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Strange Cases
1. Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery -- 8/7/09
2. Strange Cases: The Lighthouse Mystery -- 5/20/10
3. Strange Cases: The Secrets of Gray Mist Lake -- 10/23/11
4. Strange Cases: The Faces of Vengeance -- 4/16/13
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Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery
This game is no longer available from BFG. I had it on a CD so was able to download and play it that way. The gameplay feels dated, but was probably pretty good in its time. I did like the story though.
No voiceovers and the HO scenes were straight list, Frog and Silhouettes. Objects could be small and hard to find. What I disliked about the HO scenes was that is was the full scene instead of a close up scene for ex: like a truck of a car or a bookcase.
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Strange Cases: The Lighthouse Mystery
This game is very similar to the Tarot Card Mystery. The only improvements made was now voiceovers were added. You still needed to find a card to do the HO scenes which were the same: straight list, frog and silhouettes. This time instead of 6 silhouettes to find they were doubled. Items again could be on the small side and the HO scenes were full screen again.
Story was decent and length was approximate 4 hours. I played the SE.
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Strange Cases: The Secrets of Gray Mist Lake CE
This one so far is my favorite one. I like the story, gameplay is good. The HO scenes are just straight list 
which I prefer over the silhouettes and it is close up. What I mean by that is instead of the HO scene being a whole room, it is now contained to a top of a table, for example.
I had the CE for this game. Only extras was bonus chapter, strategy guide and wallpaper which I found a couple that I liked. The bonus chapter was pretty good and explained a few things, but not everything. I still had questions that weren't answered after playing it.
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Strange Cases: The Faces of Vengeance
The last Strange Cases game is a kidnapping story in a abandoned mall. Story kept my interest plus the gameplay was very good. The ending was very abrupt though. I still had inventory items left. The why was dealt with finding newspaper articles throughout the game. It didn't seem like a long game because it only took me a few days to play, but maybe that is because I was enjoying it a lot.
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