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Feb-26-2004 07:41

This thread is for game hints. Feel free to add anything you've figured out for yourself.

Hint-> Be careful who you accuse. 3 false accusations on your record will retire your detective. However, the Shady Character in the bar can help you clean up your record if you've made too many mistakes. It'll cost you though.

Apr-27-2004 07:21

Can't stress this one enough. You must not use a POP UP BLOCKER if you want to receive messages. Poor Secret Asian Man has been begging everyone for help and can't get an answer.

HINT: Turn off your pop-up blocker!!!

Apr-27-2004 10:36

I forget people's birthdays all the time. My mother's motive would be like "Forgot her birthday an uncountable number of times in a row". Expect me to be an unsolved victim of crime soon. lol

Apr-27-2004 10:55

Guilty here too, Miss Wiles.

Apr-27-2004 10:57

When you look up someone, what does "Rank: n" mean? n being a number. Is the lower number a higher rank, or a lower rank?

Apr-27-2004 11:18

Maybe it's just me, but I find that it pays to match Witness evidence with the alleged killer's motive. If the motive was robbery, and the witness saw the accused wearing the victim's watch the next day, then it seems more likely that the accusation is correct. I can't back this up, but that seems to be the case.

Apr-30-2004 15:13

Could just be me, but I've noticed that if you go to a suspects home and they aren't there, and then return later, they are much more liable to clam up on the first question than if you catch them at home the first time around.

Apr-30-2004 18:56

I think this is because the first time you go and they're not in, you get the option to pick the lock, which essentially gives you one free question.

Apr-30-2004 21:28

Just once I'd like to just kick the door down and ransack the place..

~S.A.M.

Apr-30-2004 23:41

Yes, about this. I find it an annoyance, when you don't have Lock Picking, to bump into a closed door. Is it possible to have only those with Lock Picking encountering the "not at home" scenario? I know it's only one or two clicks more, but sometimes I find it annoying.

May-1-2004 08:56

Wayne, it just occured to me while I was picking a lock a moment ago, if I hadn't seen how often the opportunity came up when I didn't have the skill, I would not have been able to accurately judge the value of adding it to my "tool box".