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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.

forgettable game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A half-baked story that goes nowhere, interspersed with some mediocre puzzles that have nothing to do with solving the case. A lot of unanswered questions, inappropriate attempts at humor, some of the worst voice acting ever, and a frustrating control system completely negate any attempts at creating an original adventure here. I recommend you look elsewhere for a good adventure game. This one will be forgotten soon enough.

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.

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

Serious mystery game, not for everyone

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have to say this game isn't for everyone, and you can count me among the unimpressed. If you enjoy lighthearted adventures with sharp, excellently-written dialogue like The Longest Journey or Sam & Max, then Culpa Innata is pretty dull and lacking by comparison. The focus here is much more on the plot and mystery, with a healthy dose of Myst-style puzzles involving cracking locks and rearranging parts of mechanical devices. While there are many people who will find this game highly enjoyable, make sure you like this type of adventure game before you jump in and buy this one. Overall, an OK game, but nowhere near great.

Culpa Innata, yes there are some!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a traditional point and click adventure in the detective genre. Set in a future earth scenario, the main protagonist is a woman peace officer, Phoenix Wallis, who is trying to solve a murder mystery. You play in 3rd person with Phoenix as your avatar.

The game is installed entirely on hard disk, so no disk is required in the DVD drive after installation.

Low points
*Profane language, Mature rating. The bad language is unnecessary. The sexual
content, however, is within context.
*Main character has the responses of a 14 year old. This was a serious off-putter for
me. For instance, no professional security officer would ask for a warrant on the
grounds that they didn't like the suspect. This happened time after time within the
game, even when hard evidence was available.
*Technical problems have been reported, you are advised to download and install the
latest patch before playing.
*Technical requirements of game i.e. 512 Mb ram, 128 Mb graphics card DirectX 9c
compatible, 3.5 Gb hard disk space, 800MHz pentium III or Athlon XP1600, DVD
drive. That's a pretty high spec for a point and click title. I ran this game on an
Athlon 1.2 MHz machine. Apart from occasional pixillated graphics the game played
fine.
*Multiple endings mentioned on box boil down to succeed or fail to solve the case.
*There is a lot of conversation, which is broken up into smaller chunks by the game.
This didn't bother me, but I know some folks won't like this sort of aspect.
*Dynamic camera implementation simply means that in some scenes the camera
rotates continually round. Clever, but not very useful.
*Not all the threads within the game are fully wrapped up by the finish. This could
imply a sequel, but I suspect this aspect just got overlooked.

High points
*Facial animations are realistic and lifelike. If you read subtitles then this is not such a
great step forward.
*There are many locations (40) and a detailed environment
*There is a degree of non-linearity.
*Marks are awarded when the game is ended, thus conferring a degree of replay value.
*It's of 25+ hours duration which is reasonable value.
*Intuitive, mouse driven controls work well.
*Clothing of main character can be changed. No advantage in plot, but can be fun.
*Story keeps you involved.
*Graphics are good, but not outstanding.
*Sound imbalance between introduction sound and within game sound levels meant
sound had to be adjusted on entering and quitting the game. Otherwise sounds were
well done.
*Puzzles are a mix of inventory and manipulative. Mostly on the easy side and mostly
well clued.
*Pixel hunting has been kept to a minimum.
*Within game diary provides hints.
*Acting was reasonable.

The facial animation, for which this game acts as a showcase, is innovative. Clothing changing is also a novelty. Provided your machine meets the specs and the subject matter doesn't bother you, then this is a competent mystery worth playing. Online reviews seem to indicate this as an exceptionally ground-breaking title. I am not entirely convinced.

Adventure in a futuristic society

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The most astounding aspect of Culpa Innata is not at all apparent in the gameplay until you reach the ending credits; it was entirely created in Istanbul, Turkey! Rest assured, the English in this North American edition is authentic and well-voiced, but the fact is a revelation on the international reality of contemporary video game production. Good for all of them!

Culpa Innata, in a nutshell, is a futuristic female-dominated (read: non-violent) investigative adventure drawn from a 1,000 page book, "Schrödinger's Cat", by Turkish author Alev Alatli. The origin is relevant in that the game contains a few plot elements which are not explained nor followed through, such as mysterious public sign slogans and a seemingly parallel universe of "Renovators"; I assume these are meant to be expanded in sequels. Unfortunately, the book has not been translated into English, so there is no way for me to read ahead. Culpa Innata is set in the World Union of 2047, and Peace Officer Phoenix Wallis is assigned to investigate the murder of a Union citizen which occured in the Rogue State of Russia. The story centers on interviews with associates and friends of the victim.

Now that PC video games are migrating to DVD as default, there is plenty of room for fuller animation and visual effects. Culpa Innata breaks new ground with enhanced facial animation, although other body animations are often looped. Voice characterizations are convincing. The "sexual content" rating refers to words, not graphics, and it is not offensive. I give the game four stars instead of five only because the storyline has too many sequential interviews without more non-essential diversions.

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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