Sleuth Home - Message Boards - Newbie Questions

Jan-30-2006 06:53

Silly question maybe. But when playing the feature cases are there any tips to solve em, apart form the normal ones. As I seem to be struggling with these ones.

Any help will be great - as yet i'm not up to columbos level!!!

Feb-1-2006 18:24

There are two tips to solving FMs, and they're the only two that really consistently help:

1) Read carefully. Unlike the randomly generated intros, the necessary clues are in the story itself. And on that note...
2) Although it's in a game format, it's still a story. The continuity of the plot itself is how you figure out what step to take next.

Feb-2-2006 00:01

It DOES count in using up one of your daily cases, though, even if there's no false involved with a wrong answer on an FM.

And I thought when I started that FM's seemed much harder than the level they were rated, so after some frustration, I waited until I had more skills and gear to work on them, and they got easier. Even so, I am so much in the habit of solving regular cases that they sometimes throw me for a loop just because they are so different.

Feb-2-2006 13:02

That's for sure! The other day, for the heck of it, I did the Red Queen FM, and I couldn't even solve it lol I dont think i solved it when I FIRST did it. Sheesh, some experienced detective I am!! hehe