CSI: NY (video game)
CSI: NY – The Game is a video game based on the CSI: NY television series. This is the sixth CSI game released, and the first for CSI: NY.
As with the previous CSI games, there are five cases to work on. However, the game has taken a drastic graphical change, opting for a stylised 2D cartoon look, instead of the rendered 3D graphics of previous games in the CSI franchise.[6] The game will allow you to control a CSI (Mac or Stella) and solve cases, collect evidence and solve puzzles. You will also be able to interrogate suspects with branching dialogue options, and depending on your tone or line of questioning you may find the suspects refuse to co-operate, or tell you everything you need to know.[7]
This is Legacy Interactive's first CSI game. They previously created the Law & Order video games.
As of April 2009, Ubisoft released the final case ("Derailed"). This case requires game patch 1.01 (it can be installed if the PC has an active internet connection). Mac Taylor becomes the prime suspect on the case when his DNA is discovered all over the body of a dead man.
Cast members of the popular TV show including Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper, Eddie Cahill, Anna Belknap, Robert Joy, and A. J. Buckley reprised their roles for the videogame and recorded in Los Angeles with voice director Timothy Cubbison.[8]
Cases[edit]
Case 1 – Downward Spiral[edit]
A man fell from the top of a building – was it homicide or was it suicide? The fact that he has acquired wings through plastic surgery only adds to the unnatural aspects. Suspects include his boss, a tattoo parlor girl, and the doctor who gave him surgery. It is eventually discovered he got the wings because he wanted to show his boss his true daredevil nature and his boss shoved him out the window during the ensuing argument. You work with Mac on this case.
Case 2 – Just Desserts[edit]
An infamous food critic is found dead in a restaurant. Suspects include the general manager who had an affair with the victim, a chef who was criticized for a bad review from the victim, and another chef who made him meet with a mobster. It eventually comes out that he was poisoned by the chef he humiliated before he went to the restaurant where he was found. You work with Stella on this case.