This is an awesome game, but has a few flaws
This is one of the most impressive flash made rpg adventure games i've ever played, or seen. The game play itself with the mystery murder theme, the finding clues, the creative ways of using items to get your somewhere in the game, is brilliantly made. I could tell that this game had a great amount of effort spent to it, due to the huge size of the gameplay itself, and the relative fun difficulty. In overall, the plan, the effort, and the creativity of the game itself is just impressive, and I will grant this game a 5 every time. It's a pity that it is not getting that great overall ratings, but maybe I can point out a few "why's".
First of all... I owe credit to enjoying and aweing over this game so much is that I confess I did it the easy way: a "game spoiler" guide (the guide was impressive and meticulously made too). This probably made the gameplay itself MUCH more easier, and simple.
The "difficulty" and complexity of the game probably is why many people didn't just give a big "5". I must confess that if it weren't for the guide, I would've been stuck on at least every 10 minutes of the game. And because of that, it causes frustration, which can cause a fast "not good" rating. Since I used the guide though, I actually could enjoy the game, and appreciate how well the game was made. I noticed most people couldn't even get pass the brochure trading thing (which is only about 1/4 of the entire game).
Besides that, I guess the "movement" of that main character was a little bit sluggish, unrealistic, and difficult. The only thing I actually had complaint about in the game play was the movement. I think if it was just the plain old up, down, right, left buttons, it would've been much simpler, and great for most people. P.S. In the last boss battle, using the annoying mouse clicking movement was a huge PAIN. It was near impossible to move fast, or to coordinate a proper attack while messing with the mouse to move. Using the right and left buttons would've been SO much easier for the boss battle.
Otherwise, GREAT GAME (automatic favorite)