The Colour Out Of Space

Puzzle, Solved.
So to begin I have finally finished "Professor Layton and Specter's Call" on the 3DS last week. It was really good and I thoroughly enjoyed the game, It had a really great story that gripped me right till he better end. Though I have finished the main story-line and the main puzzles there are still a few more hidden puzzles and items that I need to find. I enjoyed the game so much that I have also purchased on Amazon "Professor Layton and the Curious Village" and "Professor Layton and Pandora's Box", so am all excited to playing those. Please read my review of the game here

A new adventure awaits.
In the meantime I am playing "The Adventured OF Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn" - so far a good solid game, playable in stunning 3D it really shows off the 3DS' potential as an awesome handheld console. The graphics are lovely, good depth with the 3D turned on. The game follows the movies' storyline, revolving around the hunt for precious scrolls from the pirate golden age that may lead them to one of the greatest sunken treasures, flying around the world and discovering many environments from the movie such as Captain Haddock’s ship, the moonlit deserts of the northern Sahara, the exotic city of Bagghar and more.

The game is primarily a platformer, though it does bring in some behind-the-player views from time-to-time. You are also able to play as Snowy and Haddock, each with their own abilities and special skills. The game is also spliced up by some comic book style cut-scenes which also tell the story. There are some great battle scenes where you find Haddock (an ancestor of Captain Haddock) sword fighting with the menacing Red Rackham, where you are required to use the stylus as the tool for your swashbuckling sword play, this is an integrated storyline of Captain Haddock and appears in short chunks as the story unfolds. The game is very fun to play, lot's of comedic, slapstick moments. For example when attempting to defeat characters by throwing banana skins at their feet, so they skid and slide into walls knocking themselves unconscious. Plus a variety of modes like flying an small plane, dodging rocks and other obstacles and flying around by holding on to a parrot... obviously!

I finished the game in about five weeks, playing for a few hours every day, mainly in my lunch breaks at work. Even after the main storyline is finished you can still revisit chapters, if you are the type to go and find all the collectables. Other key features are a co-op mode and challenge mode, plus a few more features that I haven't inspected yet.

Ad Finem