Tomb Raider: Underworld is an interesting game that is designed expertly with fantastic lighting effects and detailed, attractive environments. Puzzles in the game which can be played on the touch screen are addictive and the story interludes are interesting. The limited moves Lara Croft the lead character is equipped with, simple storyline and easy puzzles may be a little disappointing for those looking for a challenging game.

This side scrolling platformer makes up for all this with interesting environment depiction and attractive visual display. This DS version of the game from publisher Eidos has the same storyline as the other versions. Lara is the main character and as the game starts, you find her racing away from a burning mansion. After two weeks of investigation into her father’s past affairs, where Lara discovers a lot of interesting secrets about previous game characters including her mother.

One refreshing aspect in this version is there is not much of tedious back tracking as with the other versions. An interesting aspect here is as you try to negotiate around obstacles, the game slows down time. Brief levels in the Tomb Raider: Underworld is another improvement from the previous versions.

Touch screen controlled puzzles are exciting and comes as a relief in between jumping platforms. For instance, there is the puzzle that is styled like the Tetris. Here you can move around the pieces with the help of the stylus. The Tomb Raider - Underworld DS game is extremely pleasing to the eye with excellent lighting and varied environments. Sound effects are generic with music occasionally quickening the pace of the game. On the whole, if you love platforming games which is interspersed with interesting and fun puzzles, then the Tomb Raider: Underworld is just the right game for you to enjoy playing on your favourite Nintendo DS.

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Harvest Moon, the exciting game on DS features the Witch Princess whose prank on the Harvest Goddess she hates sends her spinning to a different world altogether. You as a player will help the Witch Princess along with Harvest Sprites appointed by her to locate the Goddess.

You have to interact with people of the Forget-Me-Not valley, do a lot of work on their farm and locate the Goddess. After the job is completed the sprites too are sent back to their world.

Weed overrun farms and some tools are all you start the game with. Name of the farm, name of your pet like dog or cat and character can be chosen by you. You have to perform certain chores as Harvest Moon DS is centred around farming activities. As you complete your objective, sprites will appear to take you to their hut. Watering can, hoe, hammer, axe and sickle are some of the tools at your disposal to assist you with farming chores.

Just three buildings are present including your hut, another hut and a stable. To add new buildings, call on the telephone woodcutter Gotz from the game house. You can buy stuff like chickens, seeds and cows by calling up other shops over the phone.

Animals at Harvest Moon are given a lot of importance. They provide a lot of produce and you can sell them to make a lot of money. Festivals are held in their honour. In order to interact with an animal, you will have to purchase a pair of touch panel gloves from a character. With the help of the stylus, you can interact with animals that appear at the bottom of the screen.

Enjoy a complete life right from getting married to a woman. Gain important points by doing your farming right.

Excellent graphics add to the excitement and with the help of the instruction manual, you can learn quite a few tactics. On the whole, this is an interesting and exciting game on DS Lite.

 

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