Game Review - Touch Detective
Dec. 20th, 2006 09:24 pmTitle: Touch Detective
Genre: Adventure
Platform: Nintendo DS
Complete: Yes
Price Paid: $29.99
Would Pay: $9.99
Another, very conventional, point and click adventure for the DS. Unfortunately, it took mainly the bad conventions of the adventure genre. It wasn't horrible like others I could name, but there wasn't anything for someone that isn't enamored of adventures. The interface takes advantage of the DS, but not to the gimmicky degree that Trace Memory. Many puzzles were solved by "hey, I haven't used this item in my inventory yet, and here's a new situation", and some events were triggered by arbitrary conversations with characters, and there were some pixel hunts as well. Cliched, overdone problems with adventure games, but not done quite enough to make it a horrible game. Not good for those being introduced to the genre, but at least something to try for periods of time without needing to be coordinated. The graphics are apparently hand drawn, and quite pretty for a handheld. The touch screen is perfect for the game play, but the upper screen is underutilized, just indicating the characters moods.
Please, please, please, Lucas Arts, release Day of the Tentacle and Fates of Atlantis for the DS. This handheld is just screaming for a good point and click.
Genre: Adventure
Platform: Nintendo DS
Complete: Yes
Price Paid: $29.99
Would Pay: $9.99
Another, very conventional, point and click adventure for the DS. Unfortunately, it took mainly the bad conventions of the adventure genre. It wasn't horrible like others I could name, but there wasn't anything for someone that isn't enamored of adventures. The interface takes advantage of the DS, but not to the gimmicky degree that Trace Memory. Many puzzles were solved by "hey, I haven't used this item in my inventory yet, and here's a new situation", and some events were triggered by arbitrary conversations with characters, and there were some pixel hunts as well. Cliched, overdone problems with adventure games, but not done quite enough to make it a horrible game. Not good for those being introduced to the genre, but at least something to try for periods of time without needing to be coordinated. The graphics are apparently hand drawn, and quite pretty for a handheld. The touch screen is perfect for the game play, but the upper screen is underutilized, just indicating the characters moods.
Please, please, please, Lucas Arts, release Day of the Tentacle and Fates of Atlantis for the DS. This handheld is just screaming for a good point and click.