Thus, the four corner rooms have two doors while the four central rooms have three. Each room is connected by an open door to all its adjacent rooms. Gameplay: Be the first to complete five challenges and thus escape the mansion! This is accomplished by gently tilting and shaking the box, to achieve the goals prescribed by the cards.Įach Mansion (in other words, each box) is divided in eight different rooms arranged in a rectangle. The potential buyer can fiddle with the box by moving different things to different rooms, without even opening it. Namely, some of its elements are put into an assembled mansion that can be seen through the transparent plastic on the back of the game box. The game has a 'try it' mode even before one purchases it. In addition to the rulebook in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Russian that can also be found on the publisher's website free of charge, the game also contains the following: 4 Haunted Mansion boxes, 4 Adventurers, 8 Ghosts, 8 Eyes, 8 Spiders, 8 Snakes, 12 Treasure Chests and 48 Challenge cards. What you get: Your EUR 30 or equivalent will buy you Panic Mansion, a two to four player real-time dexterity game that lasts around 15 minutes. Will you be the first one to break the curse and flee the mansion?' Gather your friends and family for a day in the “office” you will never forget – but don’t forget to meet your Deadline!ĬSI Deadline can be purchased from The Panic Room’s website here.Review Summary: Warning: real-time dexterity games in an RPG premise may cause extreme addiction.īlurb from the publisher: 'The mansion up the hill has always had a reputation of being cursed. Stacked with puzzles, well presented, neat soundtrack and a very nice game play flow, this one will not disappoint. Yet again, The Panic Room have pulled it out the bag with another outstanding CSI game. Using your powers of deduction, gathered clues, puzzle answers, subtle hints you’ve found along the way, this is a great finale to your hard work. Two or three puzzles in this game were real highlights, where the innovation of creating puzzles never ceases to amaze me!Īgain, this game builds nicely as you pull together all the evidence and clues to work out actually what happened to Jerry. There are certainly some trickier puzzles within this game which will get the grey matter working, however if a little stuck, a quick click of the hint button will get you back on track. With the above in mind, I think that, given puzzle difficulty and interactivity, this game would suit families with older children/teens as well as enthusiasts. That being said, there are a number of evidence items you come across throughout the game will help you solve the case! You may not think it at the time, but I would certainly suggest jotting down what you see,hear and read – much of it will come in handy later! This all adds to the detective feel of the game. This makes you feel like you are a little more involved with this “detective” case and actually rummaging around to find evidence of what actually happened. An added element within this game is the use of slightly more interactive images, so there are aspects of “point and click” coupled with the more traditional “here’s a set of pictures, now solve the puzzle” games. They are well produced, neatly presented and given the “office” environment you are working in, surprisingly varied. I found the puzzles within this game the strongest point of all. It plays a great balance in being able to understand the company as well as giving you some hints on how the game works – I found the actor in this very believable and it is a very cute opening touch. You and your group of fellow employees take it upon yourself to investigate further, as the police feel that this is clearly an open and shut case.Īs ever, no spoilers, however I really enjoy the opening video to this game as you are met by another Gen Win employee. Knowing Jerry better than most, you feel that this would not be possible and have your suspicions. Upon your arrival to work, you are advised by police that the company boss, Jerry Hoskins has sadly taken his own life in his office. In terms of story, you are an employ for Gen Win Solutions – a pharmaceutical giant. The Panic Room have done it again with a brilliantly strong CSI style murder mystery, with an impressive story line and great engaging puzzles. Was he killed by someone in the company? Or was it really just a suicide? It’s decided! Time to sneak into the office to see what you can find. So then why is his office now closed for investigation?Ĭuriosity has got the better of you. A few days ago, your boss ‘Jerry Hoskins’ died in his office. CSI Deadline Review | Something strange is happening in your comfortable company.
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