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JayVe
10-10-2008, 11:40 AM
A fan of solving mysteries by clicking? The dev team behind recent adventure games such as Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk are working with Tecmo to produce Again: Eye of Providence for the Nintendo DS (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/10/tgs-08-hotel-dusk-devs-reveal-again-for-the-first-time/).

Again: Eye of Providence follows FBI special agent Jonathan Weaver as he investigates his family's death and its connection with a series of murders that occurred 18 years earlier. Again's title is derived from Jonathan's ability to see into the past and experience crimes -- you know, again.

Producer Koichi Yamaguchi walked us through a very early build of the game, demonstrating how this helpful hindsight would help us piece together the events that occurred in a given crime scene. In what is essentially a game of spot-the-difference, you'll view the environment in a first-person perspective on both DS screens (in book orientation). The touch screen allows you to interact with the scene, while the screen to your left displays the same area, but as it was in the past. As Yamaguchi noted, it makes sense to confine history to the non-interactive screen. You can't change the past, you can only learn from it.

Big fan of adventure games here. Even though Hotel Dusk didn't 'click' with me, I'm looking forward to more from CING

Purple Santa
10-10-2008, 12:05 PM
This had me at "Hotel Dusk". I like the use of the dual screen...interesting, very interesting...putting this in the "to be watched and as of now must buy"...

JayVe
10-10-2008, 12:06 PM
Video:

http://ds.ign.com/dor/objects/14288428/again-fbi-chou-shinri-shousakan/videos/again_tgs08_trailer_ds.html

astranoir
10-10-2008, 12:07 PM
A fan of solving mysteries by clicking? The dev team behind recent adventure games such as Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk are working with Tecmo to produce Again: Eye of Providence for the Nintendo DS (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/10/tgs-08-hotel-dusk-devs-reveal-again-for-the-first-time/).

That sounds amazing. I loved both Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk.

EWolfmanD
10-10-2008, 12:30 PM
This had me at "Hotel Dusk". I like the use of the dual screen...interesting, very interesting...putting this in the "to be watched and as of now must buy"...

I saw "Hotel Dusk" in the list of thread titles and knew that I had to have it.

Suave Peanut
10-10-2008, 12:43 PM
Sold! But first, I must finish Trace Memory.

I'll go do that now!

::whoosh::

Zabyx
10-10-2008, 12:44 PM
I got the bad ending in Trace Memory. Very underrated game, though.

This is a must-buy for me.

BLeeP
10-12-2008, 04:42 AM
I don't know if you guys caught it or not, but on the game reel at the Nintendo conference, they showed what looked to be a new Trace Memory (same girl, at least) for the Wii. The game play looked similar, and it had the same art style, so I would assume it's a sequel.

BlackPete
10-12-2008, 10:06 PM
Hotel Dusk? Enough said, I'll buy this game sight unseen.

Camel
10-12-2008, 10:09 PM
I bought Hotel Dusk right after it came out because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find it for very long, but I still haven't played it. I love knowing that I have this apparently awesome game, just waiting to be played at any time. It's like leaving a Christmas present wrapped up and waiting until a special time to open it. Or something. :o

As soon as I see "adventure game," my brain does a little happy dance.

Variable Gear
10-12-2008, 10:33 PM
The art style isn't jiving with me. I preferred Hotel Dusk's slightly unrealistic touch.

That said, if the game is competent at all, Again will be a must-buy.

Sandman
10-12-2008, 11:48 PM
Spring 2009? Why can't we get some cool trailers for a game we are seeing for the first time that is must have and have it say "in stores now"?

Froghourt
10-13-2008, 06:10 AM
Hotel Dusk was amazing. Cing could put their logo on a plastic bag and I would still buy it.

JayVe
10-13-2008, 07:18 AM
Spring 2009? Why can't we get some cool trailers for a game we are seeing for the first time that is must have and have it say "in stores now"?

I much prefer the shorter hype types you suggest instead of being strung along for 6 months (or MORE!).

brokenFUN
10-13-2008, 07:21 PM
Is this the part where we all get are hopes up? Or the part where we are epically disappointed?

Evil Avnovice
09-25-2009, 02:08 PM
TGS 2009 trailer:

56688

BlackPete
09-25-2009, 04:56 PM
Oh wow, I'd totally forgotten about this game. Thanks for the reminder!