This is a tough game to review. On the one hand, it is a fantastic adventure game with fluid puzzles that make sense in the context of the story. On the other hand, it IS an adventure game, which automatically makes it not a game for most gamers. Most gamers just don't like the slow, easy, linear pacing of a story/puzzle driven adventure game. If you are somoen who does like this sort of game, Trace Memory is a must buy. Especially now that you can get it for $20 some places. But even adventure fans must be warned--this is a very, very short game. Even by Adventure game standards, this game flies buy in under 6 hours (although I have to run through part of the game again to get all of D's story--a secondary character whoese tale is not ocmplete unless you do some nonessential things). I have no problem with a game of this length. I think there is room in the video game landscape for short games like this. I'd even prefer this to an overlly drawn out game. But publishers must either bundle these games in duo packs or release them for $20. Charging full price for this title is too much. As much as I enjoyed it, I can't see paying $30 for it when I can get Mario Kart or Adance Wars for about the same price and play them for hundreds of hours.
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