CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

by Aspyr

Product Features

• Adventure game based on the hit TV series
• Piece together the shocking truth behind 5 baffling crimes
• Features the characters from the show
• Use an arsenal of forensic equipment, including fingerprint dusters, UV lights, casting kits, and much more
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00027IO36
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 29, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,532 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #47 in Video Games > Mac Games > Simulation
  • #50 in Video Games > Mac Games > Strategy
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Mac

From the Manufacturer

Master the tools, solve the crime: A murdered woman...a slain police officer...a mysterious arson case. What do these crimes have in common? Enter the gritty world of CSI and search for the truth with Grissom, Catherine, and the entire Crime Scene Investigation team. Armed with high-powered forensic equipment and razor-sharp wits, delve deeply into the mysteries of 5 baffling crime scenes to reveal the truth. Don't just watch the action. Live it!

Features:

• Join the CSI Team: Become a full-fledged Crime Scene Investigator and join forces with Grissom, Catherine, and the entire CSI cast.
• Master the CSI Tools: Use an arsenal of forensic equipment, including fingerprint dusters, UV lights, casting kits, and much more to break down crime scenes with ultimate precision and skill.
• Crack the Crimes: Piece together the shocking truth behind 5 baffling crimes, using forensic skills, puzzle-solving prowess, and unflinching nerves.
• True CSI: Live the total CSI experience with real music, atmosphere, and locations from the primetime TV smash-hit CSI.

Product Description

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation puts your nerves and intellect to the test as you become a member of the CSI team!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Join the CSI team, June 9, 2006

By 

Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Mac) (CD-ROM)

This game is based on the popular original CSI show, the actors from the cast provide the voices. The premise is to solve a series of crimes along with the CSI team. Clues are located by sliding over the crime scene then using the appropriate method to interpret the evidence. Witnesses and suspects are questioned using prompts provided, the answers are added to the physical evidence and used to obtain warrents and ultimately solve the crimes.

The graphics are well done, the plot lines are interesting and the game runs quite well, without the hangups or crashes I have experienced with some other Mac platform games. So why only 4 stars? It is possible to locate clues simply by rolling over the scene until the clue reveals itself, wrong choices of tools are met with only a prompt as are other wrong guesses, which 'dumbs down' the experience. The game can be solved by persistence, intelligence only makes the process smoother and quicker. The biggest problem, however, is that once the game is solved it is done a problem with all games of this puzzle genre. Unlike the more complicated MYST or Seventh Guest games this one is not sophisticated enough to make going back over solved puzzles to enjoy the experience or challenging enough to make this a long term project.

Still it is a fun game, a good way to spend a few hours. If the more difficult puzzle games have frustrated you or you are new to this type of game, then this one is perfect for you. If you are a fan of the CSI series this is a good way to spend sometimes between episodes but if you are a serious puzzle gamer and looking for a real challenge this one is not for you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not enough content, too short., June 23, 2006

By 

Mrs Annie - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Mac) (CD-ROM)

I finished the game in 1 evening! I installed it and completed all 5 crime scene investigations in less than 8 hours. There is little thinking required.

All the clues have to be found by rolling the mouse over the screen and waiting for the arrow to become green. You cannot zoom on things that are not important.

All the clues are put together for you, the questions you must ask are written on the screen and you can never take the wrong detection/collection tool, or go the wrong way or saying the wrong thing to the wrong person.

If you want to PLAY a game, Dont waste your money on CSI. If you want to pay 20$ for 5 episodes of CSI tv show in which the characters talk to you while you sit confortably on your couch, then you might enjoy this.

Some nice twists in the story line, graphics are good, user-friendly.

1.0 out of 5 stars CSI: PowerMac Only, July 6, 2009

By 

Clarence "Morningbear" (Salem, OR, United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Mac) (CD-ROM)

Like Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb by Aspyr, CSI is also an older game intended for the Powermac platform. It gets stuck in play and has no pause or escape process, in fact, I had to power off the computer to shut it down. Having forensic military training and several years skip tracing experience I find the game plan relatively limited. I have questions that the game does not anticipate. Also, instructions on how to play or strategies are absent. Or maybe my iMac cannot access them.

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