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Great fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I personally enjoy drawing and designing things. so i bought this game for my younger brother. i also played on it and found it quite interesting. not only the drawing, but the story was also quite adventurous.

Drawn to Boredom

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

What "draw" me to this game (no pun intended), was the fact that you could create your own character and other elements in the game. Sounds fun, no?

That is not as fun as it should be, mainly because you are limited to the space, proportions and templates that the game gives you. There's not that much depth in it, and after an hour or two of playing you'll just be doing things just to get them over with.

Gameplay wise is boring, jump here, shoot there, and backtrack if you forgot something. This is the most annoying aspect of the gameplay. In each level you must rescue three "raposas" and collect 4 torn pieces of a template. If you skipped one, you won't be able to move on, but the game doesn't even remotely tells you what section you may or may not have missed. Making backtraging tedious and a constant.

The game difficulty is very easy, but in some stages is easy to die while jumping or flying, mainly because when you jump or "take-off" you won't be able to see the enemies coming right at you making you lose health or die.

Story wise, you play as the creator (you know God), who must help a village to defeat darkness. This is how the game goes:

1-Talk to mayor
2-Talk to some other raposa
3-Talk to mayor
4-Tap on the flame of life
5-Remove darkness from one section
6-Talk to previous raposa
7-Return to talk to the mayor
7.5 You may need to talk to another raposa again
8-Go through a gate and start "playing."

Is really annoying, the characters are dumb, there's really no meat to the story. You never feel bad for them, at a point I saw why the "creator" forgot about them, they' boring, annoying and demanding.

After reaching the "beach area" they say,: oh thank you the beach is great, but we're bored, can you draw some toys for us to enjoy." Hello, the creator doesn't do that you do dumb citizen!

This is the only game I've ever wanted to grab and throw out of the window, smash it with a hammer and burn it. It is that bad.

THIS GAME WAS AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I think this game was awesome for kids and adults. It was sooooo addicting, i could not put it down. The drawing was a lot of fun too. Also the graphics were great!

good game, good graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this is a good game compared to some I've played. you get to draw one the main page and that's really cool. you get to draw your "hero" and get to play him through levels. you get to destroy the bad guy, but slowly. the graphics are good, the story is good and easy to follow and you get to interact with the characters. it is a little difficult but thats all that's bad with the game.

My daughter loves this game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My daughter is an avid video gamer and she loves this game. Not only does she enjoy the actual game itself, she just loves drawing the pictures to go along with the game. The drawings can be as simple or as complex as you want to make them and then are incorporated into the game. She often returns to previous drawings and tries to outdo her last one. Her six year old brother sometimes plays the game and draws pictures. He's not interested in the actual playing of the game at all but is content to just make up characters. I think this would be a great game for all levels of gamers.

Lotsa Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has been a lot of fun for my 10 year old son. It gives him a chance to customize his characters and items used in the game. Level of game play is good. Has had to have me beat the bosses, but other than that difficulty is appropriate for this age level. Wonderful game.

Creative Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was original in it's format and fun. Alittle too easy for adults with gaming experience but that didn't keep me from enjoying it! I think this game would be great for 7- 14 yr. olds!

An Awesome Platformer Where YOU Design the Platforms!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

"Drawn to Life" is really, in essence, three games seamlessly united into one: lightweight RPG, slick side-scrolling platformer, and art/drawing program. If you enjoy these elements, even to a slight extent, you will enjoy the experience of "Drawn to Life."

There is some sketchy theology involved. The game begins by asking you to draw a globe, some trees, and some creatures. It then brands you "the Creator". Turns out you created a whole world and then abandoned it. Then, one day, a funny little creature called a raposa (the main species of inhabitants of your world) prays to the Creator, and you answer.

The two most distinct types of game play are the RPG and the platforming elements. The RPG first has you design up to three "heroes" as the Creator. From then on, you play both the role of Creator and hero as you interact with the raposas in a small village and "create" elements of their life as needed.

The platforming element takes over when your hero travels through different doors to action areas such as a snowy mountain and a sandy beach. Here, your hero proceeds in classic side-scrolling style, defeating enemies with a non-lethal gun that fires projectiles like snow ball and acorns or simply by crushing them with his or her butt, leaping across platforms, and collecting coins and hidden items.

The most unique feature of the game, and the element that is incorporated into both of the distinct gaming experiences, is the drawing feature. If you can handle Microsoft Paint, you can handle this. The DS makes excellent use of the stylus to draw several of the game's interactive elements. This starts with the design of the various heroes, all painted over a manikin to provide the movement structure, and all treated as one by the raposas. If you're not feeling creative, the game provides patterns that can be altered or simply "brought to life." If you're feeling creative. Throughout the game, you'll also be asked to draw several pieces of the town the RPG is set in. Throughout the platforming worlds, you will draw your guns, along with several vehicles. Also, you will get to draw several unique platforms, all which behave differently. For an example, you get to design stars that must be jumped on while twinkling and bits of debris that are caught in the gusts of winds that blow you across chasms. These elements, which you draw, blend surprisingly well with the rest of the environments you interact with, and there's a certain thrill involved in riding your own creations.

The stylus is also well utilized in other aspects of the game, such as opening doors during the platforming levels and moving objects during the RPG. And your drawing also come into play in unique ways, such as your heroes head becoming the icon for lives remaining during side-scrolling and also the 1ups that can be collected.

Hazy theology aside, "Drawn to Life" is a fun game that nurtures creativity, and if you own a Nintendo DS, you have no excuse not to own this awesome game.

Haven't made it past level one yet, but it's really fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bought this as a Christmas gift for my son, but the whole family likes to play it. Actually, this game is the reason we bought the Nintendo DS. Haven't made it past level one yet, but it's really fun! What's unique about it is you can either draw the main character or choose a pre-drawn character. You also get to draw the main guy's props like clouds, goo & snowball guns.

the perfect gift

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

1st let me start by saying i bought a nintendo d.s. for my 7 year old for xmas this year and several different games. i bought the d.s. for him cuz hie 2 older brothers have had a p.s.p for 2 years now and i saw how much my 7 year old wanted 1 of his own he could take and carry around with him, anyway this was the best thing i could have got him this year and the game drawn to life is so attacking for him he plays that thing from the time her wakes up to the time he goes to bed even his bog brother has stop playing his p.s.p to watch him play.

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