Criminal Archives: City on Fire Collector's Edition

The first game of the Criminal Archives series, visually beautiful HOG with creative puzzles and hidden objects scenes. You play as a crime reporter who will cover the case of the mysterious Plague Doctor who is committing arsons all around the city. Discover the reason behind all of those burnt houses and catch the murderer, it could be more than one person. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3409771716 I enjoyed the artwork of this game, the details and color palette set the right atmosphere of the Victorian era. The game is longer than the usual HOG, and you'll have a fast-traveling map to take you from one place to another, where you have to find clues and items to help you in your investigation. The soundtracks are nice, but I've noticed it is sometimes cut off during the game's events. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3409772979 The puzzles are nicely done; none of them is repeatable, and some of them are unique. I enjoyed the hidden objects scenes; they give you the regular list to find the items, but they also give you riddles, or finding the match, as well as a silhouette of an item to find. There are three types of collectibles. I've noticed a bug where it looks like you've collected the figurine, yet it doesn't show in the collection; I got the achievement nonetheless. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3399467842 Pros: +Beautiful visuals and location design. +Good music. (Cuts off at some of the scenes) +Well drawn hidden objects scenes. (18 in total) +Beautiful and helpful journal keeps track of the story. +Good voice-overs. +Variety of original puzzles. (18 in total, some of them are difficult) +Collectables (3 types) +Bonus chapter +In-game strategy guide. Cons: -No Steam achievements -Bug in figurine collectible menu (It doesn't show what you've collected but you'll get the in-game achievement) The visuals are the strong suit of this game. I highly recommend it to HOG lovers or anyone who wants to get into this genre. [i] Other Reviews: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/2388070/]Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/2822100?snr=1_5_9__402]Criminal Archives: Murder in the Pages Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/3036760/]Criminal Archives: Blade of Deceit Review[/url] [/i] [quote]𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32399565/]𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒[/url][/quote] [quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/] Follow [b]IndieGems[/b] [/url] for more reviews like this one. [/quote]

游戏整体质量不错，应该算合格的解谜罐头吧，期待系列里所有游戏都更新中文。感觉打折到10r以下可入，不过中文版还有不少问题，感觉没修好的话等到5r比较值： 1、中文版好像是有显示bug，这个公司的游戏特色是玩到一定剧情的时候会问你要不要在查主线案子的同时顺便解开xx之谜，然后选是的话可以开个新场景探索，但中文版这里所有的字都堆在一起，没法正常点击，最后只好跳过支线，看评论里好像日文版也是这个毛病，难道是中日韩语共同问题？ 2、英文版有攻略、中文版没有攻略，虽说这类游戏有没有攻略区别不大，但你都在游戏介绍里把攻略当做特色之一写上去了，那总得给玩家端上来吧？ 3、游戏里收集的小雕像，后半程即使收集了也不在收藏房里显示，不知道这个是中文版bug还是共通bug 综上，大致上能玩，但小毛病一堆，如果Steam有中评的话会给中评

Two thumbs way up, except no Steam achievements!!! I have played well over 100 HO games and this is the longest and maybe the best of them. Good story, good/unique mini-games and good HO scenes. Domini - Add Steam achievements, and I will buy them all; don't, and I won't. Same for other Steam achievement hunters.

It's ok, but some mini games are really a pain to understand

Absolutely enjoyed this BFG game. Everything is better, the graphics are crystal clear. They were generous with cutscenes and character dialog. And I really hope the developers take note here: I LOVE THAT IT'S GROUNDED IN *REALITY!* None of that mystic time travel to a foreign land crap. And it's great that you can click on a character who already spoke and they respond, even if it's just with one line, it's better than them standing there lethargic and all dazed looking. The traditional HOPs were overhauled with creative ways to interact with and find the objects so they weren't boring. There was an actual story. Lots of scenes and items and 90% of the time the objects all made sense. The puzzles were pretty good, nothing too crazy and they even had easy or hard settings. The base game is pretty long too. I hope they stay on track to make more games like this and even better. Great way to spend a cozy weekend! Now go get your coffee, soupy and blankie!!

unfortunatly it has a view bugs Some hints are just wrong and one minigame needs to be skipped because the game keeps crashing if you try to solve it. Still playable but I cant really recommend it

結論言うと、悪くないです。 映画みたいに楽しめるパズルゲームです。 この種のゲームは色々な会社から出てますが、DominiGamesの作品は、画像がリアルなのと翻訳エンジンをゲームと同時起動してる為か？結構読み込みが重めなのが難点です。 あと、ツールを使う展開に【いつものやり方】的な開発の癖が多いのと、コレを手に入れるのにここまでやる？とか、金庫開けて中身コレ？みたいなガッカリ展開が多いのも多少残念な所です。 ついでにこのゲームに関して言えば、日本語表示にバグがあり、助けた人から秘密の鍵が欲しいか？と言う質問をされるのですが、その質問に答える事ができず、画面スキップをかけると鍵無し状態になるので、秘密の部屋に行けなくなります。 それを回避するには、質問画面で何もせずにゲームを強制終了して、その後英語でゲームを起動して設問に答え、鍵を手に入れてオートセーブが入ったらゲームを正常終了、その後日本語で再起動すると大丈夫です。 ま～結構な問題も抱えてますが、それ以外は普通にプレイできるのでオススメではあります。

Pas besoin de jouer longtemps pour savoir que c'est un très bon jeu!

Compared to other games of this genre, at least here the characters are well-made and the overall appearance of the game is pleasant. Enjoy!

Fun game with lots of content but with flaws. HOS were varied and excellent! In regular scenes borderline moon logic was common. Horse dodge puzzle was anti fun and needed keyboard input. A certain explosive gear puzzle was so counter-intuitive it was skipped by nearly all players. This puzzle was horrific. A certain word spelled incorrectly that shows up every time a special item is found is cringe worthy. Still a positive review, but this was close.