Argh, I really want to like this game but I just can't. I tried it 3 times. First time I quit after about an hour, I didn't like how it was so on rails and hand holdy. DING DING every time you mouse over a piece of evidence. And when you investigate a crime and someone says I DIDNT SEE NOTHIN I SWEAR! and then does a super obvious lying face... I thought fuck this and uninstalled.
Second time I got a lot further, tried to give it more of a break, got about half way through the game, things improve a bit, but overall I just didn't care about the story and the gameplay wasn't good and some other game came along I wanted to play.
Today I tried it again for a third time, mostly because I forgot how bored I got the last time. This time I feel the first time, it is goofy as hell, and also the gameplay is generally a bit shit. Fighting is nothing more than space to block, then left click to punch the guy out. Therefore pointless. Driving is goofy and also pointless, and just like an unnecessary timesink chore to get to places. And the investigations are goofy too. Interrogations are ok but they either make it obvious with their stupid faces or they don't and then you have no idea what to choose. The shooting is quite good though, but there isn't much of it, and even if there was it wouldn't be enough to carry the game.
Also it now seems really dated too. The controls are annoying as fuck, partly because it is old, and partly because it was made for consoles. Like you have to force the camera to face down at an object by swiping your mouse a mile, and finally he focuses on the notebook. Then you left click (or is it right click?) to open the book. And now left and right keys don't do anything to turn pages, you have to use left click (or is it right click?) to turn the pages, and if you do the wrong click it closes the book and puts it back in the drawer and you have to wrangle with the camera and repeat the whole thing again.
I wanted to persevere to see what the later stages of the game were like but I can't do it. I always wanted a game just like this, real investigations, as a cop/detective, in a real city that you can navigate freely. I played a game as a kid called Police Quest that was so primitive and old, and I wished some day there would be a newer and bigger budget version. This is the nearest I've ever seen, but it just.... isn't good.