Friday, April 19, 2013

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective for the Nintendo DS

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was released on Jan. 11, 2011 by Capcom. From the same markers of the Phoenix Wright series, Ghost Trick shares the same witty humor and suspense gameplay along with awesome music. There are no known sequels nor are there any rumors of one. Along with Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Rating on later date), Ghost Trick wasn't well known unless you kept up on the news about the makers of Phoenix Wright.

FUN: If you haven't play this game, you should. By far, this game had the best feel for suspense in any of the games made the makers of PW (Going to shorten it now. Save space.). Also great to play as a ghost with powers aka tricks. FUN - 2.

REPLAY: Just like a lot of PW games, there isn't much to replay value. Sure, I will give that it's fun to play over and over more than the other PW game in the series. REPLAY - 0.5.

STORY: You as a ghost (Later finds out his name) who has lost everything; his memories, his body, and most importantly... his life. When he woke up, the very first thing he saw was a red haired young woman at gun point. Not knowing what to do (Due to the fact that he was dead) he heard a voice saying that he could actually do something to be able to save her. The voice call it his 'Ghost Tricks.' Later after saving the young lady, he told the voice that he wants to find out why he was killed and who he was. The voice told him two things; that he only had one night and that the red haired young lady was the key to all his questions. STORY - 2.

DIFFERENCE/ORIGINAL: This game is totally different from the PW series. First of all, time actually flows in each chapter. On top of that, you have to use your 'Ghost Tricks' to progress instead of a basic point and click game with a whole lot of reading. This game's major concept is the touch screen. You need to drag your character to many different kinds of items, each with an unique ability or nothing at all. On top of that, you will be needing to switch from ghost world to the living. DIFFERENCE/ORIGINAL - 2.

DIFFICULTY: This game has a great balance between easy and hard. Some chapters are simple due to what to processed, but others use more unique 'Ghost Tricks' and even some logic thinking and timing. DIFFICULTY - 2.

TOTAL - 8.5.

There you have it! Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective in a nutshell! Hope you stay with me during these long waits. Very busy due to college, writing books, etc. Thanks for waiting! The Nintendo Rater.