Dirty Split

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 23:19

When a plastic surgeon is found murdered in his office the police are quick to apprehend a prime suspect. It is a textbook case - except the suspect didn’t do it. There is more to the deceased doctor than meets the eye. Much more.

You will lead private investigator Alan Baxter to the truth as an ever-increasing mystery unravels before his eyes.

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Developer: Dreamagination Entertainment

Download: http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=290

Official homepage (and download of the french, german and czech translation): http://www.dreamagination.org/?page_id=5

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 20:21

Strange graphic bugs caused this to be unplayable for me.

Pater Alf · Post by **Pater Alf** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 18:14

Well, another proof that freeware adventures don't have to hide behind professional products any longer. Just look at the beautiful graphics and listen to the excellent soundtrack and voice acting...

Well done, Dreamagination Entertainment!!!

Railwaymodeler · Post by **Railwaymodeler** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 19:05

OK, now my curiousity is piqued and I am going to download this game. It's 183 MB so I'll go grab a cup of coffee while it downloads!

Tank · Post by **Tank** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 20:32

Sounds interesting....

Railwaymodeler · Post by **Railwaymodeler** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:54

I just read the license as I was install the game:

2. LICENSE

Dreamagination Entertainment grants, and the customer accepts, a nontransferable and nonexclusive license to use the Software on the following terms and conditions:

You are allowed to distribute copies of the software.

You are allowed to copy the software as often as you want.

You are NOT allowed to:

a) Sell the software on any medium or over a paid internet service without written permission from Dreamagination Entertainment. We encourage that you ask for a permission in any case you want to present the software on a public website or any other medium.

b) Rent, lease, sub-license, loan, modify, alter, adapt, merge, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or re-package the software into another product, or to disassemble it or create derivative works, based on the whole, or any part, of the software or its associated documentation.

So I think, if accepted here, we can host it.

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:02

Railwaymodeler wrote:We encourage that you ask for a permission in any case you want to present the software on a public website or any other medium.

So I think, if accepted here, we can host it.

Yep, but this.

Pater Alf · Post by **Pater Alf** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 16:00

Well, about the technical side of the game, there is nothing I can complain about. Clear and colourful graphics in a style I personally like, an excellent soundtrack and very good voice acting (which could have been a bit louder in some places).

But let's come to the content: The story is interesting and you don't know what's going on right from the beginning. That's fine. But on the other hand the puzzles are much too easy to solve. Whenever there seems to be a problem, the solution is just a few clicks away. This is a typical problem for amateur/fan adventures as it seems there is nothing harder than to create good and challenging puzzles...

I felt entertained anyway!

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 0:44

Easiness is definitely a problem here! DS is good as a cartoon though.

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 14:34

Ive finished it and I'm even more disappointed than when I finished Broken Sword. Plot is linear, hints given by main character and notebook are in fact solutions (hints are not needed anyway - linearity prevents from using brain well enough) and puzzles are...wait, what puzzles? Really bad game with very good plot, dialogues and fantastic technical side. Great pleasure to click, pain to play, easy to forget.

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 18:58

I actually liked this quite a lot. I think it deserves alot of credit on sound, graphic, voiceacting and gameplay. Not to mention the plot that is not obvious from the get go. Sure after a while you get an idea, but not until the end is the full story revealed and solved.
Oh and not to mention the many hidden cameos and the likes bound to the 60's and films surrounding that era. The couple in the lobby sure does look familiar.

I like this and I think they could very easily make this into a series with Mr. Baxter in the lead.

Did you see the bloopers in the credits? The voiceact bloopers are fun to hear. Not haha funny, but it is always nice to know that there are actual people behind the computergraphics.

Oh and try to examine the contents of the desk in the policeprecinct before going in to the chiefs office.

A good game in my book.

Pater Alf · Post by **Pater Alf** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 23:30

The game has been added to CWF's database. You can download the english version of Dirty Split from our game info page:

http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=290