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CSI: Hard Evidence | 
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| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 2567
Format: Cd
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 52346
Model: 52346
UPC: 008888523468
EAN: 0008888523468
ASIN: B000Q4UJ8S
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Break down the evidence and bring suspects to justice in five all-new, bizarre crimes. Unravel longer cases, search bigger crime scenes and uncover hidden evidence in unique locations like never before. | | • | Master new forensic tools and find more evidence than ever. Use the new garage lab to examine large pieces of evidence like cars and trucks. Recreate gunfights with ballistic lasers, uncover shocking secrets with video analysis, and much more. | | • | Experience your very own CSI episodes as you piece together clues with the real CSI actors. Take part in dramatic interrogations, create grisly crime reenactments and explore atmospheric crime scenes inspired by the show. | | • | ESRB Rated RP for Rating Pending |
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Product Description
In CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence, players will join Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the Las Vegas cast to help solve crimes using realistic techniques and lab equipment. The game features forensic reconstructions and atmospheric crime scenes taken directly from the television show, including an all-new garage lab for analyzing large pieces of evidence, improved evidence gathering, lab mini-games and more. There are more areas to explore and increased interaction with the CSI team, resulting in longer play and the most true-to-show CSI experience to date!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
If you're a CSI lover, this is for you September 7, 2008
I'm addicted to CSI so I loved this game. Brass sort of gets on your nerves (funky voice) but the rest of the cast is true to their TV persona. It's not as easy as it seems it would be to solve the crimes and it is not a fast-paced action game. More of a "Who Done It" Clue via vid!
 I really like this game, but... September 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
OK.
I bought this game for two reasons: 1, easy achievement points. 2: I love case-type games like this, with forensics and the like.
And don't get me wrong...I like the game, but there are significant issues with it, which I'll get to in a moment.
First, this game's #1 issue: the TV show theme song is nowhere to be found. This is a glaring problem. It seems like a small thing, but it really does immerse you to have that "Who Are You" song playing.
Now, to the game. This is essentially a point-and-click game, ala Myst. You go to different areas such as the crime scene and other adjunct areas and collect evidence, or observe notable things. As you collect the evidence, you can go to the crime lab and examine what you've found. The goal of course is to find out who did it, and make a strong case against them (hence the subname, which I'll also get to later). You also will observe items that are not directly tied to the crime, but stand out; so imagine yourself there and you see a painting that stands out so much you just have to look at it. That kind of thing. It doesn't add much to the experience, except to note that you're thorough and leave no stone unturned.
With the evidence, you can perform a variety of tasks. First is to identify true evidence. Once you've identified something as evidence, depending on your option setting, the icon will turn green indicating you can take action. There your toolbox will open and, again, depending on your option, a tool will be displayed. Using the right tool for the evidence is the only way to collect it properly. There's no penalty for using the wrong tool. Once you've got the evidence, you go to the crime lab and, depending on what it is, examine it using one of four machines or the assembly/disassembly table. All of these actions are tracked on your PDA, and you can access at any time. You may in fact need to go to the PDA and eyeball the evidence to see if there are traces of something on the evidence that you have to collect first.
You can also go to places such as the morgue, to get the time/cause of death and any other important snippets such as finger prints, and the garage, where vehicles can be scoured for additional evidence.
In theory it sounds like a great whodunit type game...but the issues (as I mentioned before) are great in number.
- You have to get a warrant for everything. This isn't realistic. Cops don't need a warrant just to question you. You're not under arrest; they're just asking questions. You DO need a warrant to search a vehicle or a residence; but not just ask people questions at the station.
- Speaking of search warrants, a search warrant covers every part of the residence unless otherwise stated. For some reason, the LV Crime guys don't think it a good idea to get an all-inclusive warrant; you'll find yourself frequently searching a house under a warrant and then try to search a table, or a pool house, or some other attached place and get told you don't have "permission". Err, that's what the warrant is for.
- Speaking of arrest warrants, it doesn't make sense that, if I check a place out under a search warrant that I can't make an immediate arrest based on some evidence I found. IN almost every case you will find clearly incriminating evidence to a person standing right there, yet you cannot arrest them without going back to the squad and doing a whole bunch of work, then going to the boss' office to ask for a warrant.
- Speaking of the boss' office, it's funny you have a PDA that doubles as a phone (since the boss can call you about stuff as do other officers) yet you can't just make a call to the boss while you're out in the field and ask for a warrant, or an APB. You're forced to go back to the squad, up to his office, then ask the question, then go to interrogation. It should be as simple as a phone call.
- You get points for your thoroughness, attention to detail, evidence collecting, and bug collecting (for Grissom). Some cases are just incomplete, where you will have missed one piece of evidence or one "thorough" area...it's just not there. You'll have scoured every single area and gotten green checkmarks on everything, yet still miss that one, and can't help but think that it's just not there.
- Some evidence in some cases is way too blatantly difficult. In case three, there is a small straw you need to find; well, it's in a pitch black area where you find a power outlet (tied to the crime), and you wouldn't see it. You have to literally scrape the entire area and wait for the icon to turn green. Of course, if you turned that feature off, you might get stuck at that one spot, unable to proceed.
- I alluded to this before. The game is called "Hard Evidence" yet the cases reveal anything but. Every case is based on a strong, yet circumstantial, bevy of evidence. Take case four for example: You discover which hand the killer used to commit the crime, so you need to find out which of the two remaining people uses that hand primarily. You find evidence of a lefty, so the CSI guys leap to the conclusion that it must be one person...when it still could have been either one of the two (they're related, live across the street from each other, go over each other's house all the time, etc). There's never any HARD PROOF that the "killer" is truly the one that committed the crime; in fact, in that case, there's more probability it was the other person...to say any more would spoil it, but trust me on that. It's like they bully a person into admitting guilt instead of proving their guilt beyond any reasonable doubt. A moderate-to-good defense attorney could hang a jury with ease on every single one of these cases.
- Plot holes in cases. I know they did this on purpose but it's annoying. You'll get characters who have done something that appears central to the case: drove away in a rage, left blood drops on a path, touched a door to the crime scene, yet when it's said and done they had nothing to do with any of it. You'll have characters who, based on what you see, should automatically be at the forefront of suspicion: A bloody fingerprint matched to one of the suspects right at the scene of the crime, yet that person had nothing to do with the crime? Incidents that are never truly investigated: a piece of something which was not found at the scene ends up in another suspect's vacuum cleaner, which was locked in the back of their van, which was proven to have sped away from the crime scene the night of the murder, yet that person had nothing to do with the crime? A suspect alters a piece of evidence which led to the murder of four victims, there's evidence they did this, yet had nothing to do with the crime? A screwdriver found in the pool house of the property where the murder took place, but no prints, presumably used to remove a drain cover where evidence was hidden, but no way to associate the two, so it's presumed not applicable (this is probably one of the missing evidence pieces the game claimed)? Come on.
So, in short, I do recommend this game if you like forensics type games kind of like Phoenix Wright and the like, or point-and-click exploration...but just note what I put above as they truly are issues that you will encounter, guaranteed. It may not bother you as much as it does me, but if you're analytical, they will, and more.
 love it! August 24, 2008
am i big fan of the csi series so i have to have this game! it shows you where to go the items you get to analyze and all ''that jazz'' the only thing is you only get to play/solve 5 cases and thats it, there's no easy/medium/hard leves is just one level for 5 cases you do get to play partners with the cast of the csi, and interact with some of the same ''suspects'' from the game again in others cases as you move, is great to play at least while it last!, i do recomend it
Again... fun, but short. July 18, 2008
I really enjoyed the game, but as mentioned in other reviews it is pretty short. There are 5 cases to solve, which aren't super difficult but just take time (IE: you have to go to this location for this clue before you go to the next place for the next step, etc). If you really want to play this game and have a rainy weekend (or day, for some people!) just rent it. I did enjoy the game and would recommend the game to others. If you are like my friend and all about your Gamerscore on XBox Live, it is an easy way to get more points! I think it was 200G per case solved, so an easy 1,000G. Don't quote me on that, though, because I don't completely understand how that works!
An old school concept with a twist May 11, 2008
I rented this game,because I've always loved old school detective games on the PC and Consoles and this being based on CSI didn't hurt either.When I started playing I noticed they took inspiration form Detective games from the past.You have a cursor to either point out evidence and move.It breaks down like this-Crime scene,collect evidence,analyze evidence and interview suspects.No grabbing a gattling gun and killing hordes of alien invaders by the hundres.Basic,barebones interactivity as far as the envirements.Except for collecting evidence that is.The backgrounds are very nicely rendered.They do however repeat in further cases giving a cheap half hearted aproach.You absolutely have to be thorough when you search for it.And you have to remember what evidence you need to process and talk to your suspects after uncovering a piece of the case.
You get to work with all the main character from the show.They do full voiceovers,though I suspect (no pun intended) that not everyone did as great of voiceover than Grissom.Cathrine for exsample talks like she's susdaded.The rest besides Grissom do an average job.But the game is really enertaining.They have cutscenes from the show and they're pretty neat.The down side to the game,however is the length.The game only has five cases (though for Achievement Junkies they'll get a cool 1000 Achievements for all of them).I think only two more would have been enough to give the game some density.I suspect they either ran out of money for more voiceovers or they simply ran out of characters that were interesting enough to use in the cases.
In the end if you love the show or just want to play a rare yet fun detective game then this is for you.If you are a hardcore high thrills gamer i would look elsewhere.This takes patience,logistical concentration and reading the evidence to with a fine tooth comb to add to the case.This game really makes you think differently about video games and the way they're made.So,by all means grab it,play it and have alot of fun.
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