Hidden Investigation: Who did it?

You collect stars to advance the game. You end up running the same HOG page with names, silhouettes, other names, mixed letters in names, etc to get the stars. You have to get five stars to "complete" that page and each run through gets you part of a star. One of the items on the page is evidence which you can use to open up an additional page. You end up repeating the same page many times though. It just seemed really redundant period. You open up a new area, get some text, and then have to repeat a different HOG many times. It may have lots of pages, but having to do each one several times is pretty bad. The game text is just a large plain font which means to me that the author didn't bother to pick something or the game is more intended for younger people which it can't be because it is violent. I bought it on a discount and wondered why there were no reviews before. Here is mine...

super boring game. this game forces you to do the same level over and over again to collect stars, which you need to advance the story. the items dont even change location so after the first time running through it you already know where the POIs are

It's the same thing over and over. Paid $20 for the bundle. What a waste. Was bored stiff after the first one (that I finished in about an hour). Did a couple minutes of the second and was insulted that the sequel wasn't any better. If I would have paid full price I'd really be peeved!

Extremely tedious. The game pads itself out by forcing you to play the same hidden object scenes over and over. You end up running the same scene 10 or more times in a row to get enough stars to advance through the story to the next scene, where you have to do the same thing again. Graphics are good enough, but the story is barely there and poorly told. This is simply not worth your time.

I think it would be more fun if the search areas rotated instead of keeping players stuck on the same one over and over until you get all of the stars. Overall, its a good game though for the price. I'd recommend it for anyone who wants a cheaper hidden objects game.

Interesting take on the hidden object genre. There are multiple location you need to search but you must search them multiple times to complete an area. Some are just straight find the hidden named objects, some are find the object shown in silhouette, and some are find the object shown in a scrambled word. The final hidden object "game" is they add 12 objects to the scene, think poker chips in the Casino. You need to find those as fast as you can. During the repitition of each scene you need to do the 12 hidden object find 3 or 4 times. Little bit repetitive. The hidden object scenarios have clues periodically to the crime you are trying to solve, think torn up paper, shell casings, finger print, etc. These are really easy to solve but must be done to go forward.

I played all three games of the series on Windows 10 with no technical problems. This is a fun game with a very interesting story that continues through all 3 games. There are a lot of HOPs that repeat with shadows, scrambled words, find 12 of the same item, and the normal HOPs. Mini games are easy. Fun, colorful, & well-drawn .