Hidden Mysteries: Titanic - Secrets of the Fateful Voyage
From Activision Inc.
Titanic: Mysteries of the Deep places you on board the Titanic as a passenger during its fateful voyage. Your character is torn between their past and present life in a struggle to find out what they truly want in their heart.
Amazon Sales Rank: #1329 in Video Games Brand: ACTIVISION Model: 75937 Published on: 2009-10-31 Released on: 2009-11-03 ESRB Rating: Teen Number of discs: 1 Platform: Nintendo DS Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .25 pounds
Pleasantly low key but WAY too short Nice low key game for winding down- especially interesting for anyone who is fond of Titanic material. The "puzzles" are not challenging like other games that leave you wanting to throw the system out the window. Once you get past the annoying first bird "puzzle" it's smooth sailing. Interesting story line that allows you to choose how to respond which elicits different responses from other characters in the game. I may play it again as an antagonist just to see if there is a different outcome. The music score is poor in my opinion and whoever put together the sound on this game did a poor job. When your character speaks, you cannot hear her unless you quickly turn the volume WAY up. The game is also WAY too short and can be completed in a matter of hours. Not for hard core gamers or those seeking a challenge like Professor Layton (one of my personal favorites!). Nice choice for casual gamers or Titanic fans looking for a short but simple, non brain-draining escape from reality. "I'd almost go so far as to call it rude, ma'am"---Montague Hidden Mysteries: Titanic is a titanic disappointment. As a DS player and Titanic buff who couldn't get enough of that computer game, "Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time," I looked forward to this release as soon as I heard about it on my Amazon recommendations page. The puzzles are either too easy or very frustrating and, as the other reviewers have pointed out, it is too short. I'll break down the different characteristics of the game: Graphics and Music: Graphically, the game is good as it shows the different rooms of the Titanic (including the Turkish bath, gymnasium, and the Cafe Parisien, etc.) and has realistic details. You cannot move around in the rooms, though. It is just one stationary image and you click on different parts of the room but you do not actually move around. The characters do not change expression as they converse. They are just stationary images, too. The music is surprisingly terrible. It is so repetitive I usually turned it all the way down as I got sick of hearing it. As another reviewer noted, in the few transitional movie scenes where there is a vocal narrator, you can barely hear her speak. I had to put my ear to the speaker which meant I couldn't enjoy the movie. There is an option to adjust the sound and music, so it is probably a good idea to set the music much lower, but why is that? Characters and Storyline: The programmers put some thought into the characters. They even have background stories in the booklet. You play Margaret Ashley, a young peasant woman who has just married a wealthy, British businessman. She is tough, wisecracking, and spunky, although her joking attitude as the Titanic is sinking is a little much. The only other cool characters are a fortune-teller who can't tell fortunes and a sarcastic, superstitious curator named Odette. Margaret's husband is a jerk. At no point is he nice or pleasant to his new wife. The valet Montague is stuffy and humorless and Margaret's mother is a stuck-up busybody. The Titanic hits the iceberg pretty quickly, so the story is basically finding things and solving puzzles that help you get your character and her family off the ship, although you may not care if they're saved or not. Game Play and Puzzles: The game play consists of either finding ten of a certain item or figuring our how things found in one room will help you solve a problem in another room. Some of the puzzles are clever while others I found very frustrating. In one puzzle, I knew I had the right items but, because I didn't place them in the exact spot, they didn't work. It took me a long time to finally get past that point as I began to think I was doing the wrong thing. The game does offer a spy glass that will circle whatever needs attention if you get stuck. There is also a lifesaver that, if you finally give up, will let you skip the puzzle entirely. I admit I used the lifesaver twice. I guess it might be considered cheating but it is better than not being able to advance the story until you figure out a puzzle or someone posts the answer on the net. While it took me several evenings to finish the game (I'm not as quick at solving puzzles as most people), after finishing it I played it through a different way and it probably took me less than an hour; that's how short it is. The dialogue choices don't seem to make a difference until the final choice. There are two possible endings to the game. I believe the best games are the ones you want to play again. Although I played this game twice, it was only to see if it would change with different choices. Being so short, I figured why not see another ending. It is too stale of a game to want to play again down the line. Pick this one up used if you find the Titanic theme intriguing; otherwise, use these reviews like the lifesaver in the game, and skip it entirely. Could have been amazing with a little effort, just too short! I enjoyed this game for the few hours it lasted. What little there was in the game was well done and I would have liked to have spent several more hours on it. I guess the makers of the game just didn't want to put the effort in to make it great because they assumed people would buy it anyway. It was very disappointed when it ended, I thought I must have accidentally skipped something! I would recommend the game to others, but not for [...]. I just wish there was more!
