Let us reflect upon DS adventure games.

[Exhuminator]

What I'm saying is that I appreciate a thread like this and all the in-depth conversation. I had no idea one of the Broken Sword games or even Syberia were on the DS. Good show.

I'm glad this thread has been beneficial for you!

I'm considering doing a similar thread for DS platformers. But I was waiting to see how this thread fared first.

[Sarge]

So, here are the ones you listed that I've played through.

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Ghost Trick
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Jake Hunter: Memories of the Past
Lone Wolf I: Flight From The Dark**
Lone Wolf II: Fire On The Water**
Lone Wolf III: The Caverns Of Kalte**
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Time Hollow
Trace Memory

The Ace Attorney games were all fun, although the second game wasn't quite up to snuff. The Lone Wolf games can be very enjoyable as well. Time Hollow was pretty decent, not mind-blowing, but I enjoyed it for what it was. I've already mentioned Memories of the Past, it's solid enough, but very little interactivity and very linear.

Trace Memory was awesome. I loved that game. Some of the puzzles are very inventive.

Professor Layton has adventure game aspects, but at the same time, it's more about solving brain teasers. I've only played through the first one, and it was an enjoyable experience.

Hotel Dusk is absolutely excellent. It starts pretty slow, but once you get rolling and get used to some of the logic, it's really, really fun. I definitely recommend at least trying it.

My favorite of the list, though, is Ghost Trick. For some reason, I have this curious mental block where I undervalue adventure games. So I passed over Ghost Trick for years despite glowing reviews and recommendations from a certain forum denizen. (Yes, it was Exhuminator.) Once I finally grabbed it, I have to say, it was one of the best experiences I've ever had. Easily 9/10 territory, if not better. Fantastic visuals, an interesting story and characters, and gameplay that's just a little different from the usual point-and-click adventure game. Seriously, give it a shot.

[alienjesus]

My favorite of the list, though, is Ghost Trick. For some reason, I have this curious mental block where I undervalue adventure games. So I passed over Ghost Trick for years despite glowing reviews and recommendations from a certain forum denizen. (Yes, it was Exhuminator.) Once I finally grabbed it, I have to say, it was one of the best experiences I've ever had. Easily 9/10 territory, if not better. Fantastic visuals, an interesting story and characters, and gameplay that's just a little different from the usual point-and-click adventure game. Seriously, give it a shot.

Man, sometimes I feel like I don't post enough. I've been singing that games praises since 2011 and would rate it in my top 10 games of all time.

Noticed a few games I can't stop recommending get talked up by another forum member and everyone goes crazy for them in the last few months.

Not that I'm jealous or anything

(Moreover, a bonus feature in the fourth game is a 50+ hour Sim/RPG!)

If you get the NTSC version.

Despite the 50 hour RPG being set in London, if, like me, you actually live in London, you don't get to play it

Unless you import the US version and put up with the god-awful accent Luke has in that region.

Professor Layton has a different English-speaking voice actor depending on region? What the what?

Only Luke. I guess the American version of Luke's accent was clearly deemed too offensively 'Dick Van Dyke' for Britain, so they redid all his lines with a different actress.

Not that the new one is great either, but she's sure better than the US one.

[Stark]

Only Luke. I guess the American version of Luke's accent was clearly deemed too offensively 'Dick Van Dyke' for Britain, so they redid all his lines with a different actress.

Not that the new one is great either, but she's sure better than the US one.

Oh, Luke! Yeah that makes sense, it is pretty bad.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Hotel Dusk is poop!

(Moreover, a bonus feature in the fourth game is a 50+ hour Sim/RPG!)

It seems like everyone I know who's tried London Life said it was boring and pointless. Now, I'm not saying that's true, just what I heard. Did you finish London Life? Is it really an RPG with its own plot, can you beat it? What did you enjoy most about it?

I don't think it's poop. I just don't think it's "OMG! Best Adventure game EVER!!!!!"

Also, London Life is just OK. It is a lot of fetch quests, and it seemed a bit reminiscent of Animal Crossing. Not really my thing, but as a bonus feature, it is pretty amazing.

[Sarge]

Haha, well, I've been talking to Exhuminator for longer than I've been on this board. I used to hang out on the RHDN boards a lot, and I'm pretty sure that's when he hit me with the recommendation, along with a lot of private message needling! He's definitely the reason I finally gave in.

(Just... don't go at me too hard on the King's Field stuff, Ex.)

[alienjesus]

Only Luke. I guess the American version of Luke's accent was clearly deemed too offensively 'Dick Van Dyke' for Britain, so they redid all his lines with a different actress.

Not that the new one is great either, but she's sure better than the US one.

Oh, Luke! Yeah that makes sense, it is pretty bad.

It's interesting too, because the voice actor for Layton is American, but his accent sounds really natural to my ears. Luke's accent sounds a bit forced in either region, but it's worse in America.

The British Luke accent sounds like a British person putting on a fake cockney accent (because it is). The American one sounds like an American putting on a fake British accent (which it also is). That sounds worse, because to a British ear the American interpretation of a British accent never really sounds close in most cases - it's way too overpronounced or forced. It also tends to use elements of multiple different local accents that you wouldn't generally hear from a single person in the UK - our regional accents are pretty distinct.

[prfsnl_gmr]

It also tends to use elements of multiple different local accents that you wouldn't generally hear from a single person in the UK - our regional accents are pretty distinct.

An English actor or actress doing an American "southern" accent is also horrendous. There are several otherwise great episodes of Poirot that are nearly ruined by this.

[alienjesus]

It also tends to use elements of multiple different local accents that you wouldn't generally hear from a single person in the UK - our regional accents are pretty distinct.

An English actor or actress doing an American "southern" accent is also horrendous. There are several otherwise great episodes of Poirot that are nearly ruined by this.

Oh I don't doubt it. How hard could it be to find a decent actor who is actually from the right country?

[Exhuminator]

Haha, well, I've been talking to Exhuminator for longer than I've been on this board.

Yeah Sarge and I have been talking for about nine years now. NINE YEARS much luv fam

(Just... don't go at me too hard on the King's Field stuff, Ex.)