Homicide Squad Reviews

Downside- There’s no instructions on how to play the game. I made a lot of errors and spent money because there’s no instructions or pictures of items I’m supposed to find, but I guess having no instructions is how you trick us into spending money. Smart marketing strategy! My coins has NEVER converted into universal tokens EVER. I have sent in two ticket requests and no one has ever gotten back to me. I have 4 ships that gives me tokens for 90 days and I have never received them . The universal tokens have never been added to my account. I am owed a lot of money from this game ripping me off. I have tried technical support and everything and still no one has helped with this issue. Someone please help me!!!!!!!!! I also have video proof of this as well.

Upside- I like the game and I’m becoming addicted the more I play it so kudos to you!

I downloaded this game yesterday and deleted it today. First of all the dialogue goes on FORVER! It took me over three hours to solve ONE case! First you’re at the Crime Scene, then The Pub, then an apartment- back and forth, back and forth, all the while the endless monologue. And the Hidden Objects- You finally figure them out and begin to recognize them, then they are moved, change color, or placed behind something that you just can’t make out. Whilst it could have been a “fun” game, it was NOTHING like is shown in the Ads that are paraded through every other game. Finally- once you solve the first puzzle, you move on “somewhat” to the second which is worse. You’re in an apartment, then back to the pub, then in a mansion, then on a boat, then to the lab, then back to the apartment, then off to the pub. All the while the “ dead man’s” apartment keeps changing (which is a neat trick for a dead man), and the endless chatter of the Detectives goes on forever. Games shouldn’t be this cluttered with worthless nonsense. People want to have fun and enjoy themselves whilst in this quarantine. This is a game, not a “made for TV Movie!

I never write game reviews. Ever. But I’m writing this review in the hopes that the developers will see it. I think your game has potential and I enjoyed playing it but I now have five cases open and that does not include the Thanksgiving day cases which I’m also working on. I cannot move forward with not even one case, not even one, because I am missing assemblers. I have played extra levels until I’m blue in the face and the reward is always stupid extra crap that I don’t need and never the common assemblers that are needed for every assembly. I currently need seven rollers and five cameras to assemble just two of the assemblies that I need to assemble before I can move forward. I’m sure you did this so that I will pay for diamonds to buy the things I need. I get that you’re trying to make a dollar and I will spend $3.99 ONE time but that is it! It is ridiculous to make your game this frustrating! I really liked it but I can’t continue to waste hours of my day trying to get one stupid roller!

I was enjoying the game, but got to a point where the touch screen would not work on any of the scenes. It would work when it opened but when you went to one of the crime scenes the touchscreen did not respond. I quit using it for a while and came back today, after about a month and a half, and found that, although there are other complaints about the same problem, no updates have been filed and nothing has apparently been done.

And, I have the same complaint about the night scenes. I play another series of games that are the same “find the hidden objects”, and in those night scenes it is not nearly as difficult to make out the object you’re looking for. If these two problems would get fixed I would rate it higher but right now it’s not playable. Either they are not reading the reviews, or they I haven’t been able to fix it in over two months. Too bad it was a good game.

RS in PDX

I like the seek and find rooms but have some complaints. Some of the items are hidden to the point you really, really, REALLY can’t find them. That is the most frustrating part of it all. I know you want people to buy you items and believe me I have but I am tired of wasting my inventory of objects I would never ever be able to find in the first place. I am very close to quitting the game altogether because of that.
Also, on the Match 3 games, sometimes you have too many blocks to eliminate and only a very small amount of turns to do that in. Again, I know the point is for us to use our inventory and them buy more but it has me to the point of quitting.
And what in the world is the money for? You can’t buy anything in the store with in. It’s kinda useless the way it accumulates but no real ways to use it.
A help center would be nice.
I think G5 should not try to make people buy, buy, buy all the time. It’s just too over the top.

I've been really enjoying the game (with a few minor complaints, such as the incessant pushing of in-app purchases common to games like this that I didn't pay to get), but the latest update (version 1.9.8) has made the game much less fun. Before this update, some scenes were challenging, and some were easier, but overall it was a good mix of a decent enough challenge without being impossible. But, the latest update has added so many objects in a scene that it's overwhelming and no longer fun (additionally, some items have changed names and changed appearance). In one scene that I was reliably winning 4/5 attempts, I've now won 1 time in 10 attempts and it's getting frustrating. Additionally, they've changed the "add 45 seconds" boost if you fail a scene so that it not only uses up a boost in your inventory but says you may lose some other items from your inventory if you do use it. Umm ... no, thanks. Either make that an unlimited boost (that makes you lose something out of your inventory) or a boost limited to how many you have in your inventory.

I suppose people weren't using enough hints (and buying more), and I get they need to make money. But if the game isn't fun, I just won't play at all. If I remain frustrated much longer, I'll probably just find another game to play, which is too bad, because I've been really enjoying this one.

As some comments in here have said, there are items that you truly just can’t find, for example they show a tiny corner of the item, being stuck behind all the other items not in the list. Many cases progress REALLY slowly, such as “death by association”, and it costs an absurd amount of energy to progress JUST A TINY BIT each time. You try to accumulate enough energy and the bird icon thing to play the game, just to find out you need to play the scene multiple times just to find one item. I understand you want people to buy stuff from the store, but maybe you should look at other games and see how they make their games still playable without paying a fortune. thinking that everyone will be willing to spend thousands of dollars into a game is ridiculous, and will just drive players away.

I played this game when it was called S.E.D. (Special Enquiry Detective). I had leveled up in the game and had quite a few flashlights and other boosts. Then one day the game just wouldn't open. I enjoyed playing it but noticed the name changed to Homicide Detective. So silly me, I download the Homicide Detective thinking it will "update" my app and will sync my progress. Nope! It is a whole "new app" with the same characters and same stories, and my progress and power ups lost! I am forced to start over! Grrrrr! It has changed in its format somewhat. It now integrates the collections as you work the scene. Before those were basically left unfounded unless you wanted to play endlessly on a solved case and level up your "rank" in order to find the collection items, which I never did. Another change is they have "dumbed it down a bit" by keeping the hidden items in the same place, so it's easier to find them. Before, it was more of a challenge because they moved them around each time you played the scene. So here I am starting over from case 1 and without all my power ups, that I had accrued. The graphics and storyline still seem the same which were good, but the stories take forever to progress, which may make or break me. We will see if I stay interested. And if they try to force purchases in order to progress well then this game will be deleted.

While this is a great hidden object detective game, there are several issues with HomicideSquad , the most frustrating of which right now is that I cannot find the superstar sunglasses. I'm halfway through Sargent (on the yacht) and I haven't once found the item I need to continue, and I have the items and places nearly memorized, I've done it so many times. Super frustrating. But more relative to the general user, the biggest problem seems to be the night vision mode. It limits the screen space and makes everything a fuzzy green-black. I play this on my phone and have to zoom a lot, and items are still tiny, so having a further limited screen and no color cues makes it too difficult a challenge. Having a black object hidden behind a black screen is impossible to see in this mode, so you have to use the hint tools, which cost a ridiculous amount of crystals.

It's more than just a simple search game, it has an awesome story line where you're a detective solving homicide cases. Each step you take requires you to complete a hidden object room/level. There are several different rooms starting out (and more added each new case) with a different version of each room every time you enter that room. There is one room that is a match three or more style game, similar to Candy Crush®️ that earns valuable items to solve the case. There are boosters or special items you can buy to assist you in progressing to the next step of the case. You can buy these boosters either by spending your earned credits/cash or diamonds from completed cases, or buy them in the games online store. I've completed all cases and waiting on a new one to be added but still have endless hidden object rooms to solve. This game has something for everyone. I highly recommend it.

I started playing this time when I was unemployed. I spent money when I shouldn’t have and looking back, it was a waste. Now that I have a clear mind, I can see what’s happening. I’m stuck on level 25 with nowhere to go unless I spend money to crystals to move the story along. I don’t have money in the back to unlock a scene, so I have to do other things like unlock collections but I can’t do that because I don’t have the items to do that. I have to go win games but they’ve become so frustratingly hard at this point that it’s near impossible not to buy crystals to get more moves in order to win the game. I refuse to spend more money and I have gone nowhere for days. That wasn’t the case when I spent money. Being in a stressful situation gave me something to do but this game added to that and now that the situation has changed, I don’t need this game anymore and I can see that my money was not well spent.

I have spoken on this before to no avail… I play this game everyday and once I reach the 3rd assemble notice the special events game becomes so difficult that it is more so for a player to not solve the crime successfully. Why is this? Second, why isn’t there other cases to solve during the event to help get tokens? Last, the other games like the Christmas shop that require the regular tokens are unfair advantage as in order to assemble you need pieces that mostly are won from the boats or having to play tons of previously played locations. While I love it… I might have to find another game from another platform because this all seems pointless… it kills the excitement because YOU NEVER WIN!

Hidden object type games are my favorite games to play. I play another G5 game Crime Mysteries. Both that one and this one have phenomenal graphics especially the overhead shot of the cityscape. The scenes are perfect. It’s different almost every time you play with the same object looking different and in a different location in the scene. Objects can be under other objects. In other games I’ve played after a while the scene just comes down to memorizing where objects are and not much of a challenge except trying to get better scores. The only reason I didn’t give this game 5 stars is because there is a Match-3 aspect in the game play. G5 has enough Match-3 type games in their catalog that they didn’t need to put it in this game. Normally that would have knocked the rating down to 3 stars but in the time I’ve played this game I haven't had my game play interrupted by an ad for a G5 game. I probably jinxed myself for putting that in this review.
One other thing that is annoying is the mini-game for gems is the same water slide where you avoid a spider first then the sludge and a shark. That mini game is also in Crime Mysteries. Would be nice if we got to try and escape a room that I’ve seen in ads for this very game.

This game is high quality but the ads have become very annoying! I am *this* close to deleting the game.

The ads are increasingly not skippable, and also take multiple clicks to kill them and get back to the game.

Just a few minutes ago, I had to wait 25 seconds in order to x out of an ad. When I did, It opened another ad for the same product. There is an x in the top right corner so I click it. It takes me immediately to HomicideSquad Store. I have to click Back, then have to watch the ad page (the one with the false x) until another x pops up. Click it. It opens another page with time delay. X out again. Took me to HomicideSquad Store. All in all, I had to click 7 times to get beyond the commercial and back to the game!

This is one of my fav hidden objects game because of the incredible artwork and diverse characters like Casey.

A couple of months ago I decided to subscribe to the 3 extra tokens per search scene because I wanted to show support in the hopes that G5 doesn’t give up on this game like they have other hidden objects games.

However, I have reached the limit of my patience when I noticed that they decreased event token rewards in the last 2 events from 50 a day to 40 and also limited the availability of the critical event assembler to seem like you can’t earn extras. These kinds of decisions don’t increase my loyalty for the game, just my frustration at what I view as bad business decisions against long time players. Subscription cancelled but I will keep playing just to win event avatars but nothing more.

This game would be one of the best games I have ever played but it cost too much to get anywhere. Your energy runs out fast and if you want to get more you have to buy it. Anything they give for free is useless. If the items were not so hard to find that would be helpful and if given more time to find items. My fingers are big so sometimes I touch the screen and my clock takes away time like I picked the wrong item. I’m older I can’t see like when I was in my twenties some objects seem microscopic and I am not as fast as I once was, so minutes to find objects in this game doesn’t seem doable even if your just not fast in general. I really would like if they could fix this. Put ads in I would rather watch an ad here and there.

I have 2 player names. Why is it that when you go to purchase the single flashlight, user #1 buys them 10 for 7 diamonds and my new user account it cost 21 diamonds for 10. That’s FREAKING crazy! I would have given it 5 stars but there are a few things that happen. How can I be completely be out of cases or additional scenes when I’m showing tons of unopened crates in my collections. Bring them back. I spend quite a bit of money on this game and these scenes should be available. My game crashes every 5-6 scenes played (I’m up to date on my iOS for my iPad), the higher rank, the more energy it takes; so you’re not making any progress. I’m at 600 energy level and it takes a full day to restore my energy and the scenes take so much I only get 6-7 scenes to play and winning the scene only gets you 7-8 energy back. If they could fix that, I’d give it 5 stars. Otherwise I love this game and play it all the time.

I really enjoy playing this game. I’m a huge hidden object fan. My 2 main complaints are:
1. Sometimes my energy doesn’t refill appropriately. It takes 3 minutes to earn 1 energy so in 10 minutes I should earn 3 energy. However I’ve noticed after sitting the phone down for 2 or more hours, sometimes over night, my energy is not where it should be. Some of the locations require a ridiculous amount of energy.

2. Game is expensive to play if you opt to buy gems which help you progress through the game. If you don’t buy them, I can see a person losing interest in the game because you can get stuck repeating a level several times looking for objects.

I usually don’t write reviews. With that said this game is the absolute best I’ve ever played. It’s so addictive and fun. I can’t stop playing it. It’s tough to put my tablet down when I have to turn in for the night. This game has a great plot and cast of characters that keep you interested. What also keeps you on your toes is that each time you check the same crime scene for more evidence the items you’re searching are never in the same place like other games have. Therefore you can’t memorize where the items are for the nexts search. It’s a neat twist to the game. It’s definitely a five star game for me! Well done!

I like the game so much I don’t have time to give a rating , I am in the middle of solving a case 😃. It’s a lot of moving around but I guess that’s what you have to do to solve a case. It’s plenty hard to find some of the clues they are so small and you can only enlarge the pic only once to move it around , and then you cant hardly move the screen, so I just do what I can this is a pretty expensive game. I do like it , I have only been playing this version a short period of time and really wasnt ready to give a written report , I will try back in a month if I keep it that long.