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==Gameplay== The game is played through the eyes of San Francisco [[District Attorney]] Sterling Granger. The game begins with a [[video clip]] in which the [[homicide]] is announced on the news. After that, police [[detective]] [[Inspector#United States|Inspector]] Looper briefs the player on some of the facts of the case that have been discovered in her investigation. (Like all character interactions in this game, the briefing by Looper is [[full motion video]], with the player having a first-person view.) The player is then taken to Granger's office, where the player can choose to examine various evidence documents and photographs; view videos from Looper's interrogations of Tobin, Ruby, Barnes' wife Yvonne, or gallery employee Simon Lee; interview each of them (except Tobin) directly; or go to trial. The main gameplay is the pre-trial interviewing and the [[direct examination|direct]] or [[cross-examination]] of witnesses at trial. During interviews (and during the trial), the player is given a choice of questions to ask, each of which elicits a different response from the witness. Based on these questions and their responses, new questions become available. Only if the player asks the proper questions (and, sometimes, in the proper order) will the necessary information come out during the trial to secure a conviction against Tobin. (For example, if the player fails to make Ruby comfortable about discussing her affair with Barnes during the initial interview, she may deny ever having the affair when asked about it at trial.) In asking questions, the player also has to deal with the witnesses' different personality types and their relationships with Barnes, with Tobin, and with each other. (For example, Barnes' widow Yvonne, who works as the [[press secretary]] for San Francisco's [[mayor]], speaks in a relatively calm and dignified manner, whereas Tobin's girlfriend Ruby is quick-tempered and can become very hostile.) During the trial portion of the game, a video clip of a local newscast follows each witness' testimony. In those clips, reporters analyze the prosecutor's performance (and, thus, the player's performance) in the examination of that particular witness. The player's examination of a witness also can have an effect on the kinds of questions asked by Tobin's attorney and the witness' response to them. Based on the player's overall performance, there are several possible outcomes to the game. The worst possible outcome is that the case is simply dismissed. The game may also end in Tobin's [[acquittal]] or with Tobin being convicted of lesser crimes (i.e. [[manslaughter]] or second-degree murder), with or without a [[grand theft]] conviction. The best possible outcome is a conviction for both grand theft and first-degree murder.
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