Hasbro Interactive Clue Puzzle Review

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

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Summary:
I think the game CLUE is pretty interesting. It is unlike any other game and it holds your attention. It takes some thought and strategy to figure out. I would consider it amusing and fun. The fun part is trying to figure out the case.
You are like the detective trying to figure out the murder case. I don't see it as boring or dull. It keeps you thinking the whole time. I always think it is cool to go through secret passages and in and out of rooms. It is very unique. It also has this old spooky house look to it and that makes it appealing. I would absolutely advise other people to play it. It is a great game to play. It really keeps you entertained.

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Summary:
Clue isn't the simplest of games to play on the board, and has proven to be even more difficult to transfer to the computer. One of the major drawbacks of most multi-player computer games is the ability to cheat - and this game is nearly impossible to play on the computer with others without cheating. What I mean by cheating is seeing the clues meant for only other players to see. If you know the game, the idea is for each time you enter a room in the mansion, you make a guess as to who the murder is and with what weapon in the room you have entered. The other players then are supposed to tell the guesser if they can prove them wrong or not, and then shows - only the guesser - that bit of evidence (a card in his/her hand proving that it isn't one of the ones in the solution packet).

When more than two players are playing on the computer, it is easy for the other player to see the card disproving the guess. Also, with the board game, you are given pages where you can write down the information you know and learn during the game. Other players on the computer can easily watch what a player puts down on these pages unless they walk away from the computer altogether.

I haven't tried to play this game on-line with other players yet, but I'm sure that these problems are solved under that platform. Playing on your own against the computer does solve this, and you can decide in advance what level each of the other players are. But even making the other players experts doesn't make them really smart enough to make the playing a challenge - they just don't know how to bluff, and if they don't know how to bluff, they can't lead you astray and give themselves an advantage.

Starting to play this game isn't easy (and yes, I admit, I hate reading instruction books), and it took some fiddling around to get going and figure out how the game works and how to change the options. This is a real minus, and should be taken into consideration.

Also, the one die movement is slow, making moving around the board painstaking (we used to use two with the board game to speed things up). Of course, if you are accused of being the murderer in a room on the other side of the board, your piece is moved there automatically (just like in the board game).

As a novelty, it was fun to begin with, but even thought the price is inexpensive, I'd save my pennies for the board version (which, of course, we went out and bought a new one of, after we had tired of the computer version).