Women's Murder Club Games of Passion

by THQ

• Become a Part of the Women’s Murder Club – Become Lindsay, Cindy or Claire utilizing each of their respective skills throughout the gripping mystery
• Immersive Gameplay – Just like the wildly popular novel series, engross yourself in short bursts of immersive story driven action, utilizing new locations and investigative skills
• Hidden Objects Everywhere – Solving this mystery can only be done by carefully examining each location and finding the hidden objects
• Interrogate Witnesses and Suspects – Uncover their secrets and find the killer. Get to the bottom of the story. Determine what your strategy is in order to obtain a confession
• Nail-Biting Mini-Games – Analyze evidence, interrogate suspects and use deductive reasoning skills to put the facts together and reveal the identity of the killer

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002BUOZOE
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 22, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,341 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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1A string of murders, seemingly unrelated, unfold before Lindsay and the gang. Beautiful women go missing and turn up dead around every corner leading to an exciting climax involving the least likely of suspects.Play as Lindsay, Claire and Cindy in this thrilling adventure to solve the mystery and catch the killers.

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Key Game Features: Become a Part of the Women’s Murder Club – Become Lindsay, Cindy or Claire utilizing each of their respective skills throughout the gripping mystery Immersive Gameplay – Just like the wildly popular novel series, engross yourself in short bursts of immersive story driven action, utilizing new locations and investigative skills Hidden Objects Everywhere – Solving this mystery can only be done by carefully examining each location and finding the hidden objects Interrogate Witnesses and Suspects – Uncover their secrets and find the killer. Get to the bottom of the story. Determine what your strategy is in order to obtain a confession Nail-Biting Mini-Games – Analyze evidence, interrogate suspects and use deductive reasoning skills to put the facts together and reveal the identity of the killer DSI Feature – Create your own WMC mystery utilizing the DSI camera feature. Determine suspects, evidence and ultimately solve this new case on your own

Product Description

Great Characters + Compelling Storytelling = An Amazing Videogame!! Become a Part of the Women's Murder Club - Become Lindsay, Cindy or Claire utilizing each of their respective skills throughout the gripping mystery. Immersive Gameplay - Just like the wildly popular novel series, engross yourself in short bursts of immersive story driven action, utilizing new locations and investigative skills

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars The Shortest DS Game I've Ever Played October 5, 2009

By Classic Game Girl & Bibliophile

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Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

I enjoyed parts of Women's Murder Club, and I can see how fans of the books/TV series might really love it while it lasts. Mostly a seek-and-find with a few puzzles and some Q/A gameplay (testing your memory of the case and logical skills) thrown in the mix, the game had a lot of potential. I liked some of the more original seek-and-find prompts like "find all of the objects that could be used to strangle the victim." But the game often doles out one seek and find objective at a time, and sometimes you can find this one item immediately (in just one or two seconds), so the pacing of the gameplay is clunky and disjointed. Even when you're given a short list of items to find, you can often find all of the objects in a minute or less. In all of the game modes, no matter what you do, there's absolutely no penalty for doing anything wrong. So if you ever do forget something about the case or can't figure out what the game is asking for, you can just keep clicking (guessing) until you get it right. In my book, that's a bad thing, not a good thing. Throughout the game, you spend most of your time clicking through dialogue with no actual real interaction or gameplay, which gets tedious.

There is some bonus content, though you do not have to beat the game to unlock it. It's all available from the beginning. First, there's mahjong. It's just your standard solitaire style mahjong. If you don't already have another version, it's okay, but it's not in the same league as Mahjong Quest/Quest Trio. Second, if you have a DSi, there are these sort of mad libs-style cases that you can do. You are prompted to take photos of different things/people, and then it works those photos into a little story. The stories are quite silly, but I guess some people might enjoy this. It might be fun if you're stuck somewhere with a group of friends.

Overall, I found WMC way too easy with lots of mildly interesting (and sometimes silly) dialogue to click through but not enough actual gameplay, and it took me only 2 hours and 10 minutes to beat the game. If I'd paid $5-$8 for this one through DSiWare, I'd be okay with that. For a $30 retail game, it's a total ripoff.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars No Passion in this Murder Club October 4, 2009

By S. Chin

Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

The game was too simplistic and not challenging for the money. It took only 4 hours which was very disappointing. The story line wasn't interesting particularly the hidden object games which were very simplistic. There were only 6 items to find at a time. The characters were not interesting or compelling particularly their dialogue. It is not at the level of Broken Sword, or the Ace Attorney series.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars No mystery here...save your money! September 29, 2009

By Janet L. Martin

Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

I really was expecting a challenging game but am very disappointed. As you proceed through the different crime scenes you are asked to remove a list of items (clutter) by tapping them with your stylus. They should say, pound your stylus on the item because that is what you have to do to have the game recognize that you have found the item. It is very unresponsive, so it is very frustrating.

Additionally, the storyline is mediocre at best. The game saves when it wants to, not when you are ready to stop. It does save quite frequently, but when to save should be the player's choice.

The graphics are okay, but everything else isn't. I am returning this game for a refund.