Secret Files: Tunguska (DS)

Tunguska is an adventure game for the Nintendo DS, which is similar to Tomb Raider in its style, and which relies on point and click. The game is set in July 1908 and is based on the real life story of when a meteorite caused a huge crater when it hit part of Russia. I remember games like this from my Amiga playing days in the early 1990s, such as The Secret of Monkey Island and KGB and similar games. It's a genre which has been neglected in recent years, in place of games which involve shooting opponents and end of level guardians and the like, so I'm pleased to see it return. During the start of the game you control the female character Nina, but ...  Read the complete review

Being rather fond of point and click style adventure games Secret Files: Tunguska was one I put on my 'must-have' list upon getting my DS. I eventually purchased it after completing the game I had got for Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed playing it from the moment I opened the DS until the point at which the rather amusing title credits rolled. As I have already mentioned Secret Files: Tunguska is a point and click adventure game that focuses around the playable characters if Nina and Max, who team up together early on during the game. The game is set in the present time yet is primarily based around events that happened 100 years earlier. In ...  Read the complete review

I was given this games for Christmas as I really like games that involve solving puzzles and having to use your brain rather than the usual racing games or football games that are available for the DS. I wasn't disappointed with this game. It was very easy to get started and quickly becomes adictive as you want to try and solve the next puzzle. There is a good mix of easy and difiicult puzzles. there are enough clues scattered around for most things to keep you going. I'm afraid I did resort to a walkthrough on the internet once in the middle of this game as I just couldn't see what to do next - but when I found out what it was it was so obscure I ...  Read the complete review

Point and click adventures were once a mainstay of gaming, until technology came along and all the genres got shaken up... but yet many of us still have font memories of games such as Day of the Tentacle, and the Monkey Island Series. In many ways, the DS is perfectly suited to this kind of game, with it's double screen (great for ensuring the players vision isn't obscured by some sort of over-complex interface), and stylus control. And indeed, Secret Files takes advantage of these perks with gusto. You may think however about a potential problem - with screens so small, how will the player be able to find those elusive tiny objects hidden behind ...  Read the complete review

If you liked Broken Sword, Monkey island or any point and click adventure games from years ago this is one for you. The story line is quite mysterious, so that kept me interested, You can get a little lost on the plot but it doesn't really affect the game play. A few times I was stuck and had to go back and forth until I figured out what I had to do. The game gets you really thinking. As point and click adventures go, this one is a winner. Good storyline and challanging enough to keep you interested. But not to hard so the frustration makes you turn it off. One of the best point and click adventures on the ds in my humble opinion. Hopefully they will release the second ...  Read the complete review