I'm not getting the impression you'll be able to roam around after the game is done, but who knows? I haven't tried the Streets of L.A. setting yet, which just puts you out there solving street cases instead of desk cases. The desk cases are just too interesting and they do a good job of making you feel like you need a little sense of urgency during the mission, which has usually been backed up by messages like "If you would have arrived at this and this just a little sooner, you could have done this and this..." after the mission is completed.

I still haven't five-starred a case; I've got a bunch of fours and two threes. The last case I did I only got 2 out of 7 questions right but I found all but one clue so I still got my man. It was close though; the other guy was trying to skip town and if I'd have made a wrong move or two I probably would have missed him and convicted the wrong guy.

I also turned the clue hints off after the first mission shows you the clue above the window; I figured if they're going to try and hide stuff from you like that, I'd rather get the proper satisfaction for being clever enough to look up for something like that. It's still pretty easy to find clues though since you can just do the standard Monkey's Island "click everything that moves and interact with it every way you can" strategy.

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