Product Description

In CSI: Crime Scene Investigation you become a CSI agent working alongside Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the CSI Las Vegas team. As a member of the team you question witnesses, examine crime scenes, and analyse evidence using the latest forensic equipment. All eight cast members provided their voices and likenesses for the game--their in-game counterparts look and sound just like the characters in the show. Digital artists used pictures of CSI sets to perfectly recreate the labs and offices of the show. The script was written by Max Allan Collins, author of three CSI novels and the bestselling book Road to Perdition. Ubi Soft Entertainment consulted Las Vegas Senior Crime Scene Analyst Daniel Holstein to validate the accuracy of the CSI forensics referenced in the game. This is as real as it gets.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7269 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2003-05-16
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Me, Windows XP
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
CSI comes to life on your PC with all the cyber-Sherlock Holmes appeal fans know and love. The high production value of the game and its faithful adherence to the theme, style, and sound of the show prove that its not just a crass attempt to cash in on the CSI craze.

As you'd expect, CSI is a mystery adventure game that follows the format of the show. You collect evidence, head to the lab, visit the morgue and so on. You scrutinise the game's screens, looking for evidence or areas that may contain hidden clues. You can use Luminal to find blood traces, you can dust for prints, and you can use the sniffer to get gas samples--all are familiar tools and methods used in the show. CSI fans will likely intuitively know when and where to use each item while adventure game fans will delight in having such new, high tech toys.

CSI offers five quality storylines, each of which would feel at home on the show. While you don't get to fill the shoes of one of the show's well-known characters, you do get to work with each of them as you progress along the CSI investigative chain. Show characters join you to provide hints and help you establish the motive, means, and opportunity needed to determine and catch the bad guy.

Fans of the show will forgive the short length of the game and merely adequate graphics just because of the quality storylines, use of the real actors, and respect shown the license. Adventure game fans will also appreciate it, even if they'll find it a bit too easy (it's aimed at mainstream fans more than hardcore gamers). CSI brings enough true crime class to be of interest to everyone. --Andrew S Bub

Customer Reviews

Good fun
pretty much what it says on the box. You have to examine crime scenes, find clues, interrogate suspects. Good fun. The only criticism is that the game is a bit too easy (it is quite hard to "go wrong") and hence too short.The storyline is uniformly good (very reminiscent of Patricia Cornwell books). If you like point and click adventure games, this is a good investment.

Fun for CSI fans
For the fans of CSI this game is a hoot. Collecting evidence to give to Greg is a lot of fun. Some of the things about the game are frustrating, however. One is that if you follow a difficult route to solving the crime the computer will not let you move forward to bring in people for questioning or collect DNA evidence. Another is that it seems to have a hiccup when you leave a game (and save it) it goes back to the very beginning when you log on again. This means you have to go through each game to get to the one you want to finish. Still, enjoyable. The game moves quickly and you'll be left wanting more.

From the author of The Difference Now.

Great Game!
I bought this game because i am a major fan of the CSI series and this game has everything from the series in it. It has all the tools from the series, from the fingerprint brush right down to the moulding and casting kits. The game also features all of the actors from the CSI series and you work with a different one on each case and they will offer you advice if you need it, but this will reduce your overall score when the chief comes to review how you did once you have solved it. The voices of the agents are all of the actual CSI actors which will please fans of the series. You can process fingerprints in the computers to find matches or you can compare smaller things in the microscope. You can apply for warrants, get a coroner's opinion or ask the lab technician to analyse some evidence.

The game also lets you play how you want to, as you can finish the case with the least amount of evidence needed or you can be very through and explore every angle.

Overall this is a very good game maybe a bit short but nothing beats the feeling you get when you finally find that last piece of evidence you need. This is a must buy if you are a fan of the genre!