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Miami Law

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Miami Law
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8.0 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Hudson Entertainment

Developer: Hudson Soft

Genre(s): Action, Adventure

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: June 9, 2009

Summary

(Also known as "Miami Crisis") Living the life of a detective on the beat is everyone's dream. From using your sharp analytical skills to solve a mystery, to putting your life on the line in an intense shoot-out, or shaking down the bad guy; a detective's life truly seems like life on the edge. Now, Hudson is set to give you a taste of that life with Miami Law, an all new adventure on Nintendo DS that has you saving the world with your fingertips! Miami Law is an action-adventure game packed with all of the ingredients of a prime-time TV show: an intricate storyline with a shadowy terrorist conspiracy, furious shoot-outs in abandoned warehouses, challenging crime-scene detective work and more. Players will have many opportunities to choose their path and change the story - either as the intense Law Martin from the Miami PD or the brainy Sara Starling from the FBI. Players are presented with different challenges depending on which character they pick - playing as Sara features a puzzle-based element, whereas playing with Law thrusts the player into the action, often into car chases or shoot-outs where taking out the bad guys is the only way to get results. Unlockable extras, including Texas Hold ‘Em Poker and Sudoku, are included to take the pressure off players when the tension gets thick. [Hudson Entertainment]

What The Critics Said

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75

Play Magazine

As digital comics go, I had a lot of fun with Miami Law. Though it's a little rough around the edges at times and could have been longer, it has a lot going for it and doesn't let up once the story kicks into gear.

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68

Cheat Code Central

Five missions offer a solid amount of play time, but you won’t want to be revisiting this drama when it’s all said and done.

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67

Worth Playing

Miami Law is certainly an acquired taste. It's not a visually stunning game and the sound, or lack thereof, leaves something to be desired.

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67

Official Nintendo Magazine UK

It's not terrible, just awkward. [Oct 2009, p.84]

66

RPG Fan

It's fun, but incredibly flawed. As long as it's taken as such, fans of the adventure genre will probably have fun playing it like I did.

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60

Games Radar (in-house)

Miami Law isn't horrible. But its fast-paced 24-style plot just doesn’t mesh with the slow and methodical gameplay found in point-and-click titles like these.

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55

GameZone

Miami Law provides some solid old school adventuring and a few decent mini-games, but the plot is generic and the gameplay doesn’t stand out enough to make it recommendable over other similar DS titles.

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50

GamePro

Weighing in at five cases, Miami Law isn't a terribly long game nor is it terribly original, but for what it is -- a rather mindless police point and click -- it's a decent enough adventure.

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50

NGamer UK

A package riddled with niggles. [Sept 2009, p.69]

50

GameSpot

Miami Law is a simple, short, and thoroughly ridiculous buddy-cop graphic adventure steeped in mediocrity.

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50

Gaming Nexus

Miami Law could have been an edge-of-your-seat adventure game, a mash-up of 24 and Hotel Dusk. Unfortunately it takes too long getting to the point and is rarely fun along the way.

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50

Games Master UK

If you want to play cop on your DS, try to Import "Tokyo Beat Down" instead. [Oct 2009, p.80]

40

Adventure Gamers

In spite of all the similarities, Miami Law turned out to be a better game than Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles—but not by much. Miami Law has higher production values and a more ambitious scope, but overall these games share a surprising number of pitfalls, which leaves me wondering who they were designed for.

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30

Nintendo Power

Adventure games could get away with cheap trial-and-error challenges 20-odd years ago, but that definitely doesn't wash anymore. [July 2009, p.89]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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