Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1198 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2007-10-04
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description:
CSI: Hard Evidence continues the crime-solving experience of Ubisoft's CSI video game series. Players join Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the Las Vegas cast to help solve crimes using realistic techniques and lab equipment. CSI: Hard Evidence features forensic reconstructions and atmospheric crime scenes taken directly from the television show, including an all-new garage lab for analyzing large evidence such as cars and boats, improved evidence gathering, review and lab mini-games, and more areas to explore, resulting in longer play experiences.

CSI: Hard Evidence is a whole new game that's all about the evidence and even more like the show, giving fans the experience of being part of the CSI Vegas team. CSI: Hard Evidence includes multiple methods of evidence recovery, crime reconstructions, and all-new high-tech forensic gadgets so fans can feel like real crime scene investigators.

Customer Reviews

Great Disapointment
I have played all of the CSI games to come out, and up until now have really enjoyed them; they have been both entertaining and challenging. It starts off well enough, a tutorial level where you have to find out who stole Gill Grissoms doughnut, which is actually reasonably funny. The graphics too, are quite good and better than in previous games. The interface; a PDA which sits neatly in the corner of your screen, and allows you to access locations and evidence, etc. is also very well done and easy to use.

This is where the good parts finish though. When you've played through the first couple of cases and you realise that they took half the time to complete that cases did in previous games, you do start to wonder. I found myself going through the crime scenes, to the lab etc. without once having to think even a little bit about what was going on- it just wasn't a challenge. The cases get a (tiny) little bit harder towards the end, but still not nearly enough.

What bugged most about this game though, was the very poor production values in it. The first example; 5 musicians die on a stage. When you get into the morgue to look at them one-by-one, 4 of them use the same model and look like twins. There are also at least three or four scenes that are used again. Yes this has been done in previous games, but in the past this has tied in with the story. Here it doesn't, you just happen to be going to the same hotel suit again, etc.

I must say that I was expecting much more from this game. It seems like someone just threw it together without thinking about, knowing that people would buy it because of the CSI title.

It is flawed, but you can forgive it
This game is far from perfect, it has poor quality graphics, the cut scenes arent exactly ground breaking. . and the biggest thing that really bugged me, the fact that Sara and Catherine's voices are done by voice actors, and not the stars of the show. It really takes you out of the world with a sharp bump the first time you hear Sara talking to you.

The gameplay is good, I have heard comments about it being repetitive, which is true to a certain point. This game is much more focused on storyline and plot. The puzzles for the most part are very simple, with only a few hair pulling "what to do?" moments. This lends to it being a very short game, but also a very well paced adventure. You wont find yourself wanting to quit in the middle of a case.

Someone in an earlier comment made the point of ingame advertising, this can be quite annoying at times. I lost count of the amount of HP branded televisions or computers i saw, and the amount of VISA billboards and window adds. Subtle it was not.

This is a pretty solid CSI game, if you can pick it up for less than £20, you will get your money out of it. Just a warning though, I dont think this is going to appeal to you if you are not a fan of the show.

have you got what it takes to be a CSI
Just finished this game today and is a must have for any hardcore CSI fan! Working alongside Catherine, Grissom, Nick, Warrick, Sara, Doc Robbins, Jim Brass and Greg, you become a 'New CSI' and are evaluated at the end of each case to see how well you have done. Earn points for thoroughness, collecting bugs for Grissom's collection, collecting evidence and using initiative in the lab to analyse the evidence you have collected, speak to suspects in the interrogation room, interview witnesses, and see if the evidence takes you to the correct conclusions. Scenes are lifelike, characters look real. Collect blood, bullets, hairs, fingerprints, fabrics, DNA, photographic evidence, weapons, and alibis and analyse these all in the lab to see who your suspects are. There are 5 different cases on this game, each one a different scenario but all just as fun to complete. Earn bonus items and climb up the CSI ladder. Unfortunately you lose points for asking for hints but we all get a little stuck sometimes. Visit Grissom at the end of the case to hear your review, He tells you if you need to improve, and thanks you for his insects to add to his collection. An excellent game and cant wait to play this again! Would be better if there were more cases to solve though as it does not take long to complete the 5 cases.