Motives: The Ultimate Problem is a direct sequel to Methods: The Detective Competition. Playing Methods: The Detective Competition and its prequel Methods: The Canada Files first is strongly recommended to avoid spoilers for both games.

 

The top-ranked detectives and masterminds from six countries have been painstakingly assembled through extravagant detective competitions in order to form the Winner's Square: an elite team of detectives who will have what it takes to solve a world-threatening mystery. But the Winner's Square is not yet complete, as the latest detective competition has yet to conclude. Can the team pull together to solve the ultimate problem?