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Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals on DS

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Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals is a Adventuring game available on the DS.

Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals is a Adventuring game. Adventure games are enjoyed for two reasons: they provide enemy encounters that require tactics and strategy to conquor, and they create a fantasy world in which to explore and adventure.

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Eclectic Gamer review Sun, 08 Feb 2009

From the beginning this game promised to be entertaining - it's Disney after all! It wasn't long though before I realised that this wasn't going to be my cup of tea. It was flash and colourful but the formula (linear adventure game) did not appeal to me.

OK, so I'm no expert at these things, but there is something fiendish about this game and the idea behind it. I began with enthusiasm as the back story sounded quite novel. Once I had got through the intro I began to feel a bit bogged down. But my enthusiasm soon turned to huffing and eye-rolling as I began to wade through conversations between the in-game characters. I may have missed the first Spectrobes outing and needed some background, maybe I should sit and listen.
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