hotel dusk: room 215

Loving this game lately! If like me you prefer your games light on the violence, action and shooting and heavy on the plot and character then Hotel Dusk: Room 215 might be the game for you. This DS game really invokes old school point-and-click adventures while also fluidly incorporating the DS's many interesting functions to create a very cool, suspenseful game without relying on blood, guts and action. If you don't love reading, however, you'll want to steer clear as it is ALL about reading dialogue and learning information. You even get a little pop quiz at the end of each chapter to make sure you were paying attention! The plot so far is full of mystery and intrigue and definitely leaves me wanting to know more with each new piece of information I get. The characters truly are deep and sympathetic and the game's writers bothered to write in some pretty funny, engaging dialogue that, while not necessary, is a wonderful driver of the story. The stark, sketchy animation style looks great on the DS and the characters are adorable. The controls are seamless - the stylus is PERFECT for this game - and as mentioned, the use of some of the DS's unique capabilities to create challenging puzzles is pretty awesome to behold. I want more DS games like this one! Two thumbs up.