Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos

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Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos
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Developer(s) TikGames
Publisher(s) Sierra Online (XBLA)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
ReleasePC & Mac
September 5, 2007
XBLA
January 7, 2009 [1]
PSN
September 17, 2009
Genre(s) Puzzle, strategy
Mode(s) Single-player

Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos is a puzzle strategy video game, developed by TikGames for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

Reception

Critical reception for Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos has been negative. On Metacritic, the game holds scores of 45/100 for the Xbox 360 version based on 28 reviews, [5] and 48/100 for the PlayStation 3 version based on 5 reviews. [4] On GameRankings, the game holds scores of 48.85% for the Xbox 360 version based on 26 reviews, [3] and 47.67% for the PlayStation 3 version based on 3 reviews. [2]

IGN panned the game, writing "Interpol is good for a few short bursts of seek-and-find fun, but it's just not a game that's very well suited to the console. Add that to the poor image resolution, inconsistent puzzles and overall shaky production value, and you have a game that's probably not worth the download." [12] ABC.com.au's Good Game Stories also panned the game. [16]

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