This is an older game but for folks that don't want a story and enjoy hidden object scenes, this is your game. It's a nice, relaxing and fun few hours and it's at the best price during the summer sale. . . .
I play these types of games with my 4 yr old grandson, it helps him learn how to find items and he doesn't get all bored and wonder off, like he does during other HOG story portions. . .

Poop, it's working! Someone found a workaround for the missing executable by trying to download the demo and the game will update and works! Yay!

But I can already tell you what it's in Mystery PI - The Vegas Heist... I played a retail version years ago :).

Your role is to find the loot from an heist and who did it. Yeah, the plot isn't revelant here.

Mystery PI: The Vegas Heist is in reality a fine example of pure Hidden Objects game: list of items to find in a scene with many of them, a puzzle, a list of items, etc... In other words, you don't have the adventure side included.

If you find special objects, you'll unlock the mode Unlimited Seek and Find - clean the scene!

The score determine your rank. How is it possible? Each object found is worth of 5000 points. If you're being fast to find them in row, you have a bonus. Special objects (fingerprints, keys, poker chips) are also adding a high bonus to your score. And if you're clearing the level of all objects (instead of choosing to solve the puzzle when you have between two and four items still in the scenes), you can score a 25 000 bonus points for a perfect investigation.

Anyway, the scenes are correct, I love the music there and it's a nice improvement from the Lottery Ticket. Yet, if you're used to HO games like Artifex Mundi's, you'll be disappointed in that plain game. You're always seeing the same scenes, the same puzzles, well, you're going to be bored if you need action.

But given the fact that I've appreciated this game a long time ago, I would say: buy this classic, not a full price though. And don't forget the workaround!

Mystery P.I. 2 is an ancient hidden object game with low resolution, overcrowded scenes, and large repetition. Only get it if you like old-school HOGs, because it holds little entertainment value otherwise.

Mystery P.I. 2: The Vegas Heist is the simplest kind of sequel, because it changed nothing, just got bigger. It is still a pure hidden object game, where gameplay consists of repeating the same low-resolution screens with increasingly tighter time limits; only here, we get 25 different stages instead of 20.

This increase pushes game time over 10 hours, which sounds good at first, but not after playing the same stage for the 12th time. The average quality also suffered, with scenes that form one monochrome blob or do the opposite, add as many colours as the monitor allows, which just strains the eyes.

If you liked the first game enough to want more of it, then Vegas Heist may suit your needs. Otherwise, it is just too old and repetitive to enjoy playing through the entire main game mode.

Alright. Finally, the fourth of the Mystery P.I. Games I got in the Popcap bundle is played through completely.

To summarize: we have the same game mechanics (search for hidden objects as the main part of the level, then solve a puzzle or search for words at the end of each level). We have the same flavor of story (private investigator, money at stake, limited time - though this can be eliminated with the relaxed mode, which I did, since I don't like being rushed). We have the same objects for the most part.

Six hours of gaming time logged on this game were the game running on idle in the background. Other than that, I took it pretty slow and relaxed for my standards.

Like the other Mystery P.I. games, and the hidden object game Escape Rosecliff Island, I do not recommend this game unless you really really like this type of game, or you can get it cheaper in a bundle or with one of Steam's offers.

Also, I think I might just have lost my sane mind by playing all five hidden object games in less than one month. I must have. I'm seeing hidden objects in real life already. Time to put it to an end and focus on other enjoyable games. FINALLY.

fun past time while watching tv.

Childhood game

After the lottery ticket got solve, this is the 2nd part of the mystery PI, it is 01 APRIL 2008 & you have the solve the Vegas heist of the century before time runs out & criminals to escape with all the money.

The mouse control is very buggy which makes this game frustrating to play.

BRINGS ME BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN I USED TO PLAY THIS WITH MY GRANDMA caps

I solved the case!