The new DS action RPG developed by Matrix has really caught my eye. I played a bit with the Japanese version and really liked what I saw. The real meat and innovation is the code system. You can scan people and things to reveal their "codes" on the touch screen. And these codes contain attributes which appear as Tetris-like blocks which you can swap in and out of the object's code to change it's attributes. It's very deep and fun and really adds a lot of strategy to things.
Anyways, IGN reviewed it today and gave it a respectable 8.3/10.
http://ds.ign.com/articles/960/960196p1.html
Their only gripe were some control issues that were rather minor but noticeable. Apparently scanning things can take some precise positioning. I'm not really sure. I can't wait for this game. It comes out on March 10th over in the US.
Anyways, IGN reviewed it today and gave it a respectable 8.3/10.
http://ds.ign.com/articles/960/960196p1.html
Their only gripe were some control issues that were rather minor but noticeable. Apparently scanning things can take some precise positioning. I'm not really sure. I can't wait for this game. It comes out on March 10th over in the US.