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Developer(s) | Telltale Games |
Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
Producer(s) | Chris Ferriter |
Designer(s) | Greg Land |
Writer(s) | Max Allan Collins |
Engine | Telltale Tool |
Platform(s) | macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Wii |
Release | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows & Xbox 360
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Genre(s) | Adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
CSI: Hard Evidence is a computer and Xbox 360 game based on the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television series. This is the fifth CSI game released, including CSI: Miami.
As with the previous CSI games, there are five cases to work on. However, the game includes improvements on CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder, like a 3D crime scene kit. The voice of Sara Sidle is again performed by a soundalike (Kate Savage) and not Jorja Fox. Catherine Willows is also replaced by a soundalike in this game, with Edie Mirman standing in for Marg Helgenberger.
This is Telltale's first console game which was released inline with the PC version. It is Telltale's first Xbox 360 and Wii game. A Mac OS X version was later released by TransGaming, using their Cider technology.
The Cases[edit]
Case 1: Burning For You[edit]
In the first case, a taxi driver has been killed in an apparent arson attack inside his car. The player works with Nick Stokes in this case.
During the investigation, the victim was found to be a racist with a criminal record. The details pointed out to a homeless man from Arizona, and two women who are in a relationship; one of the women was the victim's old high school prom date and being harassed by him for two weeks.
Case 2: Double Down[edit]
A woman is repeatedly stabbed in her house and lives, but doesn't know who hurt her. The player works with Catherine Willows in this case. The husband is initially suspected after the woman is found to have entered into a contract with an aging African-American tycoon to be the surrogate mother for his son. However, after discovering that the husband was oblivious of the arrangement, the only suspects are the tycoon and his trophy wife. This case can also be played as the sixth case of the PlayStation 2 version of 3 Dimensions of Murder.[citation needed]
Case 3: Shock Rock[edit]
The bodies of four members of a rock band called Bullet Train, are found electrocuted. The player works with Warrick Brown in this case.
The band members each have a record, except for the young singer. The suspects are the band's roadie/sound-tech, who was picked on by the band, his current lover, who is the band's second choice for a singer, the band's hateful manager, and Bullet Train's ex-singer, who was also the ex-wife of the lead guitar player.
Case 4: In Your Eyes[edit]
An eye surgeon originally from India was brutally killed in his own home. The only witness is his blind wife. After realizing the wife's alibi has holes in it, she becomes a suspect along with the victim's daughter and his partner at work, whom the victim was forcing his daughter to marry. The player works with Greg Sanders in this case.
Case 5: The Peacemaker[edit]
There has been a gun shootout where many bullets have been found, and a store clerk is shot repeatedly. A man found at the scene of the crime admits to killing the clerk, but evidence soon suggests the work of the man's brothers, all three of whom are triplets. The case includes characters from the 'Shock Rock' case. The player works with Gil Grissom in this case.
Reception[edit]
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CSI: Hard Evidence was met with mixed reception from critics, with reviewers citing repetitive gameplay and a lack of challenge as the main areas of weakness. It was also pointed out that little attention was given to implementing interesting achievements for the Xbox 360 version. GameRankings and Metacritic gave the game a score of 69% and 63 out of 100 for the PC version;[14][17] 44% and 48 out of 100 for the X360 version;[16][19] and 52% and 49 out of 100 for the Wii version.[15][18]
References[edit]
- ^Young, Stuart (October 24, 2007). 'CSI: Hard Evidence review'. Adventure Gamers. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^Reed, Kristan (October 13, 2007). 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence (X360)'. Eurogamer. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^Reiner, Andrew (December 2007). 'CSI: Hard Evidence (X360)'. Game Informer (176). Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ abNavarro, Alex (October 4, 2007). 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ abGoldstein, Hilary (October 19, 2007). 'CSI: Hard Evidence Review (PC, X360)'. IGN. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^Goldstein, Hilary (August 19, 2008). 'CSI: Hard Evidence Review (Wii)'. IGN. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^Miller, Zachary (February 5, 2008). 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence'. Nintendo World Report. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence'. Official Nintendo Magazine: 88. June 2008.
- ^'CSI: Hard Evidence'. Official Xbox Magazine: 65. December 2007.
- ^King, Ryan (October 19, 2007). 'Review: CSI: Hard Evidence'. Official Xbox Magazine UK. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^'CSI: Hard Evidence'. PC Gamer: 74. January 2008.
- ^Huston, Ty (February 15, 2008). 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence (Wii) Review'. 411Mania. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^McCarver, Chris (October 29, 2007). 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence (Xbox 360) Review'. 411Mania. Retrieved September 26, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ab'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence for PC'. GameRankings. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ ab'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence for Wii'. GameRankings. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ ab'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence for Xbox 360'. GameRankings. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ ab'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ ab'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence for Wii Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ ab'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence for Xbox 360 Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links[edit]
- CSI: Hard Evidence at MobyGames
An episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation appeared last week on CBS in which an entire serial-killer plot is built around a single hand of Texas Hold’em.
Set in Las Vegas, CSI has predictably featured a few plots involving gamblers and occasionally poker players over the course of its 13 seasons.
For example, an episode from 2002, “Revenge Is Best Served Cold,” saw the team investigating the death of a poker player who collapsed during a high-stakes game.
But poker players and/or fans of televised poker might find this new episode interesting in the way it creatively imagines a complicated revenge scenario emanating from a cheating incident at a WSOP Main Event-like poker tournament.
Tom Schneider Appears in Short Cameo
A major point of interest to poker fans is the appearance of two-time WSOP bracelet winner Tom Schneiderin a non-speaking cameo role.
Schneider plays Glenn Heidbreder, a dealer at the 1997 Palermo Poker Classic who in fact is involved in the cheating scheme that ultimately leads to the string of murders years later.
Last month Schneider was contacted by the show’s producer whom he’d met at a golf tournament a few years ago.
The producer asked Schneider if he knew anyone in Los Angeles who could serve as a technical director for poker on an episode, and as it turned out Schneider himself ended up filling the role.
Schneider and his wife, Julie -- who some may know is an accomplished player herself, having earned a third-place finish in a WSOP event in 2009 -- read the script, then traveled to L.A. to meet with the producers to discuss it.
“There were a few things the writer didn’t change that we think our poker-playing friends are going to criticize us for,” Schneider told PokerListings, including the fact that a player at the 1997 PPC final table is shown eating chicken wings.
Perhaps the makers were inspired by a real-life WSOP-related incident, namely Tiffany Michelle’s infamous plate of fries at the 2008 Main Event.
While there as a consultant, Schneider was recruited to play the role as a poker dealer.
“I have some special skills from learning magic a long time ago,” Schneider explains, and in fact his handiwork is both shown and becomes part of the plot as his character turns out to be in on the scheme.
It sounds like the experience was a lot of fun for Schneider, if not overly profitable. “They spent four hours on my scene that will probably be on air for 20 seconds. After receiving my paycheck for four days’ work, I have a min buy-in for a tight $20-$40 mix game.”
A Playing Card As a Murder Weapon
David Cassidy of The Partridge Family fame does a quick guest turn on the episode, too, as Peter Coe, a professional poker player, unfortunately murdered in the show’s opening sequence.
Killed while alone in an elevator, his death provides a momentary “locked room” mystery that the CSI team swiftly solves by first determining his jugular vein was severed by an item containing cellulose acetate, then further reducing the possible weapons down to... a playing card!
Sounds incredible, sure. Even more fanciful, the team decide the killer threw the playing card through the closing elevator doors.
“In the right hands, a playing card is a lethal weapon, thrown up to 80 miles per hour,” explains David Hodges (Wallace Langham), the team’s Trace Technician. “I once saw a magician slice a carrot in half with one.”
“That’s absolutely absurd,” responds CSI Level 2 Morgan Brody (Elisabeth Harnois), likely articulating most viewers’ thoughts.
Of course, for poker fans, we immediately recognize the reference being made, one of several in the episode that evoke the world of professional tournament poker and the WSOP.
CSI Borrows Elements from Poker World
Those of us who watched ESPN’s coverage of the WSOP during the “boom” era from a decade ago well remember the feature showing Chris “Jesus” Ferguson’s card-throwing exploits. His slicing of various fruits and vegetables with playing cards no doubt inspired the plot device and dialogue for the writers of CSI.
That’s just one of several story elements we might call “tells” indicating the show’s writers’ awareness of tournament poker, particularly as it has been covered and shown on television over recent years.
In this episode bodies continue to appear and it turns out all are linked back to the final table of the 1997 Palermo Poker Classic won by Peter Coe.
Poker fans will instantly recognize the tournament as a version of the WSOP Main Event.
A character refers to the “PPC” as the “Vegas Super Bowl,” perhaps also alluding to Amarillo Slim Preston’s old Super Bowl of Poker that ran from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.
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Meanwhile, the 2013 PPC is currently playing out, with one of the final players, Ava Rendell (Becky O’Donohue), being described as the “last woman standing” (the episode’s title).
“Mildly condescending,” says Night Shift Supervisor D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) of the phrase, one we recognize as frequently used in tournament poker.
Rendell actually runs her own poker instructional website -- hotpokerbabe.com -- and later when talking to a CSI investigator speculates that the police force is “just as much of a boy’s club as poker.”
Another character -- a friend of Coe’s who becomes a suspect thanks to his being the card-throwing magician referred to earlier -- talks about how he used to play poker with Coe.
“We played together,” he says. “Texas hold’em... before it was spoiled by frat boys and gongoozlers.”
Again, there’s an understanding shown here of differences between poker of the pre-“boom” era and the game’s subsequent explosion in popularity, especially with regard to tournament poker and the WSOP.
Extreme Hand Analysis
By show’s end, the victims are ultimately connected one by one to the community cards Schneider’s character deals in that 1997 PPC hand, with the killer and motive finally discovered thanks to the CSI team’s meticulous analysis of the cards’ connections to the murders.
As mentioned, between Schneider’s cameo, the imaginative association of murders with individual playing cards, and other allusions to tournament poker and the WSOP, poker players should find the episode interesting.
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The episode also perhaps helps show poker’s continuing resonance in mainstream popular culture, even if the game’s popularity and growth have slowed over recent years.
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One disclaimer... CSI has earned a lot of criticism over the years for its boundary-testing depictions of graphic violence, with the blood-soaked “Last Woman Standing” providing several more examples of such.
Still, if you’re a poker fan and can stomach the gore -- and suspend your disbelief -- this week’s CSI might be worth investigating.