct tools. Of course, you don't
necessarily use those tools in a normal way! For example, instead of
swabbing a blood stain, you must draw an outline around it with a swab.
Another
innovation is a series of "mini-games" that range from code breaking to
finding differences between two like objects (and, yes, you are told
how many differences to find). All of these mini-games can be solved in
minutes and are easy to spot via the use of sparkling pixie dust that
appears on the screen. An evaluation system consisting of gold and
silver stars at the end of each case completes the childlike atmosphere.
I don't know what you get if you really botch things up --- maybe a
lump of coal for your Christmas stocking?
Overall, the game seems
hastily and cheaply put together. The 3-D modeling and extensive video
sequences from the last two CSI games has deteriorated to static
characters and brief introductions that resemble animated cartoons. The
cases are short and have been cut to four instead of five, though we are
promised a fifth "bonus" case that can be played online in 2009. CSI:NY
might be a mildly interesting diversion when it hits the bargain bin,
but for now it's much more rewarding to replay your old games for free.
Different than what I expected but good
If you like to play
traditional point and click adventure games, CSI NY is not for you. If
you like popular games like Mystery Case Files, Women's Murder Club,
Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes, and other mystery puzzle games like
those, you will enjoy this game. It just depends on what type of gamer
you are. I've played both types of games, but at this point, I prefer
the casual ones. My favorite part of the game is solving puzzles and
interviewing witnesses, which results in the next part of the story
being revealed. And the stories themselves are terrific and kept my
interest until the end. Another thing I like about these types of games
is how I can play for twenty minutes or so and then stop, without losing
my place or having to figure out where I am in the game and what to do
next when I start again. CSI NY compares very favorably to other games
in this category, but it's obviously not like the previous CSI games,
which I found frustrating.
Fans
of the CSI Games, Do Not Buy This!
I have played all of the
previous games based on the original CSI series, and I enjoyed them very
much despite their low-quality graphics and occasional simplicity. Boy,
was I in for a shock when I started playing CSI:NY. If you enjoyed the
other CSI games, please take it from me and DO NOT purchase this. It's
basically just a "find hidden objects" game with some mini-games mixed
in - things like old-school memory games and sudoku-style number
puzzles. Seriously, sudoku?? What happened to, like, analyzing DNA and
stuff? I feel insulted by this game.
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