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If you've ever played Clue before, you'll know how it works. You and your friends try to figure out who killed Mr. Body in which room of his mansion, and with what weapon.
The compuuter version is no different. All of the same rules apply.
After you've rolled the die and moved into a room, you can make a suggestion. Once you've put in your guess, you see a video of the charectar guessed using that weapon. Then your opponents have to start showing you cards based on what you guessed. Once you've figured out who commit the crime based on which cards you've seen, you can make an accusation. If you're right, you win! That's all there is to it.
A cool mode that they put in was the no die roll. Instead of rolling a die, you get 9 moves to use however you want. When you're walking around, it's one move per square, when you use a secret passage, it costs you 6 squares, and when you suggest or accuse it costs you 3. This mode can really change the course of the game.
You can also choose between 2 views. One is a top down view like you would get when you're playing the board game, and another is the 3D mode. When you use this, you will see you charectar walk from room to room. While it's kind of cool, it can get kind of hard to see where you are.
Unfortunately, the game probably won't last you as long as the real board game would, because of the AI. After a little while, you'll begin to realise that the computer uses exactly the same strategy each time. What I've noticed is, when you're playing on easy, the computer will figure out the preson and weapon almost imediately, and it keeps suggesting them as it moves from room to room. Becuase it does that, you can correcly assume that they are both right, so all you have to fo is fighre out the room.
The graphics are pretty good. Everything is clear, but the animation of the walking people can be a little bit choppy. Other than that, the pixles are kind of big in the movie sequences, but other than that, it all looks really good.
The sound is also pretty good. As you're playing, there is some jazz music playing in the background that really adds some feeling to the game. Also, when it's you're turn, the buttler will announce it. He has the perfect groggy voice for the game.
The classic board game Clue was easily made better on the computer. The game maintains it's fun and gives you three difficulty levels to increase the replay value. This game is deffinately worth your time.