Criminal Stories: Presumed Partners
1.8
5
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Basically HOS
Chloe and Paul investigate the death of a girl, and you will help them finding clues.
The game itself is not challenging or appealing, since it is almost only Hos, locations are repeated a lot, sometimes you have to find different objects, sometimes several of the same object - as several pills, one color at a time, in the same scene.
Mini games well known and easy.
Dialogues between investigators, or with other characters, are very long, written, and you can not skip.
It has stars (hint) to collect, it has a "hand" that indicates what to use in interactive parts.
Well, if you are big fan of HOS, you may like.
August 11, 2012
Every Game Can't Be a Winner . . .
I played this game a couple of weeks ago on a different game site and thought "Wow, I've got to get back to my Big Fish; they would NEVER put a game like this on THEIR site . . . "
Okay, so I was wrong about that. But I am NOT wrong about this game.
The first thing I didn't like about it was their pathetic attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the awesome TV show, Criminal Minds, which I love. That was bad enough, but if you add on the poor graphics, bad dialogue, extremely easy minigames, difficult to decipher hidden objects, and that it was easy to figure out "who dunnit" -- you get a stinker of a game.
August 12, 2012
Very Weak Game!
The only reason I would buy a game like this would be if I found the story compelling and there are crime games that are easy to play but nevertheless, the story compels you to move on. They remind me of pulp fiction, short and easy to read. However this game just did not make the cut. The storyline begins with a murder and before you know it, you are investigating it with a fellow worker who you dont know, because no background was given in the beginning. I really will not continue with the game to find out and so I really am basing this review on the demo trial version; which incidently gives you an idea what I thought about this game. In the opening menu you have no game options and are thrown into the game. I later learned that there are supposedly two game modes; timed and relax. Maybe I missed soething here but it really doesnt matter. FOr those who like HOGs with interaction and crime stories, be prepared for mediocre graphics, sometimes crisp and sometimes blurry. There are cartoon animated characters with dialogues to read. Game mechanics include icons on the left side for zooms, objects and menu. You have 6 hints to begin with and can get more by finding the green stars in each scene. There is also option to scroll the screen and you have your forensic kit in the upper right corner as well. This is mostly a HOG with some HO scenes that include finding a list of objects that appear on the bottom of your screen. Most objects were easy to find and some were very miniscule but then you can zoom your screen. Minigames were simple and not very entertaining. I have played many crime games far superior thatn this one. I found gameplay very tedious and mechanical and the story far from interesting to pursue.
August 12, 2012
pure hos, pretty boring
I like a mix of hos, puzzles, and adventure, so this game was really boring for me. It was pure hos and the storyline wasn't very interesting. Not challenging at all either.
August 11, 2012
Foreign import pretending to be home grown
Oh dear - this is awful
Clicking is a nightmare - well at least it was for me - click on object and click again before it registers.
Latchkey is really a spanner or for North Americans a wrench
and best of luck finding some of those small things.
Characters drift in and out in static poses which change marginally bewteen each scen but not by much. dialogue written and compulsory
and what's with the click 10 lots of steam or mist??
All in all - could have been good but isn't bya long way.
August 12, 2012
Zzzzzzzz!
Wow! Was hoping for a nice SE for a change, but was very disappointed. Don't care for the characters popping in and out, very distracting. Really don't care for the scrolling screen. Haven't figured out what the siren has to do with anything, but starts screaming now and then. Very simple game. Prefer a list of items to find and not a couple at a time. Very old school game play.
Sorry, but I just can't find anything to praise this game for. Might be nice for a beginner, but not for long. Definitely a no buy for me.
Headed to the beach tomorrow for vacation, so hopefully some good games come along while we are gone this week. Thanks for the reviews.
August 12, 2012
Ugh
I am in the same boat as CyndiLouWho2 with exactly the same experience. There is a whole slew of this style game from this dev and I am certainly hoping we will not be drowning in them this week.
August 12, 2012
U missed the mark!
I bought and hate it! The only reason I will attempt to finish is its paid. Maybe it get better but .....lets just say I am truly dissapointed the storyline makes for great game; the game itself is a 0!
August 13, 2012
Not for me
I love Hogs but this style I can not stand. I deleted it after 10 minutes. I can hardly even make out what was in the first Hog scene making it so I could not find anything. They are kind of blurred shapes to me unless they were close to the screen. Also the names of a few items caused me some issues but that can also be attibuted to not being able to make out anything. There are people here I am sure that will love it as we all have our own taste but this one is not mine.
August 12, 2012
Boring!
Very boring, bad storyline and could not skip through, waste of time.
August 11, 2012