Kelley Armstrong's Cainsville Files Reviews

Great interactive mystery / thriller story

GoodGrlGamer

I am a fan of Cause of Death, which is an EA game similar in format. This game is more of an interactive novel with excellent artwork, music and sound effects. I was thoroughly entertained, I just wish it was longer! In fact, if you could make this a series, I would continue to purchase additional episodes to learn more about Cainsville. It also reminded me a little of the fictional town from the television series - Gilmore Girls - Stars Hollow. Even the main character looks like Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. Oddly enough, the love interest and Writer character look like a mix of "Luke Danes" and "Jess Mariano". I'm onto you producers, but I'm loving it!!!

This is really great.

Isabasil

I bought this one on a whim and I'm really impressed. Sometimes the answers seem like they are fed to you a little ("am I 100% for real absolutely certain I want to shoot this guy?") but I like that when you get a bad ending Jenn reflects on "stuff I probably should've done to prevent, y'know, dying ..." Ahaha, I've died a lot so far. Sorry, Charlie. The story is pretty entertaining and I do feel like I'll get mileage out of going through the different routes and responses. I wish there were more games like this, you know?

Fun and worth the price of admission

SGS1234

This is a fun little interactive murder mystery. I got through easy enough, solving the crime and with a personally pleasant outcome. Now, I’m going to have to go back and figure out how the main character ends up dead in other versions (I just acted sensibly and didn’t do anything too stupid). I have just discovered Inkle products, and I’m not a “gamer” in any sense of the word, but these are a blast. I heartily recommend them. Also, this is alluring enough that there’s a decent chance that I’ll read the author’s actual books.

Fun Interactive Mystery

gm2cats

I loved this game with the opportunity to make my own decisions in pursuing the mystery. You can also play again and make different choices to see other possibilities. At the end, your choices are reviewed and you are able to evaluate your powers of detection. The price is excellent, especially considering the ability to play more than once. I would love to see more of these and would definitely buy them.

Penguin Publishers disappoint by charging for what should be a free promo...

sjm49

As other reviewers said, this "book" should have been a promotional giveaway. Buyers get a very short play time for what could and should have been a far more interesting and richly detailed experience. That criticism applies even considering that I only paid a promotional $.99 for this interactive "novel" and that's unfortunate for all concerned because now I don't trust Penguin to provide a fair deal for their customers. If I were the author, I'd be cheesed off. It's worth noting that the graphics are very basic, even lazy and bare-boned, and there is no voice acting. I feel sorry for those who wasted good money and for the book's author whose name is now associated with a greedy ripoff...

Way too short to be worth real money

Soonerjbd

The elements are there, but this is just too short to be worth real money. It's a prologue to a novel series. It plays like a free app to get people to buy the books, only they want you to pay for it. If this were chapter one of a much longer game, it would be OK. As it is, total ripoff.

Loved it

sangel_7

A good interactive story is hard to find. I loved it and hope you add more adventures to the series. Or even more adventures like this one.

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