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Solve cases big or small to earn a living as a private investigator in a world where sugar is banned
Collect clues and pieces of evidence by matching them up, and use them to interrogate witnesses
Use the vast range of Tools to help you along in any stage of your investigation
In a dysfunctional world where consuming sugar is a crime, there are plenty of “crimes” happening all about, forcing the police to work overtime just to get them all. Still, there are plenty of smaller fries that the police just don’t bother with and it is these cases that you, a brand-new private investigator, decide to take.
Cases in this game can be solved by following these rules: 1. Find clues; 2 Use clues to talk to witnesses and find important locations; 3. If you ask the right questions, you will get the right answers, and lastly, 4. Use the answers to solve the case. Sounds easy enough, but the game has a whole lot more depth than these summaries of the gameplay may imply.
For starters, finding clues doesn’t refer to finding hidden objects, but rather collecting Clues from the board via a match-3 game mechanism. This means that you’ll need to match at least 3 (but you can link up your matches into longer chains as long as the clues you need are close by) Clues of the same type to collect them… and there are many types of Clues for you to collect.
You don’t just collect Clues willy-nilly, however. You’ll need to collect the exact amount and type of clues based on each witness’ requirement. These requirements are shown at the top part of the screen. There’s a bit more strategy here rather than just simply matching Clues since you can actually see what types of Clues you’ll need in advance, much like in Tetris where you can see what shape your next Tetris piece will be. You can use this information to plan your limited moves accordingly.
What’s more interesting though is how this game has a second layer of matches. Called Evidences, these items will only appear on the playing area if you manage to match at least 5 Clues. They can be collected by chaining them up with a swipe. However, unlike the first layer of matches, you can also simply tap on them to collect.
At the end of the “clues-matching” round, you’ll enter into a bonus round where you can use up whatever moves you have left. There are 2 forms of bonus rounds – the Bonus Cash round where you can match any 5 clues to get a special gold coin which, like Evidences, can then be collected; and the Bonus Candy Truck round where you will need to collect the number of clues indicated on the truck to get a free candy.
And…. This is just the first part of the game! In the second part, you’ll then use whatever Evidences and Clues you get to ask witnesses questions or find the location of a building or an object. For the interrogation part of the process, you are given a list of questions that you can choose to ask. Each question will cost you a Photo evidence. Considering that you don’t have unlimited Evidences to use, you might want to only ask questions that can actually help you to discern the culprit from among the witnesses. Once the culprit is correctly identified, the case is solved!
At other times, you may need to find a location instead. For these moments, you’ll need to use the Map evidence to uncover hints which will lead you to the specific building you need. Sometimes, you may need to find an item rather than a building. In those cases, you’ll get to play a round of “Hot or Cold” where you try to find where the item may be hidden by using a “hot or cold” indicator. The closer you are to the object, the “hotter” you will be. Similarly, once the object is found, the case is solved.
Need some help with a puzzle? Well, the game has a myriad of Tools and Skills that can help you in any stage of the investigative process. Tools are basically boosters that you can use to, for example, collect all clues of the same type, change all the clues on the board, and more. Skills, on the other hand, can only be used as long as you have sufficient number of clues since clues are basically the “currency” you need to use a Skill. The game even has a skill tree where you can invest stars that you get by solving cases to improve your investigative Skills.
The money you earn from completing cases can, in turn, be used to “upgrade” your dingy PI’s office. There are many types of furniture you can buy, and interestingly, some of them even will give you passive bonuses when purchased and placed at your office. There are also Equipments that will, for instance, unlock new Tools for you, in addition to bonuses, when purchased and placed. You can spend the money, or your sweets (premium currency), on your avatar as well. There are tons of clothes to buy, hairstyles to try, and accessories to wear.
Of course, considering how different Another Case Solved is from any other game even within its own genre, it has a pretty lengthy tutorial. However, I’ve noticed that the tutorial isn’t exactly very comprehensive. It still leaves a couple of stuff for you to figure out on your own.
Another Case Solved is no mere investigative-themed game though – it is so much more. Aside from the fun and unique gameplay, another part that I really like about this game is how every snippet of its storyline contains an undertone of dry humor which somehow fits the theme just fine. Granted that it’s no “laugh-til-you-drop”-type of humor, but it may at least get you to bark out a laugh or chuckle, or even give you that ticklish feeling in your belly from time to time.
A match-based puzzle game like no other, Another Case Solved is definitely a rare gem of a game among a sea of generic match-3 games, especially on the mobile platform. We highly recommend that you try this game, and if you enjoyed it as much as we did, remember to introduce this game to your friends and family as well. Another Case Solved Summary
Collect clues and pieces of evidence by matching them up, and use them to interrogate witnesses
Use the vast range of Tools to help you along in any stage of your investigation
In a dysfunctional world where consuming sugar is a crime, there are plenty of “crimes” happening all about, forcing the police to work overtime just to get them all. Still, there are plenty of smaller fries that the police just don’t bother with and it is these cases that you, a brand-new private investigator, decide to take.
Cases in this game can be solved by following these rules: 1. Find clues; 2 Use clues to talk to witnesses and find important locations; 3. If you ask the right questions, you will get the right answers, and lastly, 4. Use the answers to solve the case. Sounds easy enough, but the game has a whole lot more depth than these summaries of the gameplay may imply.
For starters, finding clues doesn’t refer to finding hidden objects, but rather collecting Clues from the board via a match-3 game mechanism. This means that you’ll need to match at least 3 (but you can link up your matches into longer chains as long as the clues you need are close by) Clues of the same type to collect them… and there are many types of Clues for you to collect.
You don’t just collect Clues willy-nilly, however. You’ll need to collect the exact amount and type of clues based on each witness’ requirement. These requirements are shown at the top part of the screen. There’s a bit more strategy here rather than just simply matching Clues since you can actually see what types of Clues you’ll need in advance, much like in Tetris where you can see what shape your next Tetris piece will be. You can use this information to plan your limited moves accordingly.
What’s more interesting though is how this game has a second layer of matches. Called Evidences, these items will only appear on the playing area if you manage to match at least 5 Clues. They can be collected by chaining them up with a swipe. However, unlike the first layer of matches, you can also simply tap on them to collect.
At the end of the “clues-matching” round, you’ll enter into a bonus round where you can use up whatever moves you have left. There are 2 forms of bonus rounds – the Bonus Cash round where you can match any 5 clues to get a special gold coin which, like Evidences, can then be collected; and the Bonus Candy Truck round where you will need to collect the number of clues indicated on the truck to get a free candy.
And…. This is just the first part of the game! In the second part, you’ll then use whatever Evidences and Clues you get to ask witnesses questions or find the location of a building or an object. For the interrogation part of the process, you are given a list of questions that you can choose to ask. Each question will cost you a Photo evidence. Considering that you don’t have unlimited Evidences to use, you might want to only ask questions that can actually help you to discern the culprit from among the witnesses. Once the culprit is correctly identified, the case is solved!
At other times, you may need to find a location instead. For these moments, you’ll need to use the Map evidence to uncover hints which will lead you to the specific building you need. Sometimes, you may need to find an item rather than a building. In those cases, you’ll get to play a round of “Hot or Cold” where you try to find where the item may be hidden by using a “hot or cold” indicator. The closer you are to the object, the “hotter” you will be. Similarly, once the object is found, the case is solved.
Need some help with a puzzle? Well, the game has a myriad of Tools and Skills that can help you in any stage of the investigative process. Tools are basically boosters that you can use to, for example, collect all clues of the same type, change all the clues on the board, and more. Skills, on the other hand, can only be used as long as you have sufficient number of clues since clues are basically the “currency” you need to use a Skill. The game even has a skill tree where you can invest stars that you get by solving cases to improve your investigative Skills.
The money you earn from completing cases can, in turn, be used to “upgrade” your dingy PI’s office. There are many types of furniture you can buy, and interestingly, some of them even will give you passive bonuses when purchased and placed at your office. There are also Equipments that will, for instance, unlock new Tools for you, in addition to bonuses, when purchased and placed. You can spend the money, or your sweets (premium currency), on your avatar as well. There are tons of clothes to buy, hairstyles to try, and accessories to wear.
Of course, considering how different Another Case Solved is from any other game even within its own genre, it has a pretty lengthy tutorial. However, I’ve noticed that the tutorial isn’t exactly very comprehensive. It still leaves a couple of stuff for you to figure out on your own.
Another Case Solved is no mere investigative-themed game though – it is so much more. Aside from the fun and unique gameplay, another part that I really like about this game is how every snippet of its storyline contains an undertone of dry humor which somehow fits the theme just fine. Granted that it’s no “laugh-til-you-drop”-type of humor, but it may at least get you to bark out a laugh or chuckle, or even give you that ticklish feeling in your belly from time to time.
A match-based puzzle game like no other, Another Case Solved is definitely a rare gem of a game among a sea of generic match-3 games, especially on the mobile platform. We highly recommend that you try this game, and if you enjoyed it as much as we did, remember to introduce this game to your friends and family as well. Another Case Solved Summary
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