Art of Murder: FBI Confidential

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Art of Murder: FBI Confidential
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Developer(s) City Interactive
Publisher(s) City Interactive
Platform(s) Windows
Release
  • EU: May 16, 2008
  • NA: July 29, 2008
  • FRA: August 21, 2008 [1]
  • AU: November 6, 2008
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Art of Murder: FBI Confidential (Polish : Art of Murder: Sztuka Zbrodni) is an adventure video game, first game in the Art of Murder series. Originally released by Polish developer City Interactive in 2008, the game has been released on Steam.

Contents

Plot and gameplay

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Gameplay

The game sees the player solve a series of murders through detective techniques.

Development

The team, which had previously produced titles like Schizm, Sentinel: Descendants in Time, and Reah, announced the game on July 5, 2007. [2]

Critical reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3]

IGN appreciated that the game didn't require moon logic. [8] Adventure Gamers felt the title offered a detective experience without the painstaking realism of Police Quest or CSI . [4] PC Gamer criticized the plot, writing, and voiceacting. [11] Jeuxvideo.com found the game to be bland and generic. [9]

Sequels

Several sequels were released, all developed and published by City Interactive:

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