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Criminal Case is a puzzle video game developed and published by Pretty Simple, released from 2012 on browser (Facebook), iOS and Android.

The game became very popular in 2013, becoming the most played game on Facebook ahead of the hugely popular Candy Crush Saga. It reached 100 million players, or nearly 40% of network users.

This page will focus on season 5 to 8 namely The Conspiracy, Travel in Time, Supernatural Investigations and City of Romance.

The Conspiracy
Set in the returning city of Grimsborough, and back in the present day after following the events of World Edition two years ago. The Conspiracy focuses on "dark secrets and conspiracies" stemming from a mysterious object that fell from the sky into the Grimsborough forest a year prior to the events of the season.

Travel in Time
With the present date set ten years after the events of The Conspiracy, Travel in Time features crimes all around the world and all across time.

Supernatural Investigations
Taking place across the United States in the years 2019 and 2020 after the player's foray into the future, Supernatural Investigations features crimes that involve supernatural elements and creatures, such as vampires, ghosts, werewolves, witches, etc.

City of Romance
City of Romance features the player as they join a foreign police force and investigate crimes and murders occurring across the city of romance: Paris, France.

Globally

 * 1) The main problem with these versions is that they lack charm unlike the first 4 Criminal Cases.
 * 2) Games have become huge pay to wins even worse than the first 4 versions
 * 3) Similar to Pacific Bay, Save the World and Mysteries on the Past, scan times have changed from an 18 hour Autopsy format and 30 minute to 6 hour scans to a much longer format with the Autopsy still lasting 18 hours but the analyzes now last from 3 hours to 15 hours which is very long.
 * 4) *And the worst is that there is no way to pass them unless you slap the bank card.
 * 5) * In addition, you can't do the glitch that allowed you to advance the time to pass the analyzes easily because it has been fixed.
 * 6) A lot of advertisements in these versions and it's worth 8.99€ to remove them which is excessively expensive.
 * 7) The PC version which was much better because no ads were ever released in these versions and were replaced by the mobile emulator.
 * 8) * In addition, the PC versions of the previous Criminal Cases that existed have been removed and replaced by their mobile versions.
 * 9) Lots of microtransactions: Every time you log in to the game there is a paid offer offered to you.
 * 10) Similar to the first 4 versions the energy bar is still low with only 110 energy and the cost of a crime scene is 20.
 * 11) The investigations all look the same except that the victim, the suspects and the crime scenes are different.

The Conspiracy

 * 1) The price of Police Pets is overpriced: literally for the first 2, you will have to pay 100,000 coins per unit unlike the usual 10,000.
 * 2) David Jones was flanderised in this version he became mean and selfish giving the impression that he is being manipulated by Zoe Kusama.
 * 3) For a version that claims to be back in Grimsbourough, the majority of the old characters are poorly represented.
 * 4) *Grace Delaney does not appear in this version although she is one of the most important characters in the license.
 * 5) *Nathan Pandit literally died in the very first investigation.
 * 6) *Eduardo Ramirez is still useless.
 * 7) This game has some of the most gruesome and despicable killers with completely despicable murder motives like Cynthia Lane, Catherine Kelly or even Emilio Fuller to name a few.
 * 8) All in all a release with good potential but was marred by major issues

Travel in Time

 * 1) To get the killer out of his prison: The plot is completely unrealistic and stupid for a game that is supposed to be real because literally we are talking about time travel.
 * 2) The game was rushed because there are only 31 cases unlike the usual sixty.
 * 3) They introduced a new investigation system that was hated by the fans.
 * 4) *Unlike the classic find the clues as quickly as possible to have the most points now you have to find the clues in a given time or else game over you will lose your energy you will have to start everything from scratch.
 * 5) * In addition there is no longer the magnifying glass which previews the objects you have to pay for the instant magnifying glass making the scenes much harder.
 * 6) Plot Hole: Since when can the police time travel?