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Since this game is quite shorter than other games of its genre, that made it easier for me to finish it without giving up on ever finding out what happens to the characters. Art of Murder: FBI Confidential looks intriguing, but fails to entertain as a modern, 3rd person point-and-click game.The main character's voice acting is horrible, trying to be funny in spots where it more inappropriate and annoying than laughable. That being said, the ending was unsatisfying.I highly recommend a 3rd person game like Still Life or Black Mirror instead of this game. As the player, I felt I knew more about crime scenes than her. She is a wimpy female character with poor detective skills. She repeats herself to often, makes incoherent sentences, and states that a bag of drugs is a "very useful thing" and a bronze statue head is "irreplaceable equipment." Um.okaaay.The plot, involving ritualistic murders and the ancient Incan civilization has been used so many times that I found the story quite boring and uninteresting.The only points I did like about the game were the nice graphics and sound. For something less macabre, try The Longest Journey or the Runaway games.
Overall, this game was pretty fun. One thing to keep in mind was that when saving/loading the game it was pretty slow, so just be patient. I also liked that you couldn't leave an area if you hadn't found all of the clues. It was a point and click game, which I like. The game had several different cool scenes to visit, so it had some variety. Good game overall.
This game was a lot of fun. The puzzles were logical and not to difficult. I hope they come up with a second one.
This makes deciding what you need to collect to solve a puzzle a "Duh". There is not much detail, the puzzles are pretty easy, and there is not much that can be looked at. OK, my first clue that this wasn't going to be a great game was that there is only one loading disk and the whole thing loaded in less than 2 minutes. The only things that can be examined are the objects that are to be used. Navigation is good, and I didn't run into any glitches, just not what I consider a good challenging complex game.
There are also chemical tests which involve nothing more than sticking a sample in a test tube and waiting for the answer to magically appear on-screen. Unfortunately, this task can only be performed by placing the items on a teeny-tiny hotspot which suddenly appears on your desk, and there is absolutely nothing to warn players that this is the case. Her other go-to phrase is "What would Nick [her partner] do." and since the game actually goes to elaborate lengths to keep you from meeting Nick, that's a super-annoying question. The one line where she shows real feeling, though, is when you try an incorrect combination, and then she sneers, "That was stupid." She says that a lot. You play as Nicole Bonnet, a rookie FBI agent who is assigned to a series of grisly homicides in New York City. To begin with, Nicole is a weakling who runs like an idiot and complains that a ream of paper is too heavy (um, don't FBI agents have to go through training). As far as the plot goes, it is pretty easy to pick out the murderer, and then it's just a matter of waiting for Nicole to catch up with you.
By far the biggest drawback to this game is Nicole herself. Frankly, I don't know what Nick would do unless it involves skipping work again, and that doesn't help me solve the puzzle. The actress doesn't sound like she even understands her lines half the time. It seems like the point-and-click adventure format would be perfect for this kind of investigation, but the game undercuts this at every turn.
"The Art of Murder: FBI Confidential" is a game with plenty of potential, but it never lives up to its promise. Even the dialogue has been simplified; there are no dialogue trees and no choices for what to say to the other characters. You can do better than this game, and you probably should. There are several reports, including blood tests and dental records, but the player is never allowed to actually look at them. One puzzle involves combining inventory items to fix a cell phone. This is a short game (it took me about 8-9 hours), but it felt much longer, mostly because every plot twist is telegraphed far in advance. Plus, her voice acting is awful.
There's also at least one puzzle where you can (and probably will) die, though fortunately the game autosaves before this puzzle. This is a detective game that eliminates all the actual detection.Puzzles range from easy to frustratingly illogical. It's very hard to enjoy a game when you dislike the main character, and boy, did I dislike her. All in all, this is an uninspired game with a bad actress and a paint-by-numbers plot.
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