Continuing
with my review of mystery, puzzle DS games, today I’m looking at the ‘Secret
Files’ series.
Secret
Files: Tunguska The
first of the ‘Secret Files’ games sees Nina Kalenkov embark on a journey to
discover the mystery behind her father’s kidnapping. The game moves through a
variety of interesting locations across the world, in which you collect objects
and use them in inventive ways to reach your end goal. There were times when I
got really stuck with the combining of objects, as they were not always used in
the way that you would expect, sometimes involving quite a lengthy sequence
of events, but the level of thought needed made the game really interesting.
Hints and help functions are available if you get really stuck, but avoid using
these if you can, because you will
get there in the end if you think laterally. I actually loved the challenge of
this game, which kept me busy for some considerable time, and would rate it
amongst my favourite DS games to date.
Secret
Files 2: Puritas Cordis This follows a similar format but with a brand new story. This time Nina
endeavours to track down an extreme secret society intent on destroying the
world. I don’t know whether it was just because I’d already played the first
game and was starting to see how things worked, but this seemed easier to solve
and I completed it much faster. I was disappointed to reach the end so
abruptly, when I felt that I should have had more left to solve. The question
is if I hadn’t previously played Tunguska, would I have found this harder? I
will never know.
What games
would you recommend? comments@shoppersjoy.co.uk
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