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Law & Order: Criminal Intent Impressions

We visit Legacy Interactive's E3 booth to check out its upcoming TV-inspired first-person adventure for the PC.

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Earlier today, during a visit to Legacy Interactive's E3 booth, we were given our first look at Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Based on the TV show of the same name, the game will see you assuming the role of detective Robert Goren and attempting to solve four separate crimes along with your partner, Alexandra Eames.

Criminal Intent features a completely different interface from the other Law & Order titles, and, in keeping with the show, your approach to the investigations will be far more interview-based. With that in mind, Legacy has completely reworked its interrogation system so that rather than just picking questions to put to other characters you also get to determine the manner in which you put the questions to them. The five interrogation options available to you for each question will include straightforward, flattery, confrontational, deceptive, and sympathetic--and you can expect to get a very different response (or none at all) depending on which you opt for.

Asking a question the wrong way won't mean that you'll never get an answer to it, of course, and, a little unrealistically, you'll immediately be able to repeat the same question using a different tone in an attempt to get the result you're looking for. The system isn't completely pointless though, since all 50 non-player characters in the game will have a circular icon above their head that changes from white to red as they become more irritated with you. If the icon turns completely red, even before you've finished your interview, that character will ignore you until they've had some time (you'll need to travel to another of the game's 60-plus locations and come back again at the very least) to cool off.

We actually only got to see a couple of different interior locations during our demo, but we can report that the resolution visuals looked better than anything that's appeared in a Law & Order game to date and were very much in keeping with the look of the TV show. Law & Order: Criminal Intent is currently scheduled for release early in 2005. We'll bring you more information on the game as soon as it becomes available.

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