Just bought/played/finished Another Code: Two Memories, from unknown Japanese developer Cing, known in other territories as Trace Memory. Being something of a closet Adventure gamer (I’m still in the closet!), I just had to have this when I saw it was coming out. Its pretty manga aesthetic (and I say manga and not anime because most of the pretty images are stills) and cosy gameplay make for some enjoyable playing.
The majority of gameplay is from a top-down (yet 3D-rendered) view, and you drag protagonist Ashley through the woods and rooms of Blood Edward Island with the stylus: not as annoying as it sounds. Puzzles see the view switch to 1st person, and it is usually at this point that this view comes up on the touch screen and you can affect the object with the stylus – or microphone depending on the puzzle (the one puzzle where you blow the dust off an old painting is bizarrely satisfying).
The majority of the game takes place in a dilapidated mansion that was the scene of death and jealousy, in the company of a young boy’s ghost. All of this should spell out “haunted”, but take the creepiness out of a haunted house, and you’ll end up with something like the Edwards’ mansion here. There’s probably about 6 hours of relaxed gameplay here (provided you don’t get stuck on the obligatory illogical adventure game puzzle), and replay value is added (so I’ve been told) with the unlocking of an easter egg after the credits and added content upon recommencement of the game. I’d recommend anyone buy it, if it didn’t cost $69.95. As such, I will only recommend it to anyone who likes Adventure games or manga. This last category should include everyone anyway.
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