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Detective style game gift ideas?

DelzhandDelzhand Registered User, Transition Team regular
edited December 2008 in Games and Technology
I'm trying to buy a gift for my wife who really likes forensics, but as a form of entertainment, not in any career or academic way. I know there are quite a few CSI type games out there, but I haven't played them, and most of the reviews I read are "if they like CSI they'll like this" which is less helpful than reviewers think. There's a few I've come across, but I was wondering if anyone has played any that they thought were good.

We've got a DS, a PS2, a Wii, and an Xbox 360. I found Unsolved Crimes online, but has anyone here actually played it?

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  • Octopus MelodyOctopus Melody Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I really enjoyed Hotel Dusk for the DS, which is a detective style game. The Phoenix Wright games for the DS, while not exactly detectives, are similar enough to check out.

    I'm not familiar with any more serious, forensics-focused games, though.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The correct answer is Phoenix Wright.

    EDIT: Hotel Dusk isn't bad either. It has a more serious tone which maybe she would like more.

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  • JRoseyJRosey Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Condemed 2 has awesome forensic stuff in it that actually made me think. But your wife will have to have a stomach made of steel to withstand the nightmares in that game.

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    edited December 2008
    Stay away from Touch Detective.

    It's pretty mediocre.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    JRosey wrote: »
    Condemed 2 has awesome forensic stuff in it that actually made me think. But your wife will have to have a stomach made of steel to withstand the nightmares in that game.

    What in the holy hell would make you think this is a good suggestion? Condemned 2 is a Beating Hobos game with a dash of forensics on top.

    OP - Don't bother with any of the official CSI games. They all alternated between Suck and Blow, and the first "case" in one suffered a gamebreaker bug making it Unwinnable; which to my Googling has yet to be patched.

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