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CSI: Dark Motives (Nintendo DS) | 
 enlarge | From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £16.82
You Save: £13.17 (44%)
New (5) Used (6) from £14.00
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 321
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: adventure-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 4.9 x 0.7
EAN: 3307210328069
ASIN: B000WWNOR2
Release Date: November 2, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 mystery solved January 13, 2008
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
if you are anything like me and loved hotel dusk then this game is for you! it has great plots and twists to keep you entertained for hours, checking crime scenes, using the lab and analysing evidence, and interregating suspects it has it all. if you are a fan of the programme then this is the game for you!
superb DS port of PC game March 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
CSI :Dark Motives for the Nintendo DS is a truly wonderful port of the 2004 PC game of the same title. 5 challenging crimes to solve and all wonderfully transfered to the DS with good use of the dual screens - The lower screen being for navigation, tool select and world interaction while the top screen gives constant access to the case files and turns into a detailed tool description when you're choosing equipment which is a priceless feature when starting the game. The touch screen is put to good use as you explore the environments and discover clues, making it a far more hands on experience than the PC "point and click" original controls.
The game features some great full motion video cutscenes, very interactive environments and a great soundtrack - but there is one thing that bugs me that is missing from this port... namely the vocal talents of the actors who give a running commentary during the FMV cutscenes and during interrogations. The DS uses a subtitle system of dialogue instead of the vocal tracks and This means that you have to either watch the FMV and miss the comment of the CSI crew or read their thoughts on the incident and miss some good FMVs.
That one complaint aside this is a wonderful game and has kept me busy for hours, and will no doubt be played again and again.
CSI: Dark Motives - great game August 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I truly enjoyed playing with this game. I think it's great. I like the fact that there are 5 different cases to resolve, it really does keep you entertain and save you to get bored with it. I just finished it and I can't wait for a new release.
Brilliant !! August 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
originally bought this game for myself but once i got it home the husband took over and i didnt see my ds for a wk until he had completed it. he was totally hooked and really enjoyed the game.one tip is to properly read how to use the tools for collection and detection and check everywhere for clues especially as the cases move on through the game. bit tricky in areas so i did help him out with a little help from a cheat site online which were very helpful......overall a very enjoyable game!!
 CSI: Dark Motives DS November 29, 2007
77 out of 78 found this review helpful
'CSI: Dark Motives' was originally released on the PC back in 2004 and has now been recreated for the Nintendo DS, making full use of the DS's unique dual-screen and touch screen facilities.
You take the role of a new rookie CSI and work alongside Catherine Willows, Nick Stokes, Warwick Brown, Sarah Sidle, Greg Sanders, Al Robbins, Jim Brass and your mentor, Gil Grissom to investigate and solve 5 brand-new cases, based on the brilliant TV show.
Case 1: A stuntman is injured in a freak accident during the taping of a reality TV show revealing an act of sabotage, all for the sake of ratings.
Case 2: A homeless man is found dead, which soon reveals a plot involving a large family fortune.
Case 3: An accidental shooting has occurred at a casino musical, exposing an illicit affair and a jealous husband.
Case 4: An archaeologist, psychic and failed artist are the suspects in a murder case involving some hefty real-estate.
Case 5: A travelling circus turns up a missing Komodo dragon and a disturbed mortician vindicating his girlfriend's death.
The thing that I like the most about this version is the excellent use of the touch screen, All of the CSI's detection and collection tools are here and using them with the stylus makes it a lot more interactive than when using the mouse and gives it a little more realism. Just tapping the screen to also browse through all of text is also a delight. The dual screen usage is done well also, as the suspects, victims and reconstructions options are displayed on the top screen, whilst the current location view as well as the dialogue and tools, evidence and locations options are displayed on the bottom one.
The crime lab is probably the most interesting bit of the game where you must compare pieces of evidence that you've gathered either against other evidence you've collected or against fingerprints, DNA or tyreprints etc that they have on their databases. You also get the video reconstructions (which are impressive for a DS game) that differ as you progress with your investigation, giving you a better idea of what happened at the crime scene.
There's a couple of bad points on the DS such as there are no voice-overs like in the PC version, so there's lots and lots of text continuously. The graphics are also not great, and with a majority of the game being static images, you do find you'll get bored if you're in the same location for a long period of time.
Overall, this is a really good game that has been made even better by using the DS's innovative features. Each case takes a couple of hours to get through so there's plenty of gameplay for your money, although I can't see that you'd play it through again once you've finished it. When you finish each case there is a real feeling of acheivement, so this game is very rewarding in that sense, as well as being great fun whilst you're playing it. If you like CSI and have played and enjoyed the other CSI games on other formats, or games like Phoenix Wright or Hotel Dusk than this is a game that I would definitely recommend to you. I just hope that the creators decide to re-make all of the other PC CSI games like CSI: Miami, 3 Dimensions of Murder, Hard Evidence and the original CSI game, as Dark Motives works perfectly on the DS.
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