Analysis: Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily
Like many hidden object games, Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily opens with your character being involved in an accident. However, unlike the norm, she isn’t racing to rescue a friend or relative from some supernatural danger. Instead you play as a private investigator who simply wanted to take a vacation at a secluded hotel in the snowy mountains. Unfortunately her plans are not only disrupted by the car crash, but also the frozen body of a police officer she finds at the gates to her hotel. The paper lily she finds on his body appears to be the calling card of a killer and with a blizzard preventing any help from the outside world it is up to you to apprehend the murderer.
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The scenes are detailed and the wintery setting looks rather nice, but none of the locations really stand out as anything remarkable. This is to be expected due to the more realistic setting of the game, but we would have liked to see a couple of more unique scenes. In total there are about 30 hand painted scenes, which once again feels a little on the low side compared to other hidden object games with almost double that amount of scenes. Some animated effects, such as falling snow help to breathe a little life into the scenes, but all the people you encounter look very stiff as it is typically only their facial expressions that change. The audio is also a bit of a mixed bag with some of the voice acting good while at other times the lines are delivered with very little feeling. While the sound effects are generally decent we have a hard time remembering any of the background …show more content…
The story is relatively straightforward and you are never in any doubt about what you should do next. The game also doesn’t feature any type of backtracking, which is nice, but means that it can be completed very quickly. Further putting a damper on the longevity of the game is the fact that there is no “bonus” adventure to complete, which is a feature that we’ve almost come to expect from all titles published by Artifex Mundi. The only replay value comes from finding all the hidden origami and snowflake symbols scattered throughout the game, but even these aren’t that hard to
With the myriad of supernatural themed hidden object games on the market …show more content…
The scenes are detailed and the wintery setting looks rather nice, but none of the locations really stand out as anything remarkable. This is to be expected due to the more realistic setting of the game, but we would have liked to see a couple of more unique scenes. In total there are about 30 hand painted scenes, which once again feels a little on the low side compared to other hidden object games with almost double that amount of scenes. Some animated effects, such as falling snow help to breathe a little life into the scenes, but all the people you encounter look very stiff as it is typically only their facial expressions that change. The audio is also a bit of a mixed bag with some of the voice acting good while at other times the lines are delivered with very little feeling. While the sound effects are generally decent we have a hard time remembering any of the background …show more content…
The story is relatively straightforward and you are never in any doubt about what you should do next. The game also doesn’t feature any type of backtracking, which is nice, but means that it can be completed very quickly. Further putting a damper on the longevity of the game is the fact that there is no “bonus” adventure to complete, which is a feature that we’ve almost come to expect from all titles published by Artifex Mundi. The only replay value comes from finding all the hidden origami and snowflake symbols scattered throughout the game, but even these aren’t that hard to