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Good grief!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: October 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

What a terrific disappointment this game was. I mean, I wasn't expecting a whole heck of a lot, but it didn't even come up to *that* level. "Cheapjack rip-off attempt to cash in on CSI's fame" doesn't begin to cover it, but it's a start.

If you like the show, watch it; then go play the two CSI games. I guarantee you a better time.

Cold. Case Closed.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: September 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Rubbish. Honestly is.

My wife completed the whole game in just over hour and half. And she's not a professional in the area of game play or work life.

It's all a matter of clicking on a few buttons. Then click on the "Arrest Buttton". Case closed with life imprisonment.

There are no puzzle solving elements. No brain work. Nothing but boredom.

The programmers should be imprisoned for their efforts.

Case closed.

For the very young or beginner gamer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game will get trashed in reviews by people used to adventure games like SYBERIA and the like.
COLD CASE FILES is probably best suited as an introduction to adventure games for the very beginner or relatively young.
COLD CASE FILES-THE GAME is VERY, VERY LINEAR and VERY VERY short.
You can easily solve all 6 games (plus the free bonus game) in under 90 minutes with full success.
None of the games are very hard.

COLD CASE FILES: The Game would give a total beginner a "taste" of what adventure gaming is like without overwhelming them.... on the otherhand, the experienced gamer will find it very dissapointing.

I would also recommend Dracula Resurrection and Dracula Sanctuary as adventure games for the first-timer (who is a bit more serious about getting into adventure games) as these are both excellent.
In fact, I liked the Dracula series better than the critically acclaimed Syberia I&II..... probably because of the darker atmosphere and themes, though they were a bit easier.

So where's the "fun"?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

What kind of a cheap @$$ game is this?! It's not even a game, hardly! It's like a crappy TV show where you pick how slow it goes. There's no challenge at all. And there are so few leads and options in each case that it's impossible to NOT win each case. And it all amounts to a grand total of maybe 3 hours of gameplay, if you could even call it that in this case.

I can't imagine why this game is even on the market. The only thing it's good for, perhaps, is a nice hearty laugh... because it's so bad. It's a total rip-off. I could create a better game, and I don't know anything about creating stuff like that. Get the CSI games instead. Those are awesome. The Law and Order games are great too. Just do not get this game.
I'd give it zero stars if I could.

Save your money for a new CSI game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is absolutely awful. I don't even know where to start. The graphics are completely uninspired and all the characters look alike. The only way you can tell the men and women characters apart besides hair length is from the voice talent. Both men and women have wide shoulders and hulking frames--it's quite off-putting to see that so little effort was put into character design. Second order of business--what's up with all the script typos? Activision should be absolutely mortified over the unprofessional amount of typos in this game. The game programmers/writers must have dropped out of school in the fourth grade for the script to be as bad as it is. There's no other excuse. In each case that you have to solve, you'll be able to spot at least 30 typos during the questioning of suspects or while reading item descriptions, evidence, etc. Actually, I found that playing 'find the typo' was way more fun than playing the actual game itself. As to the cases--they were pitifully easy. It took me approximately 45 minutes to solve every case. Then I downloaded the "bonus case" from the A&E website and it took me longer to download the file than it did to solve the case. All in all I would have to give this game a HUGE thumbs down and would recommend that no one ever buy a game made by any team at Activision if this is what their standards are. I too can only wish that I had read the reviews before I bought the game.

Horrible Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game thinking it would be along the lines of the CSI or Law and Order series. What a mistake. There is no guesswork or thinking involved in this game. All you do is click on something at the appropriate time (the game basically tells you what you can and can't do) and once you've clicked everything you make an arrest. Horrible game. Waste of the whole hour it took me to finish it.

Complete waste of money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because the back stated that there were 35 different possible outcomes to the 6 cases. I thought "well, the cases must be pretty in-depth to allow for that!" WRONG! The entire game too me all of 2 hours to complete, and that was including a dinner break. At the end, you are told to go to the A&E Cold Case Files web site to download a special bonus case. Good luck finding that, I certainly never did.

There is no support for this game anywhere. It's like Activision completely forgot they even made it. I was so excited to get this and get home to play it, and ended up being incredibly heartbroken. The other reviewers are correct in that there is no thinking required, just click on the right thing at the right time. Avoid, you're better off with just about anything else.

Cold Case Files

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Very unhappy about this game. It was very easy not worth the money.

Waste of Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The way the box reads you think that you are actually going to have to think your way through the game. Unfortunately, I finished all of the cases and the "bonus" case in about 2 hours last night. Bought the game, installed it, started playing and waa immediately let down by the simplicity. I expected a bit better than what I got. This game was simple enough that a 10 year old could get through it in a couple of hours. Major disappointment for $20.

Good TV show. Stupid, stupid game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Don't waste your time with this one. I thought with the Cold Case Files TV show as inspiration, this could be interesting and fun. Wrong! The whole game takes less than 2 hours and every step forward in the plot is obvious. Even when this game goes on sale for 9.99 (which should be very soon with this stinker), I wouldn't recommend it any price.

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