James Patterson's Women's Murder Club: Twice in a Blue Moon

Floodlight Games announced the release of James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club: Twice in a Blue Moon for PC. This new title the third of the James Patterson series returns to the mix of hidden object and adventure gameplay of the first game.

The most authentic James Patterson experience yet, Twice in a Blue Moon lets players join The Women’s Murder Club to decipher cryptic messages, uncover facts and gather evidence needed to stop a killer in his tracks. The plot consists of several separate investigations that you are to uncover and solve the mysteries. The maim heroes are four women: lawyer, detective, medical expert, and journalist. Actually, they discharge their play facilities, i.e. women are devoid of character. However, the authors kept such woman vice as carelessness as she is always late. Under these circumstances the killer can be hardly ever caught.

The target of each investigation is to explore the offered location and find all well-hidden items. As usually you have to collect a lot of incredible things, for example, statuette, teddy bear, golf-club or fan, and other indispensable objects to investigation. But for all that the graphics leave much to be desired! Comics-based artwork is notable for its darkness and untidiness. In this case the search of the twelfth newspaper in a dark side street becomes a real torture. Fortunately, the hint system is not so cruel; there are five hints per investigation. It is pity that one and the same item you may see at different locations, since this fact wipes the effect of suddenness out.

Most of the puzzles are badly connected with the storyline and quite standard for this sort of games. Still it can boast of two or three challenging tasks as guessing the place of the next crime, for instance. If you are sick and tired of one or another mini game, it can be skipped immediately.

Overall, tastes differ, of course. Some intriguing puzzles and plot twists save the game from an absolute collapse. Why not try your hand at James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club: Twice in a Blue Moon game and express your own view. 

15, December 2009