Hidden Games Crime Scene - The New Haven Case - Realistic Detective Game, Murder Mystery Game for 14+

Justo

We ordered the American Version of the game because of English speaking friends. +) The principle of the game is quite nice. It is different than escape games and the details were really cool. If one likes crime series this is a real highlight and highly recommended by us. +) Customer service via email is excellent. As we had issues (see below) we contacted the email given in the game and got a reply the same day! +) Nice extras like an overview map, date chart and suspect list made us nearly wanna by a Flipchart :D The suspect list with possible motives was not really needed for us. +) In theory you could copy the files and let other people play it again, however the big poster doesn't really fit in a copy machine so that would have to be done manually (which isn't a big problem - or you just buy a Flipchart :D). -) Sadly there were a few flaws with surnames when comparing the files in the folder to the interrogation records on the police server (different name: e.g. Max Clover and Max Cobbler and 5 more people). At least the first names stayed the same so we kinda figured that out. -) *little spoiler alert*: the American version contained an American mailbox number one has to call. Of course from Europe we wouldnt do that. Customer service sent us the MP3 file the same day we asked so that was not a big problem but interrupted the flow a bit. -) opinion of solution: we figured everything out except for the motive. We thought we had the proper motive (we suspected the correct person) but the motive of the solution was a bit far fetched in our opinion. Obviously more people thought that. We could have thought of a much better reason why this person killed the victim. -) feeling that police files are not complete: of course that can be planned by the makers so that the players have to figure out more, however, for authenticity it could have been handled a little bit differently. Compared to others we at least didn't have an issue with missing documents (content can be checked at the homepage). Conclusion: We will still try a second case as it was fun and can be played in a Corona friendly manner when you copy the files before playing and share it with your friends. The price might seem a bit high to some people considering it's just an envelope with paper, however, we find it fair. The love for detail and setting up all kind of other stuff outside the folder should be valued. The game play is innovative and a lot of thinking goes into creating a story like this. Moreover, the customer service is very excellent. Ideas like this should be supported and not used for private profit so that many more cases will be available in the future. We recommended this game to all of our friends.

This is the same as the BARRIDALE Case just with a new name. Very deceptive and now I have to return a Christmas present!

First time doing one of these games. Fun!!! A great way to spend a rainy evening without TV/media. Clues were well presented. Really liked being able to go online to get more case details - made it feel less of a game and more real. Not sure how well it would play with a lot of people. There's a lot to read and back/forth discussion of clues. TIP - Don't overlook anything. Every detail matters. Liked it so much I ordered another one immediately! Can't wait. As far as value for money, I'll be looking for sales and coupons. That said - in my opinion - any time spent away from media/notifications aka noise - is priceless to me.

This was lots of fun! Instead of playing persons of interest, the players all worked as a team of investigators. We avoided writing on the paper provided and then passed it on to others in the family! One important thing, we missed clues first time around because we used phones only. When we added a laptop we got access to bunch more clues.