Unsolved Crimes

by Empire Interactive

Product Details

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• ASIN: B001DIC85I
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,507 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

In Unsolved Crimes you play the role of a young rookie detective in the Homicide division who with your partner must solve the mysterious kidnapping of aspiring model Betsy Blake. Set in a stylized 1970s New York it is up to you to disentangle the truth from lies, and try to find Betsy before its too late. The game fully utilizes the Nintendo DS's unique dual screen allowing players to immerse themselves in the environments of New York. They will be able to reach into this world, move around, find clues at crime scenes, solve puzzles and answer questions. The innovative use of the Nintendo DS stylus will also allow you to trace marks, routes and memos on suspicious items discovered at crime scenes, all allowing you to move closer to solving the kidnapping mystery.
In addition to the ongoing and developing kidnapping case, players also have to solve a series of eight independent cases. There are also five action games related to the kidnapping storyline to undertake.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good game if you like the genre, November 25, 2008

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JDMS (seattle) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Unsolved Crimes (Video Game)

In Unsolved Crimes you're a new detective, and you must go out and solve crimes. It's the standard point/click adventure type game, with a few side missions thrown in (a brief driving scene where you steer the car, and a shootout scene).

The standard case breaks down like this: Get the case, witness info, and a few items found at the crime scene. Investigate the crime scene and piece things together. Report to your captain. Give your gut feeling on who did it. Get updated testimony (you don't do the actual interrogations), and use that info to go investigate more. Report again. Investigate more, give a final report and solve the crime.

If you're a fan of games like Phoenix Wright, Trace Memory, and Hotel Dusk then you should check it out. If you find those games too slow, and too linear, then this won't do anything to change your mind on the genre.

It's fun, but relatively short.

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unsolved crimes, November 30, 2008

By 

Waneeta Jones "Class Jones" (Cambridge, Ma USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Unsolved Crimes (Video Game)

Unsolved CrimesIf you like mystery you would like this game, you will not want to put it down. I find that it helps to keep the brain working. ( I am a senior citizen ) There are 13 cases to solve + driving and shoot outs. There is a lot of going back and forth from crime scene to evidence files and profiles. I was told to go home a few times I was not detective material the game ends and you start whatever case you were working on over again. I would recommend this game, try it you will like it.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Fun, No Room for Playing Detective, September 16, 2009

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SK ""If you want a happy ending, that dep... (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Unsolved Crimes (Video Game)

I bought Unsolved Crimes based on the review that said it was similar to Hotel Dusk Room 215 and Trace Memory, both of which are very fun and interesting games. I also thought it would be similar to the Nancy Drew PC game series. Unsolved Crimes is NOT like these at all.

The primary complaint I have is that your "partner" leads you through everything, as if you are in a tutorial. You can't look around the crime scene on your own, or do any of your own investigating. She'll [...] in and make deductions for you, even if you hadn't gotten that far in the deductive thinking yet. Every two minutes she'll announce that you need to go report your findings to your chief; why? Can't we just finish investigating the crime scene first? Apparently not.

The crimes weren't that interesting, the graphics not that great, and the fact that you can't, you know, play detective on your own, is extremely frustrating. I brought this game back the next day.