Game Review - Trace Memory
Jun. 24th, 2006 01:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sqlrobTitle:Trace Memory
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Adventure
Price Paid: $29.99
Would Pay: $19.99
Completed: Yes
My first game on the DS Lite. I had to get an adventure game, to see how the genre was going to transfer over to the new platform. In Trace Memory, it did so fairly well. Point and click is really point and click. There are puzzles unique to the DS itself. One was based entirely on the physical properties of the DS. Another was based on something completely unique to the DS. I needed to remove dust off an item. I spent time wandering around looking for something to clean it. No luck whatsoever, and the solution was simple - blow on it. Not issue the command to the character, but literally blow on it.
The characters weren't particularly endearing, you control a whiny 13 (turning 14) girl trying to find her father, but the adventure content was fairly solid. The major problem is the length. This game is incredibly short. I finished it in less than 7 hours, and it would've been even less had I been an experienced DS user. Good game, but certainly not worth list price at it's current cost.
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Adventure
Price Paid: $29.99
Would Pay: $19.99
Completed: Yes
My first game on the DS Lite. I had to get an adventure game, to see how the genre was going to transfer over to the new platform. In Trace Memory, it did so fairly well. Point and click is really point and click. There are puzzles unique to the DS itself. One was based entirely on the physical properties of the DS. Another was based on something completely unique to the DS. I needed to remove dust off an item. I spent time wandering around looking for something to clean it. No luck whatsoever, and the solution was simple - blow on it. Not issue the command to the character, but literally blow on it.
The characters weren't particularly endearing, you control a whiny 13 (turning 14) girl trying to find her father, but the adventure content was fairly solid. The major problem is the length. This game is incredibly short. I finished it in less than 7 hours, and it would've been even less had I been an experienced DS user. Good game, but certainly not worth list price at it's current cost.