Apple Games has posted a new feature examining CSI: NY, the latest game based on the popular CSI franchise. Published by Ubisoft the game allows players to enter the world of CSI: NY, experience original cases written by CSI writers, and solve mysteries alongside favorite characters from the hit TV crime show. Apple's article includes an overview of the game's features and list of tips and tricks for success.
JIG:
"Where CSI: NY really shines, however, is the cases themselves, which are frequently outrageous in the fine tradition of prime-time television. The writing is always at the very least proficient, and the snappy dialogue comes across as naturally as the medical jargon does. While some of the cases are stranger than others, and none of the mysteries are ever very challenging, each has a varied and well-defined cast of characters unique to it that helps carry you along even in the more cut-and-dry scenarios."
If you've ever watched an episode of the popular television drama CSI: NY and found yourself yelling an obvious clue at the screen, now you can put your mouse where your mouth is with CSI: NY - The Game.
This downloadable adventure (also available on disc from Ubisoft, with an extra fifth case to solve) is filled with "hidden object" searches, mini-games and interrogation sequences, as you work with familiar characters from the show in order to solve four separate crimes. They're not difficult, nor are they long, but might be worth the $20 for serious CSI fans.
Jason Hill writes: "IT IS difficult making games accessible for the kind of wide audience that the long-running television series CSI enjoys, but treating players like they are idiots is certainly not the answer. Analysing evidence and solving intriguing crimes is supposed to be challenging, yet CSI: NY offers almost nothing to test your noggin.
Budding detectives are presented with four original and interesting cases penned by the TV show's writers, with a fifth bonus case promised soon via download."
