Casebook (video game)

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Casebook
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Developer(s) Areo Cinematic Games
Publisher(s) Big Fish Games
Engine Areograph
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
Episode 1
  • December 2008
Episode 2
  • March 2009
Episode 3
  • November 2009
Episode 0
  • July 6, 2010
Retail version
  • October 1, 2010
Genre(s) Interactive movie, Point-and-click adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Casebook is an episodic interactive movie point-and-click adventure game developed by New Zealand studio Areo Cinematic Games and published by Big Fish Games.

Contents

Gameplay

The game is played from the perspective of a crime scene investigator tasked with solving a series of murders. The player is accompanied by a detective partner named James Burton. Players search for clues using a point-and-click system to explore various locations. Players are then graded on how well they searched and how many "hints" they used to uncover the evidence. Environments are rendered primarily using Full motion video technology. Mini-games serve to break up the FMV segments. [1]

Plot

The plot is broken up into four episodes. Episode 0 acts as a demo for the game, with the player being asked to assist Detective Burton in locating his uncle's ashes. Episode 1 is entitled "Kidnapped" and tasks the player with investigating the kidnapping of the Bichermann kids. Episode 2 is entitled "The Watcher" and concerns a purported suicide attempt by a young man in an apartment building. Episode 3 is entitled "Snake in the Grass" and concerns an assortment of cases occurring within a garden. [2]

Reception

Each episode of casebook received moderately positive reviews, with reviewers praising the game's revival of FMV technology while criticizing the game's mini-games as tedious and not interesting. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

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  2. "Casebook (Game)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  3. "Casebook Episode I: Kidnapped - Review - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction Games - Reviews, Interviews, Features, Previews, Cheats, Galleries, Forums". www.adventureclassicgaming.com. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  4. "Casebook Episode II: The Watcher - Review - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction Games - Reviews, Interviews, Features, Previews, Cheats, Galleries, Forums". www.adventureclassicgaming.com. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  5. "Casebook Episode III: Snake in the Grass - Review - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction Games - Reviews, Interviews, Features, Previews, Cheats, Galleries, Forums". www.adventureclassicgaming.com. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
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