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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

OK... not everyone wants to play a fast paced shoot 'em up game. Sometimes you want a slow paced game that can just be enjoyed. This is one of those games. It's not even a game, really, it's more like an interactive movie; or better yet, like an interactive BOOK (remember those!). The artwork in this game is fantastic... the music is incredible, and the story, while short, is captivating. Yes, it is "kind of" short compared to most games, but, the up-side is: YOU GET TO FINISH IT!!! Now, honestly, how often can you say THAT? If you enjoy the pace of games like Animal Crossing Wild World, you will certainly enjoy Memory Trace.

Great for older gamers too

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Trace Memory is a great intriguing game. It had me totally hooked. I don't play a lot of games since I'm older, but this one had me hooked after the first 1/2 hour. Yes, it is short, but still worth the price.

I hope to find more games like this one!

It's alright. I give it a C+/B-

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I just got a DS and went looking for some games to buy. Someone suggested this game so I took a look at it and was interested, so I bought it.

Like others have said, this is a short game. I played a few hours a day and beat it in 3 days (though not without help).

I actually liked the storyline, though at times the secrets and plot twists were too obvious.

I don't usually play games of this sort where you have to locate clues and use them to solve puzzles, so it was a nice change... but some things about the game bothered me. I found it frustrating when I figured things out before the character did. I found things I figured I would need later, but was unable to pick them up until the character figured out what they were for.
Other times, I just had no idea what to do. I ended up having to consult a FAQ.
Some of the puzzles in the game are just silly. They're not at all challenging, they just get use to make use of the DS features.

The graphics are nice for what it is. Sometimes the still images actually look like photos.
The music is annoying at times, I think just due to lack of variety.
It gets very annoying when you have to scroll through lots of dialogue/text. If you accidentally click on something a second time, you have to go through everything again.

Overall, not an awful game, but not a great game either.
I say wait until this game goes on sale, or rent it.

Slightly disappointing, but still good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought Trace Memory last night, and I finished it in about five hours. The concept of the game is very interesting but there were a few flaws in the gameplay. There was a lot of mindless touchscreen-rubbing. I was constantly worried that I would mar the screen or break the sensors. It was awfully wordy, as well -- towards the end, there was more conversation than game play.

But overall, it was pretty okay. It ended pretty fast, but it was a good mystery game.

If you're a fan of Myst or Nancy Drew, you'll like this puzzle game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun, but short game for the nintendo ds. The story follows a 13 year old girl as she arrives at an island with a haunted mansion...on a quest to find her long lost father. The game itself is more like a movie at times....so there's lots of reading. You also look for items and try to solve various puzzles around the mansion. The puzzles themselves are not very difficult. You do have to use your ds in very unique ways at times. There is also no way to 'die' in the game, which I liked! There are two endings, to my knowledge. You can also play the game through a second time to find slight differences...however, the replayability of the game in general is not good. You can't breeze through all the talking. This would be a good game to rent for a week, since I bought and finished it in 3 days (which I am never ever able to do with games). However, definitely play it. It's unique!

Pretty good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, Trace Memory was pretty good, but it was just way too short. To begin with, You figure out Ashley's story, but not D's. And secondly, some more could have been put into Ashley's story. I can't really think of think of anything that could have been added to Ashley's story, to be honest, but figuring out D's story would have been cool. I mean, seriously, you find out (I'm not going to give anything away) so much, but not everything. You have a number of clues to what happened to D, but never get to completely figure it out. And if you're really interested in D's story, you'll be all like, "Aw, man." when the game is over, and Ashley leaves the island. (That's about all you'll get from me, Ashley does, in fact, leave the island.) The story, regardless of how much of D's story you figure out, is intriguing, enough to keep you going and trying to figure out the hard puzzles, and believe me, a couple, not a whole lot, but a couple, are a little on the head-scratcher side. And while I'm speaking of the puzzles, I should say that they utilize almost all of the DS's functions. You use the mic to blow on things, and you do a lot of moving and picking up and the like. But I should say that Trace Memory is by no means an action freak's fantasy come true. To the contrary, an action freak would probably die of boredom, as there is extremely little action, the only to speak of being in the flashbacks, but because when the characters are interacting with each other, you only see pictures of them, there isn't much to see there. Trace Memory is, by and far, the thinker's game, what with all the puzzles. I finished in a total of 8 hours over the course of not even a whole week, it was just way too short, but it was nonetheless an enjoyable game, however, there is almost no replay value to speak of aside from an alternate ending. I suggest this game for those who have only a little time and can't pick up more lengthy games or for someone who wants an engaging story that you actually have to piece together as the characters do (unlike other games where you already know what happened well before the characters do).

Pretty quick

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I beat the game in 2 days. It would have been one but it was Christmas.
The puzzles aren't that challenging. I did however have to play the game 3x in order to get the good ending. if you don't trigger all of D's memories he just stays on the island. Grrr. If when you find the first shoe, he doesn't have a memory, you already missed something and will be able to still finish the game, but he will remain on the island unhelped.
Annoying but since you can't leave the mansion once you're in it, make sure you touch EVERYTHING the first time around.

A memorable experience!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This a fantastic game. It's only downfall is that it isn't very long (I finished the game in under 7 hours of game play). But the story is engaging with wonderful characters, and the graphics are a work of art! Nintendo has once again made use of the DS features magnificently. It's like a good book, it's a game you will definitely want to enjoy more than once!

Although it's not the best text-driven game on the DS, Trace Memory is still a nice effort worthy of playing.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Trace Memory stars Ashley Robbins, a 13-year old girl who's on her way to Blood Edward Island with the main objective of seeing her father and finding out a few things from her past. Of course, what kind of game would it be if he just met up with you and told all as the ship pulls up to the shore?

Trace Memory is another in an increasing list of text-driven DS games where the objective is more along the lines of solving puzzles and mysteries than battle (think Hotel Dusk and the Ace Attorney games). As a matter of fact, in these games, there is no battle at all.

The game makes good use of the stylus for solving the various puzzles such as using it as a ------------ to ------------ the ------------ on your way to and through the mansion. (What? You thought I'd give away the answers? This is a review, not a walkthrough!) Seriously though, for example, the first puzzle of the game involves you having to lower a drawbridge and the puzzles let you use your stylus in a number of different ways (such as throwing objects, making a cutting motion, etc.). The stylus also works famously in your attempt to search rooms for clues and items that you need to solve puzzles.

The graphics in this game are not really anything to brag about, but I'd say that they get the job done, as does the sound. The value of the game could have been higher, as you can replay it as many times as you want, but if you get the perfect ending the first time around (hint: examine everything and I do mean EVERYTHING ... OK, maybe this is a review AND a walkthrough), then there's no real point to additional play-throughs.

Overall, I had a good experience with this game and would recommend it to others. Games such as this and Hotel Dusk (and, to an extent, Ace Attorney) are almost along the lines of "interactive novels" more than they are "games" and it's definitely a different, albeit good, experience to go through for any style or level of gamer.

Overall: 7.4
Gameplay: 8
Graphics: 7
Sound: 7
Value: 6
Tilt: 8

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