CSI: Deadly Intent -- The Hidden Cases Review
The mini-games continue back at CSI headquarters, where you'll piece together molecule puzzles when analyzing unknown chemical substances, control tweezers to extract foreign objects from dead bodies down in the morgue, reconstruct corrupted data files by comparing data sets displayed on both DS screens and more. All the while you're attended to and advised by the rest of the CSI cast -- Catherine, Al, Captain Brass. They're all there.
It's ultimately an authentic take on the CSI formula, even going so far as letting you interrogate suspects and catch them in lies with your gathered evidence -- but it's all pretty linear. There isn't much flexibility in how each case progresses, and you might sometimes feel like you're just tapping along on the touch screen to advance a pre-determined plot progression rather than really interacting with the events and characters being presented to you.
There's no way to lose, in other words. The only thing you're really working toward, gameplay-wise, is a better star rating at the conclusion of each case -- you'll be evaluated on how quickly and efficiently you processed evidence, whether you picked the right tools to acquire that evidence from the crime scene and whether you chose the right evidence to present to suspects in the interrogation room. You'll be able to replay cases later on if you don't score the gold rating the first time around, but that probably wouldn't be all that entertaining to do -- it really would be like watching a rerun.
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After a disappointing first appearance on the DS a little over two years ago, CSI has returned to the handheld for an encore and gotten the formula right this time around. The up-to-date cast, new visual style and gameplay engine, and the set of cases written exclusively for this game make Deadly Intent -- The Hidden Cases a game that DS-owning fans of the show should definitely take note of. The only trouble you're likely to run into is its linearity -- the fact that it can feel like you're just tapping along with an pre-determined plot progression instead of really interacting with the investigation. Those that have been purely passive participants in the program for nearly a decade, though (by just watching the show), probably won't mind that one bit.
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