The Hype Caught Me...

User Rating: 6.2 | Spectrobes DS
Really, when i watched the trailers, i was excited. Trailer story movies made me cream my pants. but when i played the actual game, i was a tad disapointed... sure i know you cant make a game exactly like the trailer, but they really stepped down a notch in the battle sequences. At the beginning when I got into my first fight, i raised my eyebrow at the characters victory sequence... the face didnt look too well, not to mention the action that he did wasnt very natural... as for the fight itself its not so interesting. you kinda need to direct where your spectrobe is aiming via pointing in your characters direction... and your spectrobe follows you like a lost dog. maybe i put the game away too soon, and there was a spread out function, but im going to assume there isnt... so thus im left with these 2 beasties at which you have to move yourself, in order for them to move, which in turn could put you in jeprody.

the story is interesting, which was probably the few things that i liked. though if you didnt watch the trailers, you'd be somewhat lost. it throws you straight into the story and some dialogues used in the trailer - which were key - were not in the game. the adventure aspect is okay... running around, searching for fossils, dusting them; nuff description.

i suggest reading up and searching into this game a bit more before you buy it, but im going to have to side on the ratings of gamespot here...