Customer Reviews

Women's Murder Club - Death in Scarlet

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is a very short pc game. I'm used to doing the Nancy Drew games and those can take a very long time. This was done in about 3 hours or so. It's very easy and no cheats are needed. Much, much easier than the Nancy Drew type games and not alot of depth. It was fine for a rainy day. The background music is nice and overall the graphics were pretty good. I wish it was longer and had different puzzles. I would say this is a decent game for 13-years old and up. Try to get it on sale because I think it was way too expensive for such a short game. I wouldn't pay this price again if another game out for this series unless they made it much longer.

There is a major problem with this software for MAC users. The game loads okay, you begin the FIRST investigation but in that investigation, the program "freezes". You are supposed to find hidden objects and collect them. When I found an earring by the crab in the sand, the earring disappears from the game and you cannot go any further. I have searched the web and there are several MAC user complaints that have the exact problem. I haven't found any patches nor anyone who has said their problem was solved. Don't buy if you own MAC. You will have about 5 minutes of fun and then too much frustration.

Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet is better in some ways than the "A Darker Shade of Grey", but still great fun to play.

I don't know exactly who's brain these puzzles are supposed to "bend" because the majority were simple puzzles- i.e. literal puzzles with ten pieces and obvious connections. Not extremely entertaining or challenging. And every new scene requires you to point and click to find minuscule, pointless objects that have no use within the game. The storyline is a bit interesting, though the ending was pretty unsatisfactory.
If you really want hours of brain-benders and mysteries, buy a Nancy Drew game for way cheaper.
Still, it did pass the time . . . so two stars for giving me something to do while avoiding term papers.

I am a huge fan of Nancy Drew computer games. This game is an adult version of I Spy. There really isn't much to it. In between scenes, you read what looks like a comic book that advances the story line. I expected more out of a game that should have been designed for teenagers and adults. I paid $30 at Wal-mart and beat it in about 3 hours.

Overall, I enjoyed the game and would look into future similar products or other women's murder club games. Very refreshing as I usually play RPG like old school Might and Magic or simulation games.

Recommend game especially if you want to find an easy game to pass time with, i.e like those late nights when you just want to be alone and you don't want to sleep and you don't want to do anything else.

Pro
1. investigating a case is fun.
2. fun mini puzzles. there are 3 kinds of puzzles. (Finding objects, arranging objects and special puzzles - special puzzles are the most intriguing)
3. EASY game play, easy to understand and directions easy to follow.
4.. VERY easy puzzles.
5. FIVE hints for each level that make the easy puzzles even more easy to solve. So easy that middle school kids will not have problems to complete the game (but since the storyline is based on murder and hints on illegal sexual relations, not recommended for middle school kids).
6. Get to play as different characters.
7. Game is very highly re-playable. The human mind can only remember so much, so you can always replay the game and try to find the same objects again. Also, you can choose to automatically SOLVE a puzzle or SKIP w/o reading the storyline, so you can just go ahead and play mini puzzles.

Con
Repetitive - there are three kinds of puzzles (also see Pro).
1. Puzzle Type 1: Finding objects - do it about 45 maps (15+ objects per map, ~5 maps per level, ~9 levels). After the first level or the first 5 maps, I got tired of it. It's a big part of the game. But if you like that kind of thing, it will be fun.
2. Puzzle Type 2: Arranging objects, ex. chemicals; record chemical findings. It was fun the first time, but imagine doing it again for ~7 more times, not so fun.
3. You can only have one save slot, can't can back and redo something.
I want to go back and reread the comics/storyline on each level, but can't do that.
4. VERY short. I finished it in about three hours and feel that I haven't gotten my money's worth.
5. No challenge (the con side of easy games).
6. At the end of the game, when I found the killer, I felt that there should have been more aftermath investigations, but the game just let it hang. Disappointing.

P.S. Not 3-D graphics.

My daughter and I had a great time playing the game. We were able to stop the game and come back and continue at the point where we stopped. Both of us enjoyed it.

Despite being a pretty short game that can be completed in about 3 hours, I had fun playing this game. The graphics are nicely done, the storyline was good, and the puzzles (while relatively simple) were satisfying. Puzzles include finding hidden objects, arranging bottles using logic clues, arranging boxes by two categories, piecing together torn images, mazes, and rebuilding objects to make them work.

I love the Hidden Object games and this one added CSI to it, two of my favorite things! This game is really more for the teen or adult, but if you like the Hidden Object games, you will love this one!

got this for my daughter and grandson and my daughter finished all levels in 1 1/2 days.
great detective game, keeps you wanting more. from lorraine