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Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Tiburon
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Platform: Nintendo DS
ESRB: E - Everyone
Reviewer: Eric
An old guy holding a sword and a cup of tea on the cover of a video game, is
that normal? No it is not normal but in the case of Henry Hatsworth first
adventure on the Nintendo DS it is a-ok. Out of all the games that come and go
on the DS it takes a lot to make it stay in your portable for longer than a
month. This game will stay in your DS for longer than a month, it may never want
to leave.
Fans of platform and puzzle games will instantly fall in love with Henry
Hatsworth. By combining two game styles in one it feels like you are getting
more for your buck. Tiburon is known for releasing awesome games but I think
they may have out done themselves with Henry Hatsworth.
The game looks a little out dated with its graphics and sounds. Characters in
the game talk like they are from the Banjo Kazooie series with their random
noises. Developers try to wow and amaze gamers with fancy graphics that they
forget to make the actual game fun. Tiburon gives us solid SNES style graphics
and a game that plays flawlessly.
Controlling both game styles is done real with thanks to Tiburon. The top
portion of the screen is the actual platformer and the bottom is the puzzle
aspect. By pressing a button you can switch to the bottom and collection
different items to help in your quest. If you don’t pay attention to the bottom
screen the enemies you just killed can come back in block form, randomly falling
down on you as you adventure through the game.
The puzzle part of the game can either be played with the stylus of with a few
simple controls on your DS. I found it a lot easier to use the buttons since you
can move around quick without lifting your hand up to go to another move. There
is a timer that only lets you play the puzzler for so long. As you get combos
going you can extend your time, but trust me this is a lot harder than it
sounds.
Most of the power-ups seem kind of pointless in the game. Out of all the
power-ups there is one that is completely awesome. You can drink a cup of tea
and turn into a robot for a few seconds. To me I found this power-up to be too
great and the cutscene before this power-up is great. You can have to use
strategy when using this since the robot is not that agile.
As you play through the game you can earn coins. Either go straight through the
game to get coins or reply some old stages. When you get enough coins you can
spend them at the shop. Yes Henry Hatsworth can buy upgrades to make his
adventures easier. Adding in extra elements like this to a game like this gives
more reply value since you ultimately want to create the best Henry Hatsworth
possible.
All great games have a few skeletons in there closets. This game has easy boss
battles. Some of these battles are so easy that you’ll figure out the boss’s
pattern instantly. It also seems like the game plays in your favor whenever you
are down in health, giving you heart puzzle pieces on the bottom of the screen.
Final Verdict
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure has way too many pluses than
negatives, giving this game a huge rating from me. I haven’t had this much fun
with a game since Pokemon Diamond and Perl. If you own a Nintendo DS then you
have to buy this game right now.
Rating
9.25 out of 10
More reviews:
MetaCritic: 8.2/10
TestFreaks: no score yet
IGN:
9/10
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure Trailer
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