Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Video Game 2005)

Video game spin-off from the popular Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV series.

Director:

Bill L. Norton

Writer:

William N. Fordes (consulting writer)

Stars:

Vincent D'Onofrio, Nicole Wilson, Jamey Sheridan

Cast

Credited cast:
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Det. Robert Goren (voice)
Nicole Wilson	...	Reporter (voice)
Jamey Sheridan	...	Captain James Deakins (voice)
Charles Dennis	...	Travis Chase / Jerry Fulton / Samir Kumar / Ian Lancaster / Richard Maloney / Hal Rudolph / Howard Schaffer (voice)
Barry Dennen	...	Crime Scene Tech / George Bennett / Frederick Grant / Tom Kirkwood / Tony Piovani / Gerald Stokes (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Majorie Atkinson / Melinda Brooks / Nancy Chen / Emily Hightower / Maureen Palmieri / Sheila Rogers (voice)
Wally Wingert	...	James Bellotti / Marvin Deane / Frank Doherty / Spencer Hastings / Xavier Mendoza / Charlie Timmerman / Rene Vaughn-Deardon (voice)
Keith Ferguson	...	Tim Bradshaw / Alex Chang / Stephen Finch / Emilio Sanchez / Bill Yamada (voice)
Tim Russ	...	Rupert Brown / Dennis Campbell / Ed Clemmons / Gordon Dixon / Walter Harris / John Lassiter / Jack Morgan (voice)
Iona Morris	...	Kathy Dillard / Gayle Pearson / Helen Reynolds / Colleen Schuster / Sandy Webber (voice)
Leigh-Allyn Baker	...	Laura Douglas / Caroline Higgins / Hanna Pritchard / Suzanne Stokes / Andrea Warren (voice)
Julianne Buescher	...	Jenna Kirkwood / Jennifer Lee / Carla Meyers / Stephanie Novitsky / Barbara Rodriguez / Rosa Sanchez / Rachael Warren (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ursula Abbott	...	Jill
Nick Basta	...	Detective Hadrian
Erin Boyes	...	Drugged College Student

Storyline

In Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the player will take on the role of Detective Robert Goren (voiced by actor Vincent D'Onofrio) and attempt to solve four homicide investigations. As Detective Goren, the player will scrutinize crime scenes, analyze evidence and interview witnesses and suspects. The player will utilize Goren's instincts for interrogation by selecting his psychological approach to each witness and potential suspect. The player will decide if Goren should try to deceive the suspect, intimidate him into talking or take another approach altogether. Innovative puzzles ranging from easy to mind-bending will be woven into the compelling story-lines. Captain Deakins (voiced by actor Jamey Sheridan) will provide his streetwise perspective and savvy guidance throughout the course of the investigations. In order to solve each case, the player will build a profile based on real-life criminal profiling techniques to help track down the killers. As the clues build, the player will ...

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Genres:

Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Law & Order: Criminal Intent - The Video Game

Company Credits

Production Co:

Legacy Interactive

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Law & Order: Dead on the Money (2002)

User Reviews

Review of the the video game

This is a review of the actual game and not the show itself. How did people miss that? It does clearly say "VG". The game does feel like a true episode of the show. It contains the same music and even some voices from the cast. Hearing Vincent D'Onofrio's voice and portraying Det. Goren at first is really satisfying. Soon however you will realize that the game character Goren is not the same as the brilliant detective in the show. When you interview people you have the option to ask questions in different ways. You can question in a straightforward manner or in a empathic way resulting in different answers. A dialog like this would seem realistic and natural and would be great if it really worked. It would give you some freedom that many other adventure games don't have. Sadly I have to report that there is no freedom in asking the questions. You have to ask the questions in a certain order to get a positive result. Being "empathic" to game character Goren must mean something else since most of the time he says things that are quite the opposite. This is a flaw that could have been overlooked if the game mechanics were any better. The game is full of glitches and crashes (Even on high end machines). This is why you have to save often,otherwise you will get stuck. The visuals are OK,although the animation could have been better (Goren is walking like a duck). The game excels in the story department. Interesting cases with even twists and surprises you normally would get to see in the show. If you can overlook the major flaws of the game than you will have an enjoyable experience. Personally I could not finish the game since the flaws were getting on my nerves (You've got to have patience)!