Detective Investigations > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

5 / 5

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good cops

PostedNovember 5, 2021

lemarmot

fromsaanichton BC

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I'm in love with the cop on the opening screen

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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Give It A Try -- I Enjoyed the Game

PostedAugust 31, 2020

Sante001

fromDublin, OH

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Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Strategy, Time Management

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

The Good and The Not So Good About This Game. If you depend on voice over, you will be disappointed, you have to read the dialogue. This works for me because I watch a lot of international movies and you have to read the dialogue. If you depend on sound, you might pass on this game. The HO scenes are short and the visual are not that great, but the good news is that if you play in relaxed mood, ...Show more

The Good and The Not So Good About This Game. If you depend on voice over, you will be disappointed, you have to read the dialogue. This works for me because I watch a lot of international movies and you have to read the dialogue. If you depend on sound, you might pass on this game. The HO scenes are short and the visual are not that great, but the good news is that if you play in relaxed mood, you get 5 hints, expert, you get one. I enjoyed the story-line, Your are a detective and you work through cases to solve the crimes. Once you complete all the scenes for a case, you then have to select who to arrest. This requires you to remember some of the evidence. So, while not really challenge, it's different and I like different. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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I liked it!

PostedSeptember 4, 2020

TJC333

fromSacramento, CA

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Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Don't listen to the naysayers. Give it a try for yourself. Because of the negative reviews, I was curious and thought I would give the demo a try. I enjoyed the game. Am thinking of buying it. Yes, some of the words weren't translated well, but that was part of the charm and fun, honestly. Laughing at some of the dialogue. The hidden object and mini games were also enjoyable.

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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Pretty Good

PostedOctober 29, 2020

tranquilrachel

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Brain Teaser, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Marble Popper, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management, Word

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

Ok. Typos are my pet peeve. So, I admit that the only reason I'm leaving a review is because of the way some of the translations are. They are so bad lol. But you know what they are talking about.

If you can get past those, the game is actually pretty cool. A little easy, but a good distraction. Give it a try.

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2 / 5

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The translations are the best part of the game

PostedSeptember 7, 2020

tjjames9

fromDayton, Ohio, USA

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

I wasn't even going to try the demo when I read all of the awful reviews, but then I had to see for myself. First, the hidden object scenes and mini games require little to no effort to complete. They are the easiest I've ever played. The storyline is absurd at times, but the translations are worth hanging in there for. They are hilariously bad. I can't recommend anyone spend their money on this ...Show more

I wasn't even going to try the demo when I read all of the awful reviews, but then I had to see for myself. First, the hidden object scenes and mini games require little to no effort to complete. They are the easiest I've ever played. The storyline is absurd at times, but the translations are worth hanging in there for. They are hilariously bad. I can't recommend anyone spend their money on this one though. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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1 / 5

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AT BARE MINIMUM INVEST IN A TRANSLATOR SO THE PAGES & PAGES OF DIALOG MAKES SENSE!

PostedAugust 31, 2020

pennmom36

fromIt might just be my policeman intuition but I think there's a translation crime going on here!?

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

1 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

Detective Investigations is brought to us by the same developers who brought us a similar hidden object investigative series called Secret Investigations so obviously they didn't put a whole lot of thought into this game if they didn't bother to come up with a title that was noticeably different.

You start out with a tutorial that explains most of the features, how you must "investigate" each ...Show more

Detective Investigations is brought to us by the same developers who brought us a similar hidden object investigative series called Secret Investigations so obviously they didn't put a whole lot of thought into this game if they didn't bother to come up with a title that was noticeably different.

You start out with a tutorial that explains most of the features, how you must "investigate" each scene by finding listed objects as quickly as possible. It forces you to use a Hint so it can show you how to use the hint in case you don't know how to click a hint button? It tells you that the quicker you find objects the higher the index bar raises to earn more points to help you achieve percentages of stars until you earn all 5 stars which will allow you to solve the case (and move on to the next crime) You can scan over a listed item to see a picture of the item (which takes several seconds to completely materalize) and one item in every scene is an inventory item that goes into your inventory bar and must be used interactively in the scene such as a palette which is used on a blank canvas to paint a picture.

What the tutorial doesn't explain is that you can change the difficulty mode at the top of the screen between a Relaxed Mode which gives you 5 Hints per level, allows you to skip mini-games, and gives you double the rewards for completing the scene. Otherwise, you will be playing in an Expert Mode which only gives you one Hint per level (you can purchase 5 hints at a time for 20 Diamonds which are earned playing HO levels) the mini-games will cost diamonds to skip, and you receive normal rewards for completing the scenes.

You are tasked with finding the same objects in the same scenes over and over as you search for clues to various crimes. As you find evidence, you must endure "analyzing" the evidence which basically means you watch a fingerprint scanner or similar device for about 30 seconds before playing a cheesy mini-game of brushing dust off of a paper or putting torn scraps of paper together. This isn't the painful part, the painful part is reading pages and pages of dialog as the detective tells you all her thoughts and shares the evidence findings with you, her new partner...oh, but if you have a sense of humor, this IS the interesting part as well folks, here are a few examples of the developer's translation fails:

"I can see even without the forensic examination that the victim is wearing not his suit"

"As you see there's car dump and our car repair shop nearby"

"Everything was well. I think I can't help you"

"Maybe it's my intuition, maybe the policeman flair but I feel that Mr. Cave hides something.

"This motel wing is closed for a long time o and nobody lodges there."

"I'll tell you the truth, yes I let the woman on a large SUV to lodge in the closed wing for cash"

"But if you find somewhere its trace let me know so I'll compare the print with the tire"

I stopped reading the dialog at this point, though admittedly, I was cracking up that a woman was "on" the SUV which was "on" the dump and the maid was making cash on the side by renting out rooms in the closed portion of a motel and no one seemed to notice...were they told to sneak out before daybreak...did they park their cars on the dump? Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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1 / 5

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Bigfish games. Where are the good ones?

PostedAugust 31, 2020

joline4

fromMachias, Maine

Skill Level:Beginner

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Time Management

Current Favorite:

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Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

1 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

2 / 5

I have been a Bigfish fan for a lot of years now, but I am finding it harder and harder to find games that I enjoy. Is there new management involved? If there is, something needs to be done. I look every day to check out the new games and I am becoming more and more disappointed in the choices. I like games that are fun, intelligent and challenging. Lately, there has been less of this.

I don't recommend this game.

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Overall rating

1 / 5

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Not Sure Where to Begin...

PostedAugust 31, 2020

ponygirl

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management

Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

2 / 5

HO's are one of my favorite type of games, so I was ready to buy, but decided to try the demo first. WOW! The dialogue was so bad it was painful to read. Some of the dialogue didn't make sense, which detracted from the story line. Most of the objects were easy to find, but some were almost impossible to locate as they were a little out of focus.
Try it for yourself.

I don't recommend this game.

+69points

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Overall rating

1 / 5

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Can it get any worse? I suppose it's always possible

PostedAugust 31, 2020

Cyril48

fromNew Zealand

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Marble Popper, Puzzle, Time Management

Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

1 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

Well, where do I start?
The first thing we are told is the detective wants to get to know you better later so you are on a promise from the word go.

Then we get 2 scenes of being told where to go with no way of turning this off.
The dialogue is so bad that it is the most fun part of this game.
It is so easy and the way they put the clues together I am so glad that they are not local cops ...Show more

Well, where do I start?
The first thing we are told is the detective wants to get to know you better later so you are on a promise from the word go.

Then we get 2 scenes of being told where to go with no way of turning this off.
The dialogue is so bad that it is the most fun part of this game.
It is so easy and the way they put the clues together I am so glad that they are not local cops from where I live.

Settings are virtually non existence, graphics bad, you go over the same hidden object scene finding very few items then you have to remove every single item from a trash can one by one until you find the hotel key which of course is the last item.

The one thing That should have been in the trash can was this game.

I found it confusing that her daughter was kidnapped in the same SUV and as far as I am aware she never got her back ?
Unless that is revealed later in the game but I cannot endure any more of this.

As I say the best part is the laughs caused by the bad dialect. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

+60points

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Overall rating

1 / 5

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IS BIG FISH KIDDING ME?

PostedAugust 31, 2020

cjackiejohn

Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

1 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

Where do they get these games from?? WHAT HAPPENED TO BIG FISH??? IT IS GETTING MORE HORRIBLE EVERY DAY. WHERE ARE ALL THE CLASSIC GAMES THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT YEARS FOR TO COME BACK??? WHO TOOK OVER THIS SITE??? THIS GAME IS JUST AWFUL LIKE ALL THE GAMES EVERY DAY.

I don't recommend this game.

+88points

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