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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
It's an amazing story adventure/puzzle game. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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HenL
Norway111 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/xAtsF.jpg) It's not the greatest game ever, but it's new and needs the attention. It's a niche game to begin with, releasing it a few days before the 3DS really isn't helping(no release outside NA either). The lead designer and lead programmer of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure(one of the best DS games) founded a new company called Dreamrift, this is their first game. It's basically metroidvania with a pet companion that can either fight alonside you or be on the bottom screen, consuming items enemies drop which increases its stats, grants it new abilities and different monster forms that can learn new abilities. There's great sprite work and music. Ellie's moveset is varied and flexible, controls perfectly and is beautifully animated. It's too bad they listened to the terrible feedback the gaming press gave them after Henry Hatsworth; the game is so easy that you're never forced to make use of the great game mechanics available to you. It's not quite NSMB\Kirby\etc. level easy, but not too far off. The game also has excessive backtracking, and unlike Metroid there are very few secrets to uncover in the old areas. After you beat it, there's nothing else to it unlike the DS Castlevania games. Despite all this I recommend it, and I fear it will end up like Shantae. | ||
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EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
GET IT! Great story, and thank god, since that is the majority of the game! That might sound negative, but it is so good, you will love it the whole way through! | ||
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NukeTheStars
United States277 Posts
And might I add.... ROCKET SLIME! | ||
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Tatari
United States1179 Posts
I'm sorry, did I say something?  Other than that... Megaman Starforce (the whole goddamn series) Final Fantasy III/IV Final Fantasy Revenant Wings Trauma Center (Must get) Phoenix Wright (Must get) Lunar Knights Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (SMT series is awesome) | ||
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rwrzr
United States1980 Posts
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where
144 Posts
The World Ends With You + the other Square games Altus games Phoenix Wright Professor Layton Advance Wars + Fire Emblem 999 | ||
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Neb1000
United States183 Posts
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DerNebel
Denmark648 Posts
also, can't go wrong with Chrono Trigger or any of the old FF games. | ||
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MichaelJLowell
United States610 Posts
On April 09 2011 13:39 HenL wrote: It's not the greatest game ever, but it's new and needs the attention. It's a niche game to begin with, releasing it a few days before the 3DS really isn't helping(no release outside NA either). The lead designer and lead programmer of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure(one of the best DS games) founded a new company called Dreamrift, this is their first game. It's basically metroidvania with a pet companion that can either fight alonside you or be on the bottom screen, consuming items enemies drop which increases its stats, grants it new abilities and different monster forms that can learn new abilities. There's great sprite work and music. Ellie's moveset is varied and flexible, controls perfectly and is beautifully animated. It's too bad they listened to the terrible feedback the gaming press gave them after Henry Hatsworth; the game is so easy that you're never forced to make use of the great game mechanics available to you. It's not quite NSMB\Kirby\etc. level easy, but not too far off. The game also has excessive backtracking, and unlike Metroid there are very few secrets to uncover in the old areas. After you beat it, there's nothing else to it unlike the DS Castlevania games. Despite all this I recommend it, and I fear it will end up like Shantae. Already finished it up. This would have been an excellent game under two circumstances: 1) Chomp is simply broken in his current incarnation. He completely breaks any chance the game had at a solid difficulty curve. The final battles towards the end of the game (the ones reminiscent of the Hatsworth death chambers) are absolutely intense if you forego Chomp's special abilities and require you to dish out every ability in Ellie's arsenal. Instead, you spam a couple of Torpedoes and the nightmare is solved. 2) As you mentioned, the Metroidvania formula is wretched. It's the worst use of the Metroidvania formula I have ever seen in a game. It's precisely what you're not supposed to do with the Metroidvania formula. And it's a shame, because everything else checked out well. Control scheme (sans configuring the dash ability to the direction pad) panned out fine, story is what it is. Not going to say I regret the purchase, but it could have been a lot better. Hatsworth stands to me as a gold standard for game design (requiring players to master two completely different genres at the same time), so that's where most of my discouragement arises from. | ||
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AWakefield
Canada420 Posts
There's a mystery game called Hotel Dusk that was brilliantly made but not well known. | ||
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PepperoniPiZZa
Sierra Leone1660 Posts
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mr_tolkien
France8631 Posts
On April 01 2011 04:52 Tennet wrote: The world ends with you This man says the truth. Other than that : Mario Kart DS Daigasso Band Brother Tetris DS (I'm serious) Ouendan (and EBA... But more Ouendan) Picross Custom Robo Arena (probably the most underrated DS game, incredibly fun in VS) Ketsui Death Label The Sonic games | ||
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synapse
China13814 Posts
Pokemon B/W are decent (also a fanboy) Everyone always recommends Layton and 999, though I haven't played them myself. | ||
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KMARTRULES
Australia474 Posts
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Bond(i2)
Canada926 Posts
Dragon Ball: Origins If you like Dragon ball and RPGs I highly recommend these | ||
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Kralle333
Denmark301 Posts
If you like RPGs check out the Etrian Odyssey series Adventure Games: Ghost Trick Phoenix Wright series Hotel Dusk Room 215 Last window There is lots of other great ds games | ||
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kane]deth[
Canada368 Posts
Otherwise I'd have to say The World Ends with You or Advance Wars. | ||
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popdeollie
United States33 Posts
On April 07 2011 13:07 Torte de Lini wrote: GET FUCKING ADVANCE WARS, THE LATEST ONE This. | ||
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