Women's Murder Club: Darker Shade Grey

by ValuSoft

Product Features

• 25 new and challenging puzzles that help solve the mystery
• Track your progress with an all new point system
• Eye-pleasing graphics and easy-to-follow on-screen instructions
• Satisfying murder mystery plot with plenty of twists and turns
• Play as three main characters who collectively help to solve the investigation

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001QTSGBY
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 8, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,653 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Put on your crime solving hat and prepare to uncover the secrets surrounding a mysterious murder at a prestigious Southern military academy in Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey for your PC. As the second installment in a series of games based on famed novelist James Patterson's mystery books, A Darker Shade of Grey lets you interrogate suspects and solve puzzles on your way to solving the mystery.

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Gather Clues on Your Way to Solving the Investigation
Gather clues and forensic evidence in the case of a young man who mysteriously fell to his death from a tall cliff -- was it murder? Find out with help of the three main characters -- Lindsay Boxer (detective), Claire Washburn (medical examiner), and Cindy Thomas (reporter). You'll uncover clues as you progress through the various stages of the game, and you'll need to piece them together with the help of your team in order to solve the mysterious death.

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Clever Design and Plenty of Puzzles
Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey consists of well-crafted graphics and easy-to-follow instructions that help guide you along the way to solving the case. Aside from the eye-pleasing graphics, you'll also enjoy the 25 challenging puzzles that need to be completed in order to solve the mystery, as well as the cool forensic testing you'll be conducting back at the lab as Claire Washburn the medical examiner.

There's also a point system to help track your progress during your investigation. Get points for solving puzzles and completing tasks and share them with friends for even more fun.

Fun and Satisfying Murder Mystery Plot
A Darker Shade of Grey alternates between puzzle solving games and hidden object levels, which may consist of searching an office for remnants of a shredded fax, for instance. The plot flows nicely and leads up to a satisfying ending that is sure to indulge any murder mystery enthusiast. The simple on-screen directions make it easy to get to your next clue or puzzle, and there are plenty of twists and turns along the way.

	System Requirements
OS	Windows XP or Vista
Processor	Pentium III, 1 GHz
Memory	128 MB RAM
DirectX Version	9
Hard Drive Space	150 MB

Product Description

Put on your crime solving hat and prepare to uncover the secrets surrounding a mysterious murder at a prestigious Southern military academy in Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey for your PC. As the second installment in a series of games based on famed novelist James Patterson's mystery books, A Darker Shade of Grey lets you interrogate suspects and solve puzzles on your way to solving the mystery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A quick (and easy) investigation, July 10, 2009

By 

Laika (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Women's Murder Club: Darker Shade Grey (CD-ROM)

"Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey" isn't particularly challenging, but it is fun while it lasts. You play as various detective-types (a policewoman, a reporter, etc.) investigating the death of a cadet at a military academy. I've never read any of Patterson's books, so I don't know how well the game captures his characters, but they all seem blandly pleasant. Gameplay consists of some hidden object searches mixed in with various puzzles. Unlike the previous game in this series, "Death in Scarlet," there are very few random objects to find here; the object searches are all along the lines of "find 10 pieces of a torn-up note," which you then piece together to find a clue. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the game is very short and I wouldn't have minded finding the occasional samurai sword or wine glass just to stretch things out a bit.

The other puzzles are varied and include organizing microfiche, running chemical tests, and sneaking around the cadet's dorm after dark. These puzzles are all pretty simple and very forgiving - I got caught by the security guard in the dorm, for example, and just got a "try again" pop-up before the game put me right back at the dorm entrance. Some of the puzzles are insultingly simple, like the chemical tests that require you to...count, but they're all pretty quick and generally fun. The plot is interesting (although it gets a bit silly at the end), and the clues come at a nice pace that really gives you a sense that you're investigating the mystery.

This game is definitely overpriced, considering that it took me less than three hours to complete the whole thing. Still, it's fun for a while, and it's a good entry-level adventure/hidden object game for casual gamers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not nearly as good as the first Death in Scarlet, January 8, 2010

By 

Deborah J. Brisbois "Deb" (Framingham, MA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Women's Murder Club: Darker Shade Grey (CD-ROM)

I played Death in Scarlet and found it fun and mildly challenging. So I was eager to try Darker Shade of Grey. This game, however, turned out to be quite the disappointment. Beyond the fairly interesting plot and good music, the puzzles were so simple I think a 5-year-old could finish them. There were no seek and finds in this one and they changed the forensics lab from a fun logic puzzle to just finding the right bottle from the moving bottles and counting the drops.

All the clues were either highlighted for you to find or it was a "find the 20 pieces of paper" type of puzzle.

VERY disappointed. I can't figure out if they decided the first game was too easy (hardly) so they made this game even easier. Again, a child could solve these puzzles as the computer pratically does it for you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give us more!!!, April 26, 2009

By 

Aunt Bea - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Women's Murder Club: Darker Shade Grey (CD-ROM)

This was a really GREAT game......more are needed!! The only thing missing was more sound (voices). They really would be a lot more enjoyable to hear the voices.