Excellent game, defenetly worth playing
Finally, my friend passed it to me, urging that I try it out. I must say I was pretty impressed. The story was very captivating. It kept me coming back, as I continuously wanted to find out more about the mystery. The game takes you in a mention where 50 years ago, a family tragically lost all of its members. I will not say anymore not to ruin any spoilers, but basically the title says it all. Trace Memory, you retrace the memories to understand what really happened. The only problem with a game like this, of course, is the fact that once your done the story and you know everything, the odds are you wont be coming back.
The puzzles weren’t very hard; I personally found it really cool that for some you had to physically use the DS to solve. For instance, you have to look at the reflection of the top screen on the bottom screen (by nearly closing the DS) to solve one puzzle... It helped into making me connect with the game. But other than that, the simplicity of the puzzles were a positive aspect for me, since I prefer having a fluid story rather than having it chopped up by brain irritating puzzles. ¸
Graphics and sound, reasonable. Didn’t make me awe, nor did it scare me off in disgust; therefore neutral. Gets the story down right. So, in the end, I would definitely recommend this game to anyone who likes story driven games. It's not a very long game, it took me 7 hours to get through it. Apparently, if you go through it again, the story differs and theirs a bonus minigame...but that’s not my kind of thing to do :P