Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #504 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Avanquest Software
• Released on: 2009-05-29
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Format: Unknown format

Manufacturer's Description

Find the Clues, Solve the Crime and Unravel the Mystery!

Whilst on holiday on a remote ancient Caribbean island there is a kidnapping. The renowned professor of Mayan artefacts goes missing along with a precious Maya casket stolen from the local museum. Only you, top New York journalist, can piece together the clues and solve the kidnap mystery. Was the professor close to finding the largest treasure trove known to man? Are the Mayan spirits causing mischief as the natives believe or is there something more sinister behind it? Crack the case, find the hidden treasure and unravel the Mayan mysteries!

No sooner have you caught your breath, your journey points you 10,000km further east, to Berlin. Whilst in this historical city, archeologists uncover a mysterious machine hidden in the depths of abandoned war bunkers and tunnels. Find the clues hidden amongst historical parts of the city and piece together parts of the machine to find out why it was developed and what for. Defend your findings from mysterious sects and ruthless ex-secret agents from former communist East Germany who want hold of this marvel of a machine. Nothing will get in their way... including you! It is up to you to solve the mystery amidst all the lies, intrigue and secrets in this one-of-a kind hidden-object adventure game!

Box Contains
1 X DS Cartridge

Customer Reviews

My eyes hurt!!!!
I have been playing this for just over a week now, and have only just got to the Berlin levels of the game. For the size of the DS screen, it is a pretty good attempt at hidden object games, something I didn't think would be possible on the handheld device.

Seeing the other reviews where they commented on it being a female lead - I don't have to dress up in skirts to play it, so it doesn't matter! :0)

And for the one who said it was just clicking around, they obviously didn't play it very much, as after the first couple of levels, you lose time if you click randomly around the screen!

The hidden object levels do get a little repetitive after a while, but my old eyes can't handle playing for too long, and the different modes give more variety than similar PC games.:0)

Highly recommended!

Ok.
As hidden object games go, this one for the D S works well. The storylines are really thin, but just about hold the individual puzzles together. Most scenes are clear enough to see all the objects, though I did find I had to put the D S brightness up to max to stand the best chance. Some objects and one or two screens were extremely hard to work with though.

Interspersed with the hidden object scenes are other puzzles such as spot the differences, basic jigsaw puzzles, traffic-jam-type puzzles where you have to move blocks in order to get a specific item from one side of the screen to another. These could be frustrating as sometimes objects still moved even though the stylus was pointing at a new object - I suspect this may be due to the (in)sensitivity of my rather old d s screen. But even with the screen cleaned and buffed, it was quite hard to pick items up first time, and I often lost time through the number of attempts it took to pick up certain objects. Frustrating. And the chances are that when you return to a given scene, you will also be looking for a high proportion of the same items within that scene that you looked for on your previous visit - if you see what I mean.

Another thing I particularly didn't like was that unlike most p c-based games, once an object was found, it just dimmed, it didn't disappear from the screen.

Also on my minus list, are the way the mini-games are presented. Make one mistake, or have one spot on the D S where your stylus isn't picked up correctly, and you get a game over. Having said that, you can immediately return to the mini-game without a penalty. And if you don't like the mini-game, you can just click forward to skip it - but you can't return to it to complete it later.

Basically, this is a great game provided you like repetitive screens, aren't too bothered with storyline, and aren't trying to tap the screen quietly while someone next to you is asleep! It didn't take long to whip through it; and I won't be getting rid of it just yet as it's a good chewing-gum-for-the-brain kind of game. Not enough of a challenge though.

Find the hidden objects!!!
This is my first hidden object game for DS so cannot give you a comparison against others games on the market BUT suffice to say this is great.

There are two different ways to play the game either Adventure, takes you through all levels or Free Play, allows you to access already played locations from the adventure mode.

Concentration is required as some objects are quite well hidden and not easy to spot but you do find a great sense of satisfaction when you complete a level.

As you move through various levels you can gain extra time and hints so if you really are struggling with an object you can get a pointer as to it's hiding place.

Great fun for kids and adults alike, my 8 year old daughter thinks it's fantastic.