Castle: Never Judge a Book by its Cover

Having clicked 'No', I will add the proviso that I WOULD recommend 'Castle: Never Judge a Book by its Cover', but ONLY to fans of the 'Castle' TV series! Anyone else should probably avoid. Whilst I enjoyed the game, that was primarily because, as a fan, I recognised the in-jokes to some of the episodes of the series and the faithfully recreated scenes from the sets of the show. The gameplay itself is a bit lacklustre. Most of the game is spent playing the missing objects mechanic whereby you pick out a small list of items from a large screen full of stuff. A bit 'Where's Waldo', but fine, although this does get tedious rather fast. Of more promise are the many little logic puzzle games which are many and varied - most are familiar and simple, but some are a bit more challanging. The only downside to these logic puzzles is that the 'Hint' mechanic allows you to completely skip the games, thus rendering them utterly pointless. And here we get to the big drawback to this game: the 'H...

It wasn't till today i realized Castle had a game! I was really excited and decided to buy the game at the first chance i got. I was blown away by the characters and the story plot. It was such a twist! Really enjoyed it! Better than i expect it! Music may repeat itself from time to time entering a new cast but you can overcome that, So far best crime solving game ever! #CaskettAlways

I'm a fan of Castle and the dynamic between Beckett and Castle. So, when I saw the game on Steam, I've bought it. I've done two playthroughs: one in 2014 and another one yesterday, just because I needed to refresh my memory for finally writing a review about the game. There is a serial killer that is recreating scenes from classic books. Castle and Beckett are on the case, along with Esposito, Ryan and Lanie while Gates is supervising everyone while Alexis and Martha are kinda behind... As you understand, this game is set during season 4, after Montgomery's death but before... well, as they're canon, the Caskett moment, the kiss at the end. Besides, it's the world of the edition that is targeted, hence the title Never Judge a Book by its Cover. While the story could be converted into an episode, the gameplay is the standard one: list of items and puzzles. And while the hidden scenes are easy, the puzzles are really a brain wrecker. They're hard, except for a few. I must admit that i...

This game went awfully quickly. It is just a point and click puzzle game attached to the Castle name to sell. The Room, Two, is by far a better choice for cheaper, and is the same thing, but way better.

I can only give this 3 stars. The story is OK and the finding items was good, but the puzzles were too difficult. There were too many puzzzle where you either did not know what to do or you knew what to do, but could not phycially do them. There were too many puzzle that were too odd.

I'm a fan of both Hidden Objects Games and the Castle TV series and after playing through this game a couple of times I would recommend it to fans of either category. As a game based off of the Castle series, the artist's renditions of the cast are spot on, as well as some of the familiar locales used such as Castle's loft. There is no voice acting of any sort, which is a bit of a disappointment, and would have made this a "must have" title. However, I understand that getting the actual actors to read their parts would have been far too expensive for a game of this genre, and at least they didn't try to get impersonators to read for the characters, which would have been worse. The writing isn't terrible, and it is easy to read the lines with the inflections and personality of the show's characters so that the whole game plays out like an episode of the series. Even if you are not a fan of the HOG genre but still a fan of the show, this game is worth picking up. The HOG style lend...

I just finished this game and I've got to admit that it was a fun game. The puzzle can be challenging but there is always a way to solve them. The story was exactly as you would expect from an episode of the tv series.

Hidden object + some adventure elements. This one is a mystery story. Entertaining game. No unlimited hidden object mode or bonus chapters. Puzzles are similar to those in other hidden object hybrid games. One small gripe is that if you are trying to read some text, like a journal, it automatically goes away after a few seconds as it considers it timed out. You can reopen it but may need to do this a couple times for lengthier texts.

Bought during the sale and I am glad I did. As a big fan of the show, this kept me entertained (and frustrated in a few spots) for many hours. The story was engaging and I liked the style. The only things that bothered me are that, like a lot of seek and find type games, it can get a bit repetative and some of the puzzles were mind-numbingly hard. Otherwise a fun game and worth buying if you like the game style.

I recommend buying it when it's on a big sale. Pros: + large variety of puzzles including creative and logical adventure game -style puzzles + very similar to the series - atmosphere, setting, dialogue + many areas to explore + interaction with lab equipment Cons: - Short = 5h total gameplay - No "hint" option in puzzles only "skip" (apart from hidden object puzzles) - No original voice actors - Very poor animations *Spoiler alert* - Some puzzles are silly - extinguishing fire with cold soda that you have to purhase or visiting someone in a hospital and stealing equipment for no apparent reason