Detective Stories

Did anyone finish this game? Is it really as long as 160 levels?

Hey prpldva, I did purchase the game. I did see it reported in 2 different places that there are 160 levels ... but did not see an explanation for how they arrived at that number. Have only played a iittle over 2 hours so don't know the answer. Sorry.

Now that I know there are tons of levels, I may be very glad that I bought it. I finally saw Steven Spielberg. Who is the guy in the t-shirt?? I'm still at the beginning. The original man is Clark Gable..right???

I did see Mr. Gable but I don't remember which character looked like him. I think I'm going to have to break down and by this game. LOL

OnWisconsin wrote: Now that I know there are tons of levels, I may be very glad that I bought it. I finally saw Steven Spielberg. Who is the guy in the t-shirt?? I'm still at the beginning. The original man is Clark Gable..right???

cesse47 wrote:Hey prpldva, I did purchase the game. I did see it reported in 2 different places that there are 160 levels ... but did not see an explanation for how they arrived at that number. Have only played a iittle over 2 hours so don't know the answer. Sorry.

Thanks, Cesse! I think they are counting every screen as a level. Oh, well, any game that lasts more than two hours is a good buy at 6.99

There are some screens with really short timers that I missed. But you can replay. So once you know where most pieces go, you can usually get them on the second try.

cesse47 wrote:There are some screens with really short timers that I missed. But you can replay. So once you know where most pieces go, you can usually get them on the second try.

Except when you have 59 seconds to place 30 objects and you have to select the item from the list then select the empty slot where it goes onscreen. If you didn't have to keep jumping back to select the item on the list you might have a prayer I managed to do 30 objects in the library once but 30 in 59 seems to be my new test and I seem to be able only to get to 27 max so I guess this will be one game I can't finish, not because I can't figure it out but because I'm not quick enough with my mouse, and I only have 59 seconds to do 30 objects. Geesh who would have thought I would miss that extra second to get a whole minute. I might have been able to finish the game then, again the time might have bumped me up to 40 objects in 59 seconds.

For those of you that don't like the dialogue just hit the SKIP button (upper left corner). Ir doesn't skip the puzzle only the dialogue.

Putting objects back is fast but after a couple of tries you can do it. Its the green wires you need to connect to turn on the lights that is killing me. I did it the first time but Im having trouble with the second one

Dusting?? No thanks.

MoreOver wrote:I thought the idea of making the characters look like actual, well known people was funny. I saw Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg to name two.

Who did the detective remind you of?

That was Audrey Hepburn, of course!
And the studio boss was Clark Gable.
Did you also see Will Smith, Kirk Douglas, Brad Pitt and Whoopie Goldberg?
Cute.

Who else did you spot?
Anyone know who the librarian was?

How do you use the dynomite etc. to blow up the crates in the western scene??

If you can't decide then the answer is always NO -- obviously you don't really want it. I use this rule for buying anything - if I can't decide then I save my money until I find something I know I do want.

Because of the two 59-second screens, I really regret buying this game.
It was pleasant enough, and I got a kick out of the "celebrity" characters, but I can't finish the game, and it has become so frustrating that it is not fun at all.
At any price, a waste of money.

I can't believe with all this negativity about it that BFG has not opt pressure on the provider to fix what can only be a bug--or just plain malicious.

I'm with the gamers who say they won't buy anything that does not have "relaxed" mode. I like games that tickle my brain, Not ones that stress my carpal tunnel.

End of rant. You may return to playing more fun games, now...

I think that's Michael Douglas, not Kirk. Also I think the first woman is Grace Kelly. I also see the Rock. I don't know who the cook is, but I think I spotted Jerry Lewis, and the prop guy is Harrison Ford. That's as far as I got so far, I'll keep looking. I've seen the scientist but I can't remember who he is.