Digging through time? Eat your heart out Marty.

User Rating: 9 | Time Hollow: Ubawareta Kako o Motomete DS
By christania | Review Date:
I just picked this game up as soon as it was released and am I glad I did. Now I've always been a sucker for a good adventure game, and I'm talking old school where you didn't fight so much, but rather solved puzzles and mysteries. This is why I enjoyed games like Broken Sword, Hotel Dusk, and Trace Memory games.

In Time Hollow you aren't fighting (or at least I haven't seen any yet, lol). You are trying to search through time to solve the mystery of your parents' disappearance. At first the story will have you a bit confused, but it's meant to open up the true sequence of events as you solve puzzles circling around your flashbacks. It's very interesting. At certain locations you are required to use this pen to draw a hole in time that opens a gate to a certain point where there is something you need to find in order to progress the story. Honestly, I haven't gotten very far yet, but I am finding myself always wanting to know what is going to happen next and it's very fun to play so far.

The music is right for the game and the English voice acting isn't always perfect (the "young" Ethan's voice kind of annoyed me), but for the most part it's decent enough.

I think anyone who likes a good mystery or adventure style gaming with a good story will really enjoy this game. I know I am!

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