[LauraMac]

Well the game is/has been out and Jack has written up a review that is one funny read.

Cold Case Files Review

The game was such a struggle to get installed on my own PC I can safely say I spent more time with the install than playing CCF. I would add, the install struggles were more engaging than the gameplay as well.

But why say more when Jack says it so well.

[RLacey]

That's a game I won't be buying then ...

[LauraMac]

Awww and miss out on all the horrific boredom? uniqueness that is CCF? [damnwherestheeeksmilie]

[EasilyConfused]

I haven't played Cold Case Files, but I have a hunch that the review is way better than the game. At least, the phrase "bizarre, texture-less hair-hats"* was a heck of a lot more amusing than that screen-shot of the Nurse Ratchett type on the right. (Actually, she was pretty funny to laugh AT, too.) Really funny read.

Ahem. And professional and informative as well.

* should this be in spoiler tags?

[Fairygdmther]

Jackal, that is the funniest review I've ever read! I was laughing out loud through the entire review. I hope you get a few more clunkers to review - it definitely brings out the best side of your writing! I hadn't read your review before now, because I wasn't really interested in the game. I'm glad I read the comments here, because I wouldn't have wanted to miss such an enjoyable review!

FGM-Lyn

[Marian]

Jackal, in terms of game reviews, this is one of the best examples I've seen yet of being handed lemons and making lemonade.

[Jackal]

Well, I appreciate any "review is better than the game" comments, but in this case that's faint praise, indeed.

But thank you, sincerely.

I must admit, it CAN be far more fun to write reviews for stinkfests... although that means having to play through them first. Kind of a drawback, that.

Originally Posted by EasilyConfused

bizarre, texture-less hair-hats

Lest anyone think I could have just said "wigs" there, I couldn't! Because wigs resemble... you know... hair!! These didn't!!

[Catnip]

Great review, Jack, and very, very truthful. It was a horrible, horrible little game with no redeeming value whatsoever.

I'm grateful I'm not the only one who played this game and couldn't believe that I was allowed to do an unlawful search. I kept going around trying to figure out how to get a search warrant, as this was a game about law and legal cases and the police and stuff. Silly me. Of course, the makers of this game should be guilty of false advertising because they called it a game, so I shouldn't have expected so much.