Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

10 to 20 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Grows on you"

I'm not sure why Ubisoft decided to go this route with the DS version. We all know the DS is capable of really great games that can handle some good stuff. Ubisoft really pulled a lot of punches on this one. But for what it is, it really is a decent game. It is one of those titles that really grows on you as you play through it.
It's a side-scrolling action game with some puzzle and fighting. The puzzles aren't very in-depth, and the fighting gradually becomes more frequent the further into the game you get.
The controls are definitely the biggest downer of the game - they're just very sloppy. The other thing that bothered me was the difficulty of being able to tell your "depth" in the screen. What I mean is this - while it is a side-scroller, there is some depth to the environment as well. With some funky camera angles at times and the non-moving environment as you come toward and move away from the camera, it can be really difficult at times to figure out where you are depth-wise which makes things frustrating when trying to jump to a narrow raft, for example.
Though this version takes a bad hit by the critics and a lot of players, while it can be a bit frustrating, it is a lot of fun. It's just that Ubisoft could have made a game that was very similar to the console versions and they just didn't. Might want to rent it before buying just to see if it's the kind of game you will like.