Not Terribly Impressed By Golden Idol
Case of the Golden Idol was half-off during the Cerebral Puzzles showcase and I picked it up because it's been on my radar for a bit and I thought why not give it a go? I sat down to play it a bit tonight, got through 8 cases in a little under 2 hours, and closed it down for the night (because I've got work in the morning). And that's when I realized that there are only 11 cases in the base game, which feels... short?
Granted, I had vague memories of the first two cases because I watched someone try the game out back when it came out and I'm playing with the recommended point-of-interest highlighting. However, that's still 15-20 minutes per case (probably closer to 5-10 minutes for some of them) and the only one I really had any trouble with was case 5 (due to misinterpreting >!the clue about the coded message in the letter!<).
Is it supposed to be this straightforward? Are all the tricky cases in the DLCs, which are otherwise looking a bit overpriced at the moment? Did I let the hype set my expectations too high?