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An engrossing mystery

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's the year 2047, and you play as security officer Phoenix Wallis, who is assigned to investigate the murder of Vassily Bogdanov, a World Union citizen killed during a visit to his homeland of Russia. Most of the gameplay involves interviewing Bogadanv's friends and associates for clues to the victim's character and activities. As other reviewers have noted, there is a LOT of talking in this game, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. At times it feels more like an interactive movie than a game, but to be fair, it is a good movie. Most of the voice work is pretty good, too - some of the accents are a bit off, but there are only a couple of actors who are so bad that they brought me out of the game.

Puzzles are pretty much split into investigative puzzles, for which you'll use Phoenix's PC, and more traditional adventure game fare. Most of the puzzles are easy-to-medium, although there are a few that can really hang you up. There's one puzzle that pretty much requires you to have seen the movie "WarGames" - I suppose you could eventually figure it out without the movie reference, but it would probably seem like a bizarre solution.

I should point out that the game really earns its "Mature" rating. Casual sex is normal in the World Union, and while you won't see (or really, hear) anything graphic, there is an awful lot of sex talk. There's also a bit of profanity, although it's nothing compared to some games on the market. There isn't much violence, but you do eventually see a flashback to Bogdanov's murder, and there's also a dream sequence which contains some nightmarish scenes of dead bodies.

My biggest complaint with Culpa Innata is that there are so many plot threads and hinted-at conspiracies that never actually go anywhere. The murder itself is wrapped up pretty well, but there's an optional side-story in the tunnels that has no payoff. There are also a lot of hints about the dark underbelly of the World Union, but Phoenix never had as much interest in those topics as I did. Plus, and this is a pet peeve, it's kind of irritating that she tells everyone how top-secret her investigation is, and then proceeds to blab to just about anyone who will listen. Have some discretion, Phoenix!

Bottom line: this is a really fun game, although it might not be for everyone. Yes, it is very talky, and you won't find closure for every storyline. Hopefully there will be a sequel, because this is an incredibly rich world that could use more exploration.

Wide open spaces

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game was interesting enough for me to play all the way through, but it ended up that I was investing all of my time in a to-be-continued. Soooooooooooo many loose ends, and big ones too. It really ruined it for me.

Don't Waste Your Money!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: January 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was a complete waste! It must have been developed overseas as the english subtitles were lacking in translation on occasion. The puzzles were not much of a challenge and the storyline was boring. At the end of the game, the final cut scene locked up the computer and required a reboot. At that point, the game would not even reload/start so I had to reinstall. Yes, I'm using a top of the line computer with Vista Ultimate so I'm sure it was a programming problem. What a piece of garbage.

An Almost Great Game!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is one of those "could of been great games". The gameplay suffers from unimportant facts being spewed out much too often. And as usual the storyline ending goes nowhere. SAVE your money and don't buy this game!!!!! Frequent program crashes even with most up to date patch and drivers!! Use your Stimulus Check for gasoline instead!!

games like this will kill the genre for good

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

buggy, impossible pathfinding and the occasional asinine puzzle will make sure to ruin your experience like culpa innata writers did to me. Too bad because there was a n overall intriguing story behind this clunker of an adventure game. The misses are just unforgivable. Avoid

Good Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, easy to navigate and the puzzles are not too hard (compared to ANY of the Myst Games)...

If you like the traditional point and click type role play games, good story line, then this is a great game for you...

HOWEVER...

If bad voice acting irritates you, then this game will irritate you beyond belief...

HORRIBLE!!!

BUT, overall it is a great game and you should play it...

Abrupt ending but still great fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, I was a little disappointed in the way this one ended but that's only because I wanted it to go on forever. One of my favorite adventure games in recent memory.

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