Stark wrote:A notable one missing from your list is The Silver Case, not that I've played it, so maybe it doesn't meet the criteria you have?
The criteria I was going for is English DS adventure games. I'm not aware of The Silver Case having been ported to DS. As far as I know it's available in English only for PC.
Exhuminator wrote:
The criteria I was going for is English DS adventure games. I'm not aware of The Silver Case having been ported to DS. As far as I know it's available in English only for PC.
It's coming out for PS4 in April, but yeah, not a DS game.
Typical reading pattern these days (ie. don't read the entire article), but yes when the PS4 port was announced I was reading about it and the DS port they working on apparently never came out. My bad.
Let strength be granted, so the world might be mended...so the world might be mended.
I'll post a quick run down of my on topic experiences (hopefully not forgetting anything).
Beaten:
Again: Interactive Crime Novel (7/10 - Unique game design but CiNG was on its last legs here.)
Ghost Trick (9/10 - Excellent innovative puzzle adventure with a superb OST.)
Hotel Dusk: Room (10/10 - My all time favorite adventure game, a masterpiece IMO.)
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (9/10 - Fantastic sequel to Hotel Dusk, but a few niggling issues here and there.)
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (7/10 - Pretty cool story let down by rote repetition and lackluster puzzles.)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (9/10 - A labor of love that starts good and ends great.)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All (5/10 - A soulless cash-in that apes the original and bored me silly.)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (7/10 - Great atmosphere and quality puzzles, but a shallow plot holds it back.)
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (6/10 - Puzzles weren't as good, pacing has serious issues and the game drags, but the plot this time was better.)
Trace Memory (8/10 - An emotional roller coaster and a solid mystery, but the aesthetics were a bit bland.)
Unsolved Crimes (8/10 - A seriously underrated adventure gem, great puzzles and an enjoyable plot.)
Played but quit:
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (Actually played this on PC, but the goofy puzzles and off-putting plot drove me away.)
Jake Hunter: Memories of the Past (This was far shallower than I expected, it's not terrible, just pure pulp. I might give it a second chance someday.)
Miami Law (Utter trash that for some reason Vic Ireland thought was a great localization to pursue.)
Syberia (Actually played this on PC... the graphics were fantastic, the plot was interesting, but the pacing was glacial and put me to sleep.)
Theresia (Seriously creepy atmosphere, legitimately disturbing plot, but puzzle design was junk and game design's too unlinear for its own good.)
Time Hollow (I enjoyed the artwork/music, but the writing was very juvenile with incessant trial and error plot progression.)
Touch Detective (Esoteric characters and art direction was a treat, but puzzle design was full of pixel hunts and unintuitive logic, not fun.)
Currently playing:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
If you're going to play Jake Hunter, make absolutely sure it's the Memories of the Past version. It's still not spectacular, but it's solid enough if you're wanting a detective-style visual novel. The original localization is complete garbage.
I find it interesting how few RB members have played DS adventure games, or have interest in discussing them. I mean that's fine, not complaining, just surprised.
I played the second Jake Hunter you posted and I thought it was awful. But I played it immediately after Hotel Dusk, so maybe I'll try it again in a year or so.
Let strength be granted, so the world might be mended...so the world might be mended.
I've played Ghost Trick (which I thought was phenomenal) the second Ace Attorney game (which I thought was really good, I played the Wiiware version of the first AA) and the first three Professor Layton games (which I thought was great). I've also played the mobile version of 999 which doesn't have the puzzles in the DS game.
Exhuminator wrote:Still, it may be the only game where smoking is a power used to produce logical deductions.
That sounds pretty strange, but maybe not as strange as healing yourself with cigarettes in Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode.
