Dark Dawn good game, but dosen't live up to the first 2 games. (Spoiler Free)
Gameplay: 8. I remember the fist GS i would get lost in puzzles for hours at a time. This will not happen in Dark Dawn the puzzles take little effort to figure out. When i beat the game i could not believe that was it because i was expecting much harder puzzles in the future but they never came.
Combat:
Combat is a lot easier also.
I remember on the original dieing 2-3 times on the bosses of the mercury light house. The only challenging boss in the game is the final boss (which would have been alot easier but i decided to start fleeing and using avoid halfway through the game to increase difficulty.) The number of bosses also bothered me the other games had much more content.
Story:8
Again doesn't live up to the original. I felt stuff was kind of just thrown at you and wasn't much dept. BUT the story is not bad... just not as good as originals.
Sound: 9
Most places like ruins used the same music. other than thats its good
Graphics: 9.5
Combat visuals are fantastic. Overall visuals are great for the DS.
Overall 8.5
Without comparing it to the originals ( which i did) it is a fantastic game. However for a fan of the series it just didn't live up to my expectations and hope the next sequel will go back to their roots. And yes their should be another sequel because of *spoiler*.... all i can say