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Among other things! First off, let me tell you I'm a huge fan of CSI, and will buy anything that comes out with the CSI moniker on it. I've played both of the CSI Las Vegas games, and have had fun playing those.

CSI Miami is technically the same game as the previous CSI PC games. When there's a sequel to a game, you hope that the user interface hasn't changed much, but the gameplay has. This game plays exactly like the other ones to the point it's formulaic. You play 5 cases, 4 with CSIs and 1 with the Lead CSI. The last case always incorporates the previous 4 cases. I spent about 10 hours playing this game, and I've played it before. It wasn't that it was hard, just how should I put this gently, ridiculously nitpicky. What I mean by this is, you can pass up huge pieces of evidence and it not cost you any points, but the smallest task you don't do, will hold up the game for an infinite amount of time while you go back and re-check all your steps. This happened to me in the 2nd case and it was a stupid fingerprint that had been checked on earlier evidence, but not another piece of earlier evidence. It was maddening.

The voice acting was done by the original actors, but the only one who managed to speak with any sort of believability was Horatio Caine. Speedle was the worst offender, sounding at times like a Ben Stein stand in "Wow."

I did enjoy playing the game the story lines were excellent and believable, and tied up well in the final case with Horatio. (After playing this game, I have learned never to join a country club). I found no bugs in the game which is a relief after the mess that CSI Dark Motives was when they put it out earlier this year. Upon further inspection, there's a patch on for bugs, but I played it through with no problem, but I suppose it would be better to install this and head off any problems before they occur.

So in the end, the game wasn't a bad way to spend a snowed in Sunday, but if I had my druthers, the game would be much better. If you're not a die hard fan of the show, don't bother with it and invest your money in the upcoming Season 2 DVDs releasing shortly. Die hards pick it up with the understanding that it isn't that great.

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System requirements:

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

Pentium 3 or AMD Athlon 750 Mhz

256MB RAM

DirectX 9 compatible sound card

16x CDROM or better

650MB available harddrive space

16MB DirectX 9 compliant graphics card

Rated "M" for Mature and suggested only for those over the age of 17. The rating is for blood, gore, violence, and sexual themes.

From the game manual: "Story: You are a CSI intern assigned to work under Horatio Caine at the Miami Date Crime Scene Investigation Unit. To discover the truth behind the crimes, you must visit crim scenes, interview suspects, and collect and analyze physical evidence. Luckily, you have the help of some of Miami's top CSI agents and support team."

From the game manual: "Object of the game: In CSI:Miami, your goal in each case is to gather enough evidence and information to lead to the arrest of a suspect. Using high-tech forensic tools as well as your own puzzle-solving and interrogation skills, you must close the evidence trinity by identifying the relationship between the suspect, the victim, and the crime scene. Only then will you be able to make an arrest and ensure that justice ahs been delivered to the victims."

This latest installation of the CSI game franchise is relatively good. The game manual seems to have more information in it, so that you aren't wondering how to use tools.

New to this game is a cryptogram puzzle where you have to decode a scrambled text message. Very enjoyable. I also enjoyed the "assembly table" in the lab where you get to reconstructed torn pictures and broken lamp glass. I was suprised at the number of pieces you have to work with .. these werent simplistic puzzles.

Otherwise, this game is essentially the same as the previous CSI games. Collect evidence, double check it for additional details, go back and forth to the locations and requiz the witnesses/suspects, check the dark places with your flashlight, search every pixel on the screen to find any zoom shots that you missed before, and it all falls together nicely. If you feel you need a hint, just take a look at the hint questions that you could ask your partner (but dont actually ask the question) ... merely looking at the question itself can lead you to re-examine something without losing points on actually asking for hints.

If you're familiar with how to play these CSI games, this will be a pretty quick play. I think overall the cases in this edition are simpler than the CSI:Las Vegas games. Note to parents: one of the cases is extremely sexual and not recommended for children.

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I couldn't wait for this game to be made. I miss the character of Speedle played by Rory Cochrane. If you really like role-playing and solving whodunits than this is the game for you. Its like being on the show with the characters. I give it two thumbs up.

C.C.

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I bought this game at an electronics store for under $10. I spent about 15 hours total playing it and only had to look online for hints twice. The last case is very time consuming and probably the hardest, but case #2 is easy to get stuck on. I would go look in stores to see if you could find this game for cheaper, but if not, I'd say it's worth $20!

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This was probably one of, if not, THE coolest games I've ever played. It is so well made. Graphics are good, stories are cool, just the right challenge level. It's just awesome.

Now I haven't played the first game although it's next on my list, so I can't verify or counter the other peoples' statements about it being too formulaic, like the first one. But I just had an awesome time with this game. I just couldn't keep away. I played it constantly and beat it in two days. I'm not saying it didn't have enough gameplay hours; they were probably sufficient. But I was just hooked and I played it all the time. The extras that you can unlock are pretty cool too.

And what an ending! The ending to the last case is awesome. I won't reveal any more, but what a surprise! Now, it's highly unlikely, but hey, this is drama. It's a cool story anyway.

If you are interested in crime, crime scene investigation, or forensics, this game is definitely for you!