Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle

 DS
Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. AceGamez
    60
    Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle is a decent adventure game that I do recommend, even though the control system on the DS leaves a lot to be desired; there is room for improvement and I'm hopeful that the developer will take this on board for future releases.
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  2. Adventure Gamers
    80
    Overall, there is much to recommend in this handheld conversion, but if you’ve played the PC version already, bear in mind that it’s only a port.
  3. Cubed3
    70
    Cyanide Studio has done certainly delivered quite an impressive PC-to-DS port, managing to keep all of the video sequences intact and amending the control set-up to better suit the touch-screen input of Nintendo's portable.
  5. Games Master UK
    78
    A predictable theme for a graphic adventure compensated [for] by obvious affection for the genre. [Jan 2009, p.84]
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  6. Jolt Online Gaming UK
    61
    Despite its problems, Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle is still playable on the DS, and fans of the genre looking for some portable point-and-clicking will find themselves with a game to really get stuck into. You’re going to have to forgive a lot of minor annoyances, though.
  7. N-Europe
    50
    Runaway offers a testing environment to frustrate your grey matter.
  8. Nintendo Gamer
    50
    This one is let down slightly by a poor conversion from the PC original. [Feb 2008, p.71]
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  9. Pocket Gamer UK
    50
    Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle's woeful mechanics and clunky puzzle solving turn a promising adventure into a bit of a nightmare.
  10. Vandal
    80
    After two years we can finally get this decent adaptation of the franchise to Nintendo DS. The formula is still working as then, although the technical limitations have caused the game to lose some of that "personal touch" Pendulo Studios gave to the original.