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Mar 17, 2008

1701 A.D.: Dawn of Discovery

DS Review

DS - 1701 A.D.: Dawn of Discovery - Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery

Efforts to bring the PC's brand of Civilization style strategy games to the Nintendo DS haven't always yielded positive results. Age of Empires was decent, but they made it turn-based. Sim City had features cut. So did The Settlers, and it was a buggy mess on top of that. For once, wouldn't it be nice if one of those wonderfully engrossing empire sims survived the transition from the PC to DS without losing anything in translation? If you ...
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Jan 22, 2008

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

DS Review

This is a complete reboot for the Advance Wars series. Forget all those cheery day-glo tanks, female officers in skirts no bigger than dental floss and the pantomime COs; theyre all gone, buried under several feet of dust and asphalt. All that remains is a barren wasteland, shorn of structure, rules and regulations, the survivors cowering in makeshift communities as impromptu gangs loot and pillage the land. This isnt the Advance Wars you know and love - Intelligent Systems baby is all grown ...
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Mar 2, 2006

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

DS Review

Many DS games use the two screens as an afterthought. Not so with Advance Wars: Dual Strike, which incorporates the hardware's features into the series' already addicting turn-based gameplay. The goal in remains the same: pound the enemy army into the ground. There are several Commanding Officers to choose from, each with advantages and weaknesses - usually having a proficiency in one type of combat while lacking another. The same goes for specific units, such as submarines, stealth fighters ...
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Mar 17, 2006

Age of Empires: Age of Kings

DS Review

Real-time strategy on the DS? Hrm … probably wouldn't work all that well. The lack of a mouse to move around the battlefield swiftly and control all those units would be a pretty frustrating setup. It's a good thing that Age of Empires' immigration to the DS came complete with a genre switch, then. The Age of Kings retains a lot of similarities to its PC forebears, but with a console-friendly, turn-based setup. The idea is this: play as one of five famous rulers - Joan of Arc, Genghis ...
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Mar 9, 2006

Animal Crossing: Wild World

DS Review

There's no enemy to overcome, no goal to achieve in Animal Crossing: Wild World. You wake up, do some chores and talk to villagers. That's it. Why it's fun we can't exactly say, but the staggering amount of personalization makes it easy to get sucked up in this super cute world. Right from the start you're given a town. Everyone's village has the same structures but a unique set of townspeople; talking to your neighbors brings you closer and often nets cool items and clues you in to what ...
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Feb 19, 2008

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

DS Review

DS - Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

In the last three Ace Attorney games, we've followed Phoenix Wright through just about every crazy twist of events imaginable. We've been with him through the loss of a close friend, seen him accused of murder at the age of 21, and pulled for him while he fought for his life after nearly being burned alive. But Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney starts with a shock that trumps all of that. ...
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Mar 17, 2008

Arctic Tale

DS Review

The problem with David Attenborough documentaries is that it’s always so hard to figure out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. Can you still root for the adorable, whale-attacked seal even after you’ve watched it maim an innocent penguin father of two? Anyhow, in this, another National Geographic film tie-in, you get to play as a polar bear, arctic fox and walrus, and must go on the hunt in a graphically poor snowy and ...
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Jan 24, 2008

Arkanoid DS

DS Review

[Editor's note: This was originally a review of the Japanese import version of Arkanoid DS, but we find it applies to the recently released domestic version equally well, with one exception: That paddle controller the review praises? It's not in our version. Luckily, the stylus works well. It's just not as cool.] ...
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Jun 22, 2007

Arthur and the Invisibles

DS Review

Your opinion of Luc Bessons latest cinematic offering will have absolutely no bearing on your impressions of Arthur And The Invisibles on DS. Playable but completely losing any sense of wonder and magic, its a collection of fairly uninspired autumnal Crank! Point! Hit! Blow! minigames. Have you played even one of the WarioWare games? If so, you've played this already, and it was a bit better ...
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Jun 22, 2007

Asphalt: Urban GT

DS Review

A battle between motorcycle and SUV would surely end in a mile-long streak of two-wheeled hamburger. But Asphalt: Urban GT 2 is more interested in high-speed hit-and-run arcade antics than realism, borrowing liberally from more established console brands. Whether you're careening around on a Ducati, plowing through obstacles in a Hummer, or streaking toward the finish line in a Mercedes SLR, nitrous is your best friend. Laughing gas can be fired off in one, two, or three canister bursts (see: ...
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