DSFanboy reports:
''The revival of adventure games on the DS is great news for gamers, but it can make things tough for developers like Austrian outfit Sproing, whose Undercover: Dual Motives will be competing with prestigious genre stablemates such as Ace Attorney, Hotel Dusk, and Professor Layton and the Curious Village. With the likes of Gyakuten Kenji, Jake Hunter, and more Layton on the horizon, the competition isn't about to get any easier.
In other words, we DS-owning adventure fans are a spoilt bunch, which means it takes something special to impress us. And, as hard as it tries, Undercover: Dual Motives isn't it.''
Eurogamer writes: "Imagine a game where you got to solve crimes, hunt dragons, fight armies, complete crosswords and play cards with Doctor Who. It would be amazing, of course. And it'll never happen.
However! This month's selection of DS games do allow you to do all those things, albeit individually. Whether you like your games competent, mediocre or designed to exploit the gullibility of children, there's something for everyone. So let's press on."
Phoenix Wright and his new friend Apollo may have brought the traditional adventure game back from the ashes and onto high street shelves, but they still don't quite offer that old school point 'n' click experience.
With a truly traditional interface, Undercover: Dual Motives might just offer the sort of nostalgic hit that's arguably missing from the DS's line up. However, will this be one little undercover agent we wish we hadn't exposed?
Dual Motives emerges as disappointingly standard point-and-click stuff at best, then. Most of the time, however, it hovers beneath that 'achievement'. It's basic and functional, throws up the odd challenge but remains mostly dull throughout, and it's also pretty short. If you like the genre, Pocket Gamer thoroughly recommend the better alternatives available. At least with those you're guaranteed to be smiling from start to finish.
Audio/Visual - 7
Gameplay - 5
Value - 3
Innovation - 4
Overall -
hmm guess localization has failed this title and puzzles that make no sense :(
Ah well we do have more adventure games as they say ^.-