Get ready to check into the smallest but yet biggest hotel yet.

User Rating: 9.5 | Hotel Dusk: Room 215 DS
Hotel Dusk is a highly addictive game and is sort of like Trace Memory in a way. Kyle Hyde a salesman was a police officer a few years back until his partner got involved in something. After the situation ended, Kyle was fired. Now the end of 1979 (almost 28 years ago in reality, and 2007 will fall on the same date/day that game mainly takes place), Kyle is about to check into a rundown hotel and do an assignment for his boss.

But a very long and revealing night is about to take place (I hope you packed your bags (don't worry though about a beach towel, this hotel doesn't have a swimming pool)). It all starts when Kyle feels some sort of premonition relating to the event that happened a few years ago. And then the desk clerk mentions Kyle's name sounds familiar, and then Kyle realizes and old friend of his works at the hotel. Soon everyone in the hotel is linked one way or another to the events that will unfold and/or took place awhile ago. Although the game is heavily based on text, it has decent puzzles, mini-events, and very cool graphics. The sound isn't even that bad. The conversations and storyline for the most part are quite interesting.

The only drawback is that, a lot of game overs occur after a heavy area of text, so going back and attempting again is like 20 minutes, and might get another game over if your not careful. Certain mini-events too (like using the snack machine and lobby TV) have to be triggered just at the right time.

But overall, this game was definately worth the wait (and I was really getting antsy, even looking at the date on the watch every day until it was released), and really is a must if you like RPG and games with good graphics.