Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer
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Great Exciting Game
I started to love these types of games after playing the Syberia series. The Art of Murder series is just as interesting to play as you become agent Nicole Bonnet and solve the murders. You get a unique opportunity to think like an agent and use FBI type crime lab equipment. The graphics were great and in each location you felt you were a part of it. Mystery/adventure games have their challenges to solve, but that is also what makes them great to play!
November 18, 2011
Fun Hidden Object Game
This really challenges the way you process thoughts and memories. Fantastic graphics, I truly loved this game. I wish there were more like this one. I love Bigfishgames. They really stepped up on protecting their customers if there is a problem. I truly appreciate the great games they refer to us. Please play this game, you will not be disappointed.
December 5, 2011
Wonderful Adventure Game
This is a third-person POV game. Not my favorite type as I prefer first-person POV, but a great game nonetheless. You play as Nicole Bonnet, an American FBI agent tracking down a criminal that the FBI believes has moved from the USA to Paris, France.
The graphics are really good, and the voice acting is satisfactory. While the mouths move, they don't follow along with the actual words being said. Meaning, you'll still see their mouths move even when the character is done talking. This game is a bit dark, but IMO, it is the kind of game best played in the dark. You tend to see everything better that way.
This is not an easy game for me, but thankfully there is an excellent walkthrough. While BFG does not provide one, there is a link to one in the forum.
There are some humorous parts of dialog, but what I didn't like was the Inspector's blatant disregard for women in authority and Nicole calling him a Frog. Fortunately, that doesn't take away from the game; in fact, the Inspector's disrespect for Nicole does spur her on to do a good job. I do like the fact that the developers did include Sophie LeReux (from the Chronicles of Mysteries series) in a small scene to help out Nicole.
Unlike the later AofM games, this one is NOT a hidden object game. It is a true point-and-click adventure game and you will do a lot of walking around. However, the great thing is that if you double click, you can make Nicole run.
The game is a bit linear and Nicole won't let you move on to a new chapter (for lack of a better word) until everything is completed. Some may find the murder scenes a bit graphic and/or disturbing, but then again, murder is never pretty. And BFG does issue a warning for this.
All-in-all, this is a challenging adventure game with an interesting and will take a while to complete.
April 21, 2012
Not as good as Cards of Destiny
Some of the solutions in this game are real logic leaps. Kind of random and not as thought out as the other A of M games. And I couldn't believe they even had a shuffle board puzzle - like the kind you get in hidden object games! For shame! Just okay.
April 6, 2012