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Feb-22-2004 20:32

I have a couple of questions I'd like some feedback on. Please Answer by replying to this post.

1) Is the game fun? Really fun, kind of fun, funner than going to the dentist?

2) Can you think of anything that would make the game more fun?

3) Is the game too hard? Too easy?

Thanks
-Ben

Aug-2-2004 10:40

A last comment for now. I think there needs to be more for the more advanced players to aim for. Once you have the smarts and either charm or tough skills, and plenty of money, there is little more to achieve except solving more and more cases and treasure hunts. It could be a special status once you get to 1,000,000 experience points or a special attribute.

Another idea is for a tough type of hunt that requires a lot of collaboration. Treasure hunts are a bit like that but they don't really require additional skills to solve, just luck. One where you need all ten types of contact, perhaps.

Aug-2-2004 12:03

Having all 10 contacts shuts out the smaller agencies from being able to go after them. While they might have trouble anyways, that blatantly shuts them out.

Aug-2-2004 14:23

I wasn't thinking that you had to be in an agency, but I agree if you did it wouldn't be fair. Perhaps the rule should be that you can't be in the same agency, to encourage interaction.

Aug-3-2004 09:35

I just had a thought, and it doesn't need to be implemented, I just thought I'd bring it up. It seems to me that when you're doing a favor for one of the "townies," and you're trying to solve a mystery in which one of their close relatives or friends was murdered, I wouldn't think that they would want to clam up on you, and that they'd try to help out as much as possible during that case. Any thoughts?

Aug-3-2004 10:56

I think you should be able to join Detective Agencies if you are NOT subscribed, but you can only create them if you are.

Aug-3-2004 11:02

I disagree. If you want to enjoy the game more, give Ben some money and spend the $4 to subscribe.

Aug-3-2004 13:39

there were times i played intermediate and i would only get like 2 or 3 suspects and then i wouldn't be able to get anymore b/c all other characters would clam up too fast, so when i go to accuse the 1 of the one's i have i'm wrong and the killer is somebody who i don't have as a suspect....is there a reason for that?

Aug-3-2004 13:44

you don't have the skills necessary yet to get them all to talk. try getting either interrogation or sweet talking. you'll end up getting more suspects as your character gets better.

Aug-3-2004 17:48

ok, thanks dudgeon....i'll do that

Aug-3-2004 20:53


1) Is the game fun? Really fun, kind of fun, funner than going to the dentist?
Well, the game is fun, or I wouldn't have subscribed to it. However, it's way more a capitalist, get more skill points and buy more stuff type of game than an RPG. My agency and I mostly stick with talking "in character", and the newspaper makes the game feel a little more RPG oriented, but the main problem to me, is that all the sayings of the townies, the suspects, the intros, the twists, they are all set and have little impact on the game. The story of each case is pretty boring after the first few cases. The "featured mysteries" are better about this of course, but some are so friggin long that I get bored halfway through reading a scenario/intro and just skip to the investigation faze of the case.
Also, It takes WAYYYYYY too long to get more skill points after you've earned over 25.

2) Can you think of anything that would make the game more fun?
Sure, I can think of lots of things... I really think that the pictures of the suspects should match the descriptions. If they are fat, have a pic of a fat person. Don't say a person has straight hair when it's obviously curly in their picture. Have a tally of how each detectives charm/smarts/toughness tests are calculated. Instead of just saying that flirting helps your charm, show HOW it helps charm. Change up the story line sometimes. Have chilling details of the actual murder pop up in the news, or a description of someone's relationship with the victim or other suspects. Go through all of the scripts and make them appropriate for males vs. females. Spell check all of the individual pages. Make corresponding items that are obviously biased for one sex or another, such as perfume and seal skin coats, a male detective looks pretty silly with these items, but may use them for the skill point bonuses. Have way more pictures in general, of people, situations, etc.