Inkheart
DS- Publisher: DreamCatcher Interactive
- Release Date: Jan 12, 2009
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For everyone else, there’s some mild point-and-click fun to be had, but this is one adventure that’s simply too paper thin.
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Not for veteran gamers. Truly engaging puzzle-solving and high quality presentation are absent from the game, but its accessible control style and somewhat interesting plot make it at least playable.
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There will be little debate that Inkheart makes a better novel and a movie than it does a game. Don't let it break your heart.
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Look, I know reading isn't cool anymore, but getting your kid Inkheart on the DS is pretty much like getting them a book anyway. Only this book has really bad writing, and it makes readers do chores in between the chapters instead of just letting them enjoy the story.
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If you love the movie, you might want to try this out just to see what it’s all about. If you are hankering for a decent adventure game with a book twist, go grab Hotel Dusk: Room 215. It’s a much better “read”.
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You can replay those games for a little bit of replay value, but the best use of this title is probably as a doorstop.
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The one saving grace that the game does has is that is references plenty of older, classic novels that young kids may have never heard of.
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Inkheart does offers two-player wireless play (mini-games only), assuming both players have a copy of the game, which is kind of insulting. I really can’t, in good conscience, recommend this DS game to any but my worst enemies.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Negative: 4 out of 6
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BZimFeb 9, 2009