Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1155 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: NTRPAWIE
• Released on: 2007-04-07
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Subtitled in: English
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Players hold their Nintendo DS like a book and use the touch screen to grill characters, search for clues and solve mystifying puzzles.
• Players follow the plot twists and turns as they hunt for their missing friend and investigate the mysteries of Hotel Dusk.

Amazon.com

Part hard-boiled detective story, and part interactive mystery, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is an intriguingly addictive yarn that takes place over the course of one night; December 24, 1979.

Game Storyline
Kyle Hyde, a disgraced New York detective turned salesman, arrives at a run-down Los Angeles inn called Hotel Dusk. Once there, Kyle soon becomes involved in a 30-year-old mystery that involves lies, betrayal, kidnapping, and murder.

Wander into the Hotel Dusk and find yourself part of a 30-year-old mystery.

Unveil the secrets of the main character, Kyle Hyde. View larger.

Unique dual screen gameplay makes the mystery all the more engaging. View larger.

And over the course of the night, he will also discover something very special about Room 215, a room that is said to grant wishes.

But who is Kyle Hyde? Why does his past haunt him? And what happened in Room 215? Only by taking a stylus in hand and navigating through the story's twists and turns can you learn the answers.

Gameplay
Players hold their Nintendo DS like a book and use the touch screen to grill characters, search for clues, and solve mystifying puzzles. Simple point-and-click touch screen navigation allows for players of any skill level to play.

Hotel Dusk uses branching storylines to tell its tale, giving you many options for how to go about solving the mystery. Should you strong-arm a suspicious stranger in the hallway? Be friendly to the hotel maid? Pretend to be interested in the manager's rambling stories? It's all up to you, but choose wisely. One false step could get you thrown out of the hotel and forever seal the mystery of what happened on that dark Christmas eve so many years ago.

Customer Reviews

ehhhh
This game has an interesting premise, but ultimately will bore you to death. The touchscreen controls take all the fun the out of menial tasks such as walking, turning and interacting. The dialog should be the highlight in a game like this, unfortunately it is bogged down with elemantary school level dialect.
If you have some serious time on your hands this game may work for you, otherwise I would suggest simply reading an actual novel.

Great Investment
I bought this game because I was looking for something different to add to my collection of games. I was hoping that it was at least as good as the back cover made it sound. It definately was ... if not better.

I like that you're not just walking around finding clues, talking to people, and trying to tie it all together. You also have puzzles to solve along the way. Some clues require the use of something you picked up earlier to solve, or you need to find something in order to solve it, or make it work. When I hit the end of the game, on one hand I was relieved. I finally solved the case, it wasn't just another twist in the story. But at the same time, I wished it wasn't the end. I wanted to keep playing. Keep solving mysteries. It left me wanting more.

The only thing I did not like about this game was that sometimes the text typed too slowly. It takes longer to type than it takes me to read. And also, if you've been through this conversation before, it stinks to have to take 5 minutes trying to skip past the conversation to get the point where you responded incorrectly the first time. Although, I did find a possible remedy. Back out of the conversation, save your game, and hop back in. It's a time saver.

This game, is definately a good investment. I hope Nintendo continues to make more games like this one in the future.

Fun and different game
After reading the reviews I couldn't wait to get this game and I wasn't disappointed. The storyline is interesting enough to keep you playing far longer than you should. Gameplay requires that you hold the DS as you would a book and it is quite a comfortable way to play. The only negatives are some overly long conversations that make it very difficult to save quickly and put the game away for later if need be. Overall, an excellent and satisfying choice for mystery loving adventure gamers.