ds game for my mother - need help

stevoman

Hi lads can anyone recommend a game. its for my mother and all she used her ds for is braintraining and eye training. i explained to her that she can broaden her horizans a little and suggested she get another game. i said there are mini games and tv quiz games you can get but i cant seem to find any. also i think there was a murdwer mystery game released but would that be very confusing or is it straight forwrd to play.

hope you lads can help.

thanks

RedXIV

Got myself hotel dusk it's called? nice game with alot of twists and turns but can drop into one of those games where you're constantly searching for one event to trigger the onset of story. apart from this i'd recommend it

stevoman

RedXIV wrote: »

Got myself hotel dusk it's called? nice game with alot of twists and turns but can drop into one of those games where you're constantly searching for one event to trigger the onset of story. apart from this i'd recommend it

do you think a 50 year old could handle it? you have to remember that this woman calls her ds her brain training and presumed that was all it did......?

o1s1n

42 all time classics should be a good start.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70477

chin_grin

Wordjong

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/wordjong/index.html?sid=6184115

Master of Illusion

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/magictaizen/index.html?sid=6184783

only two i can think of at the mo! Or Nintendogs if she wants to spend hours looking after a tamagochi-like pup.

Mr E

7 Wonders of the Ancient World is crack cocaine on the DS (simple match 3 tile puzzler, but very addictive).

I've got alot of mileage out of Scrabble DS (the CPU puts up a great fight on later levels).

Crosswords DS is due out in Europe on Friday. It has 3 game types built in - crosswords (duh), Word Search (those big grids of letters where you have to find a list of words) and Anagrams (where you're given 6 letters, and you have to make as many words as you can from them). Hundreds of each, great stylus controls, and its due to be released at a budget price.

Dr Bob

if it had a european release I'd recommend
Professor_Layton_and_the_Curious_Village
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Layton_and_the_Curious_Village
But it doesnt , so unless you fancy importing it....

Fringe

I also support Professor Layton. Really good game for everyone.

RedXIV

stevoman wrote: »

do you think a 50 year old could handle it? you have to remember that this woman calls her ds her brain training and presumed that was all it did......?

no. no not at all so

stevoman

RedXIV wrote: »

no. no not at all so

really are you messing before i order this for her or will she be really lost. dont want to wast my money ya know!

RedXIV

stevoman wrote: »

really are you messing before i order this for her or will she be really lost. dont want to wast my money ya know!

No seriously. It's up to you in the end but certain things may frustrate her in it. for example, searching the hotel for someone to talk to. or in one of the puzzles, you had to close the DS and open it again to solve it. Some of the puzzles are innovative but there have been about 5 instances so far that left me stumped for hours on end. DON'T get it for her if you think she won't peservere at the game.

If you can get the professor Layton game, i'd recommend that.

And i'm being serious for once about my advice!