Facebook hasn't really seen the promised invasion of high-quality games from established, big-name developers using major licensed brands this year... until now, anyway. If CSI: Crime City is an example of what Ubisoft andArea/Code Entertainmentcan do when making a branded Treasure Madness clone... well, I'd hate to be a guy at a tiny start-up with no license making a random Treasure Madness clone. CSI: Crime City is one of the most immediately engaging treasure hunting games on Facebook, though it's cleverly disguised as a crime-solving game.
The Indiana Jones series taught an entire generation that archaeology was the profession to take up if you wanted adventure in your everyday life, but sadly the truth is usually much more mundane. Real-life archaeologists spend most of their time toiling in the sun, often finding nothing, and at other times their life-defining find may simply be a peculiar eating utensil. RedAtom's Treasure Life reminds us that this, too, can be fun, although the game is still digging for a proper direction.