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Mystery Stories (DS)
by kat1234 I like to play on my DS now and again for a spot of relaxation. Therefore, I do like a game that allows me to use my brain, but won't get too stressful as well as one that I am able to put down and pick up again easily. I have found Mystery Stories to be appropriate for both, so it is a game that I play from time to time. I bought it ... online for £10, currently it is pricing at around £7. THE STORY There has been a kidnapping on an ancient Caribbean Island and a 'Mayan' curse placed. As the player, you become a journalist on holiday and you need to collect and piece together the clues and solve the mystery. As the story unfolds, you come across various different characters that you interact with such as an antique expert and diver. THE GAME The game is quite simple in concept. The idea is that you are given a scene and a list of objects to find. You then have to explore the scene and identify all of the objects on your list by tapping them with your stylus. This is the basic concept followed by the game but different levels offer slightly different challenges to hold your interest - for example a scene may be totally blackened out and you need to search with a torch or you will not be given a list of objects but a noise will play and you need to work out from the noise what you are looking for and then find it in the scene. If you can't find an object of just tap the screen you are given time penalties. Imbetween the scenes there are other tasks that you need to complete, such as putting a map together and there is dialogue between you and other characters to work through. MY OPINION This game is basic and easy to play. This is both a positive and negative for me. I like that fact that I can pick this up weeks after I last played and not have to remember how to play and that it is easy to play without thinking too deeply. However, there is no real depth to the game and no real imagination shown by the makers as the tasks are all much the same. If you were to play this for any length of time I think that you would probably find this quite boring. Not only are the tasks the same (finding objects) but as you get further along in the game, you find that some of the scenes are repeated too - museum, beach, railway station. Also, a lot of the objects that you are looking for are repeated too. This means that, whilst the first time you look for an object it may be challenging, you grow used to what the object looks like and you know what you are looking for so it is easier to find. The scenes themselves are good and there are a lot of places that you need to look but sometimes some of the colours of the scenes have not been well thought out and make it really hard to differentiate between the object and the background. I also find the music irritating as there is not much to it and after a while it becomes repetitive. I usually play this with the volume right down. It can also be irritating when you select an object and the game doesn't recognise it or you haven't quite put the stylus in the exact right place. This can cause you to rack up the time penalties. For me, this game serves a purpose in that it is simple, I get to use my brain and I can play this for as little as I want and come back to it. I do find that if I play it for too long, my eyes can ache a bit so I tend to just play in short bursts. I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone that plays on their DS regularly as it is quite simple and there isn't much to it. I think there are probably better puzzle games out there for more avid gamers and this does get extremely repetitive. The storyline is also quite poor and it can be really irritating working through the lengthy dialogue. Not for everyone. Read the complete review |
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More Brain Training (DS)
by kat1234 I enjoy puzzle games and like to keep my brain fresh by trying to use it a bit each day so the idea of a game on my DS that would combine the two seemed good to me. I bought more brain training online for around £15 despite not owning the first game in the series as I wanted the most up to date version. THE IDEA ... The game is designed to be played for a few minutes each day to work your brain - the idea being that anyone can fit this into their schedule. It is also designed so that anyone, even those not used to playing computer games, can play - you do not need to press any buttons to play, you can write your answers on the screen using the stylus or, for some games, simply speak your answer. The DS can then pick up your answer using the in built microphone. The games are all short and designed to exercise your brain's ability to perform different tasks, for example arithmetic and vocabulary tasks. There is a calendar in built and this allows you to monitor your progress over time. The game will use the tasks to calculate and give you your calculated brain age score - eeek! Taking you through the exercises is a virtual man's face (annoying!). He talks to you about how you are doing via a speech bubble. If I had the option, I would like to turn this feature off! THE GAMES As well as the brain age check feature, you can use the training mode which allows you to select which games you would like to play. There are also handy features away from the game to allow you to take a break from training - there are various Sudoku grids and a game that I enjoy called Germ Busters. This is meant for 'brain relaxation' and is similar to TETRIS, you have to manoeuvre different coloured germs into blocks of colour to clear the screen. This is actually my favourite game of all! It is worth noting that not all games are available to play immediately, but they will gradually become unlocked as you play the other games. **Missing Symbols** This game is maths based. You are given the numbers in the sum and the answer and you have to work out what the mathematical sign in the sum is (+. -. / or x). The aim is to work through the list of sums against the clock and the quicker you do it the better your score. If you get one incorrect you are penalised with a higher score. I find this quite stressful due to the against the clock feature, which can make me panic. Also, sometimes the console does not recognise your symbol correctly, so you need to make sure that you write this clearly. It's an easy game to get to grips with though and does work your brain. **Masterpiece Recital** Not one of my favourite games but then I'm not exactly what you'd call musically gifted either. It's really a memory test as you are given a virtual keyboard and they play a tune, highlighting which keys are pressed. You then repeat the tune from memory. I personally find this quite hard. **Word Scramble** A number of letters are arranged in a circle. These are an anagram of a word and you are against the clock to identify the word. The number of letters increases as you progress. Again, you need to ensure that you write clearly so that the console can recognise the word that you have written. **Correct Change** A maths based game where you are effectively a cashier and are given a price and some coins as payment. You then have to select the correct coins to give as change. This is again against the clock, a factor which I find stressful, but enjoyable. **Word Blend** I find this one really challenging. You need to turn the volume up on your DS to play this. The console will then say two or three words at once and you have to identify which words have been said. You can have a few guesses and if you are incorrect, they will identify a few letters in each word to give you a clue. You can also listen to the words a few times. This game is really unique and challenging and one that I enjoy. **Memory Addition** Another maths based game. This one can be played on normal or hard difficulty so you can work at improving your skills. You have to answer the maths questions but one of the numbers is taken from the previous sum and you need to remember what this was as it is scribbled out. This requires good memory and concentration skills. Enjoyable and challenging. **Days and Dates** Not a favourite of mine. The console will ask questions such as 'tell me what day of the week it was 10 days ago' and you have to write your answer in. I find this extremely challenging as, with a young baby, I barely know which day of the week it is that day! **Finishing Position** This one is fun and you really need to concentrate. It starts off ok, but I find the latter levels nigh on impossible as they speed up. Basically you watch a race and, imparticular, an individual runner in that race. You have to keep track of their position in that race, so when they overtake or are overtaken remember to promote or demote them. Fine when the overtaking is every now and then but very hard when people are flying past left, right and centre! Challenging. **Determine the Time** This one is to do with how you see images. You are shown different images of clock - analogue and digital - at different angles, upside down, mirror images etc and you need to write the time. The quicker you do it, the better your score. This one is ok but a little monotonous. **Calculate the Height** You are given a block with three vertical columns, A, B and C. This is greyed out so you can't see inside but cubes are dropped into each column and you need to remember the height of each column at the end of the game. Again, this speeds up and gets more difficult as the game progresses so becomes increasingly challenging. OVERALL OPINION I think that there is a good variety of games and that each tests a different skill area. I tend to find that I play some games more than others, but this is personal preference. I also like the fact that, when you complete a game you are given a speed to show you how good you are - for example jet speed or walking speed. Your result is also plotted on a graph so that you can compare how you have done with your previous attempts. These are the types of games that I enjoy, but I can see why others would find these boring as the games are really short and could become monotonous and repetitive. There is no real depth to the games as, once you have mastered them, there is nowhere further to go. I completely agree with the concept that this is to be played for a few minutes each day, it is not a game that you can play for hours on end. However, I do not think that this is necessarily a bad thing. The game will appeal to people into puzzle games and it definitely tests and works your brain. It is also enjoyable to play and there will be at least one or two games that everyone will enjoy. The price online seems to be around £10 for this now, which I think is about right - it is a good stocking filler. Read the complete review |
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Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain (DS)
by ladyradley When this was advertised on the telly several years ago it sounded really interesting and was actually the reason why I bought a Nintendo DS in the first place! This game is advertised as a way to see how old your brain is and also a good way to keep your brain as young as possible. I am not surprised it was so popular, I mean ... what a great claim that this game has! I'm sure we are all interested in how old our brains are and would like to keep them functioning in as young a way as possible for as long as possible. The game is set out so that you can do daily tests where you can see if your brain has aged over night or not and it also helps you to train your brain. There are also brain training exercises that you can do. As well as this there is a sudoku section to help keep your mind active. The daily contests keep track of your scores and stores them so you can compare them. It will also store other peoples' results too so both my husband and I have profiles on this game. The various tasks are all quite straight forward and easy to understand. They include memory games, navigation games, basic maths and several others. An example is the memory game. In this you are shown 30 words and have 2 minutes to memorise as many as possible. Afterwards you then write the words on the screen within a set time and see how many you can recall. What I find is limiting to this is that all the words are 4 letters long so it makes it slightly easier. Also when you are writing sometimes the screen doesn't recognise the letters you are writing, I find it is hopeless as recognising when I write a 'j' and so I can spend a good few seconds writing a word out several times before it recognises it which then impacts upon the words I'm trying to store in my short term memory! The maths game shows basic sums which you need to answer as quickly as possible. Again the flaw to this is that sometimes the screen won't pick up the right number you are putting in and so will mark you wrong because it's interpreted your 5 as a 6 or something. This can be frustrating and obviously makes the end result inaccurate. Another game is where there are four colours and they are written as words but coloured an opposite colour to what the word is, so for example the word Blue may appear in green. You then have to say what the colour is and not the word. Again this is inaccurate as the microphone element is so poor that it often doesn't understand what word you are saying, you have to try to say it very clearly and even then sometimes that doesn't work. At the end of the various tasks (you do three at a time) your brain age is calculated. This does generally get better over time but I think this is just because you get used to how this machine works and realise what is expected of you. The sudoku element is the part which I use on a daily basis, I like to do a sudoku before bed and I like doing it on this machine as if you make a mistake you can just erase it and go back whereas if I do it on paper I find myself getting annoyed if I make a mistake as it looks messy. What I dislike about the Sudoku part is that before you can play the game you are asked to draw several pictures first whereas I would prefer to just go straight into the game and get on with it. There are three levels- basic, advanced and intermediate each having about 30 games inside it. These games get more difficult as you go on. It is easy to do, again though sometimes the machine won't recognise your numbers so you have to try to write them as clearly as possible. At the end it will give you your score and tell you if you have beaten your previous one. I like this, it makes it more competitive and it's good to compare. All in all I will say that this game is rather limited especially considering how much hype it got. I found that I grew bored of using it, the daily tasks were simply just rather dull after a while with not enough variation, it would be good if there were plenty more tasks but sadly there isn't. I used this for several weeks but then grew bored and now never look at the brain training part of it, maybe once a year or so I will look at it again but it isn't 'daily brain training' like it was made out to be. I like the Sudoku part of this and find it is much more enjoyable to play but this is only an extra on the game and not it's main selling point. The game isn't good enough as it doesn't recognise what you write or say at times so this impacts upon your score. I think it is just a bit of fun and maybe good for if you have friends round and you want to compete over who has the youngest brain but it certainly isn't a game which you will want to use every day. Read the complete review |
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