Trace Memory
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Product Summary
Brand: NintendoRelease Date: 2006-09-08
Platform: Nintendo DS
Model: 45496735777
Publisher: Nintendo
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- This item is BRAND NEW and factory fresh (sealed if applicable). This item is NOT returned or refurbished. May have store or price stickers affixed.
Video Game Reviews of Trace Memory
Customer Review: Although it's not the best text-driven game on the DS, Trace Memory is still a nice effort worthy of playing.
Summary: 4 Stars
Trace Memory stars Ashley Robbins, a 13-year old girl who's on her way to Blood Edward Island with the main objective of seeing her father and finding out a few things from her past. Of course, what kind of game would it be if he just met up with you and told all as the ship pulls up to the shore?
Trace Memory is another in an increasing list of text-driven DS games where the objective is more along the lines of solving puzzles and mysteries than battle (think Hotel Dusk and the Ace Attorney games). As a matter of fact, in these games, there is no battle at all.
The game makes good use of the stylus for solving the various puzzles such as using it as a ------------ to ------------ the ------------ on your way to and through the mansion. (What? You thought I'd give away the answers? This is a review, not a walkthrough!) Seriously though, for example, the first puzzle of the game involves you having to lower a drawbridge and the puzzles let you use your stylus in a number of different ways (such as throwing objects, making a cutting motion, etc.). The stylus also works famously in your attempt to search rooms for clues and items that you need to solve puzzles.
The graphics in this game are not really anything to brag about, but I'd say that they get the job done, as does the sound. The value of the game could have been higher, as you can replay it as many times as you want, but if you get the perfect ending the first time around (hint: examine everything and I do mean EVERYTHING ... OK, maybe this is a review AND a walkthrough), then there's no real point to additional play-throughs.
Overall, I had a good experience with this game and would recommend it to others. Games such as this and Hotel Dusk (and, to an extent, Ace Attorney) are almost along the lines of "interactive novels" more than they are "games" and it's definitely a different, albeit good, experience to go through for any style or level of gamer.
Overall: 7.4
Gameplay: 8
Graphics: 7
Sound: 7
Value: 6
Tilt: 8
Description of Trace Memory
Trace Memory challenges you to learn the ultimate secret: Your past. Ten years ago, while researching human memory, your parents suddenly disappeared. Now a letter from your father provides the first clue in a strange adventure to the mysterious Blood Edward Island. But what could a memory-generating computer and a ghost named D have to do with your parents' disappearance? Blood Edward Island won't give up its secrets easily, so you'll have to trace the clues to find the truth.Action Games
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