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''The Casebook Trilogy'' is a FullMotionVideo mystery game set in New Zealand. It is composed of three episodes named ''Kidnapped, The Watcher'' and ''The Snake in the Grass'' and was released in 2010 (though the first episode became available back in 2009.

You play as a [[NewMeat a rookie detective]] [[TheVoiceless who is a man of few words.]] Your partner is Burton, a veteran of the force. The game starts off with you on your first day on the job trying to solve a Kidnapping Case. You mainly do so through taking photos of a fully 3d real life room. You then take those photos and have them examined by the LabRat and do minigames (more than 20 in total) to see results and match analyzed clues together.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: This hold true from most FMV games however it's hinted in Case One that you're male. Which is odd since in Episode Zero it clearly shows you as a brunette woman [[CoolShades wearing sunglasses.]]

* IdiotBall: The kidnapper in Case One has a firm grip on it. However it's [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it's in character for him and [[spoiler: he's murdered by his accomplish for holding it.]]

* JustForPun: Burton makes one in Episode Zero.
--> (Looking at an old Fan) "I gave that to Aunt Margaret. It was my biggest fan. Now I got a bigger one."

* {{AFGNCAAP}}: This hold true from most FMV games however it's hinted in Case One that you're male.
** Which is odd since in Episode Zero it clearly shows you as a brunette woman [[CoolShades wearing sunglasses.]]

* [[spoiler: WickedStepmother]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Burton's CowboyCop actions in the third case gets him suspended. This sets up the next three cases.]]

* SlippingAMickey: How the kidnapper keeps the kids sedated in Case One. However [[RealityEnsues the Lab Rat points out at the doses that kids are getting the pills will start putting their organs to sleep.]]

''The Casebook Trilogy'' is a FullMotionVideo mystery game set in New Zealand. It is composed of three episodes named Kidnapped, The Watcher and Snake in the Grass and was released in 2010 (though the first episode became available back in 2009.

''The Casebook Trilogy'' is a mystery game set in New Zealand. The Gameplay is through FullMotionVideo and you play as a [[NewMeat a rookie detective]] [[TheVoiceless who is a man of few words.]] Your partner is Burton, a veteran of the force.

The Gameplay is that you take photos of a fully 3d real life room. You then take those photos and have them examined by the LabRat and do minigames to see results and match analyzed clues together.

Anyway the game starts off with you on your first day on the job trying to solve a Kidnapping Case. You do so and then you are whisked off to a murder investigation. Sounds like your standard CSI "Get the guy at the end" right? [[FromBadToWorse Not exactly.]]

However this game is a [[TrilogyCreep trilogy in the exact sense that]] Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy is one, in that there are another three episodes planned. [[RuleOfCool The reason for this is that Casebook Trilogy sounds better.]]
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* [[spoiler: WickedStepmother]]

* ShownTheirWork: The whole 3D room concept required them to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome have created new technology in the form a camera system and robot that would move along a grid system and take photos from every angle and digitally stitch them together.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilStepmother]]

* WarriorPoet: Not the straightest example but Burton does read a lot.

* TheCSIEffect: Played with. The results are way too fast but that can easily be explained by AcceptableBreaksFromReality. What causes it to be played with is that partials are pretty much useless and results can take a while to get back.

The Casebook Trilogy is a mystery game set in New Zealand. The Gameplay is through FullMotionVideo and you play as a [[NewMeat a rookie detective]] [[TheVoiceless who is a man of few words.]] Your partner is Burton, a veteran of the force.

However this game is a [[TrilogyCreep trilogy in the exact sense that]] TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy is one, in that there are another three episodes planned. [[RuleOfCool The reason for this is that Casebook Trilogy sounds better.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Played around with in that you cause these moments to happen by taking photos of things that have absolutely no relevance to the Case.
** In Episode Zero, Burton looking at an odd photo.
--> "It's a bunch of women standing around a log. Okay....."

* CompleteMonster: The BigBad.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The ending to Case One where the father and the kids thank you and Burton for rescuing them.
** Also in Episode Zero it turns out [[spoiler: Aunt Margaret had been sleepwalking and took the food and the urn and had been making sandwiches for her husband and talking about old stories.]]

* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler: The BigBad gets away in the second case. Then Burton's actions in the third get him suspended.]]

Anyway the game starts off with you on your first day on the job trying to solve a Kidnapping Case. You do so and then you are whisked off to a murder investigation. Sounds like your standard CSI "Get the guy at the end" right? [[ItGotWorse Not exactly.]]

* WarriorPoet: Not the straightest example but Burton does read a lot.

* TapToTheHead: Justified in that the Murderer didn't care if he woke up.

The Casebook Trilogy is a mystery game set in New Zealand. The Gameplay is through FullMotionVideo and....

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Anyway. You play as a [[NewMeat a rookie detective]] [[TheVoiceless who is a man of few words.]] You partner is Burton a veteran of the force.

Anyway the game starts off with you on your first day on the job trying to solve a Kidnapping Case. You do so and then you are whisk off to a murder investigation. Sounds like your standard CSI "Get the guy at the end" right? [[ItGotWorse Not exactly.]]

However this game is a [[TrilogyCreep trilogy in the exact sense that]] TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy is one. In that there are another three episodes planned. [[RuleOfCool The reason for this is that Casebook Trilogy sounds better.]]

* ApocalypticLog: Case Two [[spoiler: first]] victim made these. It gets rather starling when see him get knocked out then the murdere turns off the camera.

* BedlamHouse: The apartments in the second case used to be one then were made into an apartment complex. Burton says that The people staying there haven't change at all.

* CowboyCop: Subverted by Burton he doesn't act at all like this. [[spoiler: Until the BigBad breaks into his house and leaves him a painting.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Burton is this. This leads to a lot of hilarious comments. Especially when you find a Forensics for Dummies book in [[spoiler: The BigBad's apartment]]

* InstantSedation: The kids were knocked out at first with Chloroform. Then again it might be justified in that they are around ten years and rather small.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Used humorously, by Burton, without saying a word when his two aunts start [[spoiler: arguing wither or not one of them sleep walks. He just quietly leaves the room through the door behind him.]]

* ShownTheirWork: The whole 3D room concept required them to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome created new technology in the form a camera system and robot that would move along a grid system and take photos from every angle and digitally stitch them together.]]

* TapToTheHead: Justified in that the Murder didn't care if he woke up.

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