IncGamers caught up with industry legend Charles Cecil - the man behind Broken Sword - to discuss the new DS title based on A Christmas Carol.
VRFocus - During Halloween 2014 plenty of scary experiences were released for the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) via the Oculus VR Share software portal. You would expect that, for this time of year, a lot of Christmas-themed experiences to be released. One such experience by indie developer Grapevine Forge has recently launched. Named A Christmas Carol, the piece doesn't adapt the classic story by Charles Dickens, but does create an atmospheric holiday experience using it.
If you're one of those people who likes to start their holiday shopping early, or if you've got a special birthday coming up, or even if you're just looking for something to kill a little time, a new Nintendo Ds game is always a great option. And when you can get that game for less than a ten-spot, it's even better. Check out these steals that'll have them (or you) hugging their stockings tight.
Holy Shovelware, Batman!
Want some decent cheap DS games?
9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors ($15)
Ace Investigations: Miles Edgeworth ($18)
Chrono Trigger ($20)
Dragon Quest IV ($20)
Ghost Trick ($15)
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn ($20)
Final Fantasy IV ($20)
Nostalgia ($10)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ($15)
The World Ends with You ($20)
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 ($18)
Valkryie Profile: Covenant of the Plume ($10)
(all priced at Amazon)
Any one of those games is superior to EVERY game on this article's list combined.
WorthPlaying writes: "Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol" is a piece of literature with which just about everyone worldwide, regardless of religious belief, is pretty familiar. There have been numerous adaptations for TV and film, but it struck me that I couldn't think of another game adaptation of the material up to this point. It's possible that I'm missing an obscure PC title or two, but this DS game, Disney's A Christmas Carol, is probably the first console title involving Ebenezer Scrooge and his fateful encounter with three spirits. This game is based on the Disney film adaptation that came out in theaters last month, but as I played, I found it to be surprisingly faithful to the original source material. The biggest inspiration that this DS title seems to have gotten from the film is the artwork on the box and instruction manual, but other than that, this is pretty much how I remember Dickens' classic."
Charles Cecil - Never heard of
Broken Sword - Ooooooh!
Looks like a sweet like title.