There are plenty of great video games out there about detective work, with each game studio taking a different approach to snooping and sleuthing. Some, like The Return of the Obra Din, require the player to think (and sometimes have the actual skills of) a detective. Others take a more cinematic approach and ask players to use their lie-detection skills, such as LA Noir. But just as most detective-enthusiast gamers probably couldn't bench lift a school bus, craft a suit of armor from a stack of iron ingots, or talk down a Roman-styled legionnaire from a full-scale invasion, they probably don't have the instinct, skillset, or gumption to solve a complex crime.