The adventure games have always been welcomed in the market for their exciting action features. There is a considerable population of gamers who are inclined towards adventure games to test their levels of adrenalin. The Amazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins was released for the handheld last year. The game revolves around mystery case files that seem perfect for the Nintendo DS touch screen. The mysteries in the game will drive the player to many action packed sequences. These action sequences will offer challenging tasks and combats that test the gaming skills widely.

The game was developed by Popcap, one of the best developers of casual games. They are the makers of outstanding games like Peggle and Bejewelled and earlier editions of the series like Amazing Adventures - the Lost Tomb. The Forgotten Ruins DS game revolves around a series of crowded paintings that are elaborate. The players have to search for hidden objects between them. In some cases, the game would only give a hint about what it wants, and the players should crack it to locate the right object. There will be many similar items to the one the player is looking for, and he will be penalized for mis-tapping too many times. There is a clock that ticks to regulate the time in each game, but it usually provides ample time for the players to locate the object.

The main game is assisted by many mini-games like the jigsaw puzzles and memory tests. As the player completes each puzzle, he gains points and climbs up the adventurer ranks. On the whole, it is a well laid puzzle game that would help the players kill some hours easily.

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Totally bored with the action and word games? Then you will be pleasantly surprised at this new thrilling experience Cate West: The Vanishing Files.

A fresh breather in hidden objects games with mind boggling mysteries will certainly make each one of you glued to this game. Spread across 29 different locations. The main protagonist, Cate West, is an author by profession and also has an unusual gift that helps her for-see places, people and things by touching an object associated with them. She makes use of this unusual gift in co-operation with the police to nail down criminals. In the due course of the investigation she also realises that it is in a way related to the mystery associated with her own family.

The Vanishing Files is not like any other hidden object game, which happen to shorter than most action games. While the investigation methods are not quite as technically advanced as, say, in CSI 2: Dark Motives, You will be happy to find out 15 well defined cases, 5 phases and 75 scenarios. Travel with Cate to various places, find clues before it’s late. Once clues are collected Cate West with her unusual gift shall unveils the object associated with the culprit.

It has been designed with different phases, you should collect the clues in each phase, nail the culprit. This game has a very different rewarding system wherein the speed and time is considered to award points. The Vanishing Files is a very well executed and designed game. The graphics make you feel as a part of the investigation.

The Vanishing Files is designed for all age groups. A perfect gift for a loved one this Christmas.

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