Dr Reiner Knizia's Brain Benders (DS)

Platform : Nintendo DS Publisher : Eidos Developer : Razorback ESRB : 12+ The Game: Dr Kawashinas' Brain Training started the genre on the DS and set the benchmark by which all the clones and genuine challengers would judged. Dr Reiner Knizia's Brain Benders is the first real contender for the crown. The scenario is that the good Dr is travelling around the world solving puzzles in each of the major cities visited, or rather you are solving the puzzles in the lower screen whilst the Dr lives the high life in the top screen, with ad-hoc comments, prompts or suggestions being ...  Read the complete review

I ended up playing this game on holiday for two weeks because of circumstances, and it is an excellent game. Compared to the other brain training games that are on offer, this one comes with more variety and is more fun. You travel the world with Dr Reiner Knizia and collect points. The more points you collect, the more cities that are available for you to unlock. Within each city, the game has four levels that you can work your way through. What is also a bonus with the game is that you are rewarded for trying even if you can't quite get enough points to get a medal which then encourages you further. The games vary from poker in Las Vegas, to ...  Read the complete review

This is another in the "improve your brain" trend of games but has a little twist. There are lots of different activities in different cities. You start with a basic number of cities, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Each city has a different puzzle which needs to be solved, some of these are methematical, some are logical, some observational There are five levels to each puzzle which need to be purchased, using coins. These coins are ontained by getting a set number of points in each of the puzzles. Some of the puzzles are based on some old games like battleships but they are all fun and really addictive, but there a lot are ...  Read the complete review