Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Nintendo DS) > Reviews

Advantages: Good mystery storyline
Disadvantages: Lack of voices a little irritating

...ago I have since purchased Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and have been totally hooked on the game. That is until today when I finally finished the game. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a fantastic detective style game that focuses around ex-police officer turned salesman/private detective Kyle Hyde and his one night stay in Hotel Dusk on the 28th December 1979. Three Years previously Kyle was a member of the LAPD and after receiving a phone call that his partner ... Read review

Advantages: Very well written dialogue and story. Beautiful graphics
Disadvantages: Can plod on a bit, little replay value.

Welcome to Hotel Dusk! You play through this film noir-esq mystery/puzzle game as former police detective now dodgy salesman Kyle Hyde. During your overnight stay in room 215 you'll use all the DS functions (Touch Screen, microphone, even closing the DS at one point) to interact with other guests, explore the hotel and solve the numerous puzzles you'll come across. The story centres around Hyde and his obsession with finding his former partner ... Read review

Advantages: A deep and atmospheric game
Disadvantages: Possibly a bit wordy and linear in gameplay

Hotel Dusk : Room 215 is a detective and puzzle game for the Nintendo DS. It reminds me of games I used to play on the Amiga which were essentially point and click adventure games, where the game play and storyline was relatively set but gave the player lots of different options to explore the world built up by the programmers. The game appealed to me, as I'm really not that good at games which involve fighting other characters and jumping from platform ... Read review

Advantages: Original storyline, great art and graphics.
Disadvantages: Hardly any puzzles.

...Bradley. Kyle Hyde comes to Hotel Dusk to complete a job and discovers several clues that could lead him to Bradley, every single guest has a secret and you must unravel the lies and find out the truth. Each room is called a different name (wish,angel ect) and the wish room is rumoured to grant wishes to whoever stays there, now guess what room Kyle got? (Wish) Each bit is broken down into chapters (Around 10 chapters.) The characters are done ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting and enjoyable plot, atmosphere, level of interactivity
Disadvantages: Slow paced and no extras so no reply value

...task has taken him to Hotel Dusk. His own backstory involves a search for his old, dead partner who he believes to be alive. Upon arriving at the hotel you are immediately thrown into the mystery, Kyle's name was used by someone that stayed at the hotel previously. There are various other guests at the hotel and instead of taking the easy route of divulging backstory about each guest with limited immersion, the game forces you to discover the ... Read review

Advantages: excellent plot, great graphics
Disadvantages: linear, possibly repetitive sound (whether it annoys you or not)

...chat with people in the hotel and the story unfolds. It is that story that drives this game to greatness. It felt like a novel or comic with a strong plot and while it delivers it much like a novel it is still great. I cannot recommend this to someone who is not willing to read lots. You will walk about, maybe do a puzzle but have many conversations on the way. The characters are colourful and for one of the few times your character you control ... Read review

Advantages: Addictive gameplay with an interesting story and plenty of puzzles
Disadvantages: Needs better guidance

I would recommend Hotel Dusk to anyone who enjoys puzzle-based role playing games but not if you are impatient. You play the part of Kyle Hyde, an ex-cop staying at a strange hotel, trying to solve a mystery from his past and work out what is going on at the hotel. You hold the DS like a book and use the stylus to move around, investigate objects and talk to other characters. The game is divided into chapters of one hour (game time) and you have ... Read review

Advantages: many mysteries and plot twists, neat animation, good music, makes great use of the DS hardware
Disadvantages: Text speed is a little slow, not a huge soundtrack

...Crown. You stay at a hotel called Hotel Dusk on a buisness trip and many mysterious events take place with many suprises and plot twists. The game is very unique. It has characters drawn in sketch form, similar to the sketch animation in the music video Take On Me by Aha and It also makes great use of the DS hardware. You hold the DS sideways, like a book and control all actions using the touch screen, although I do wish that the text speed was faster. ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting plot, memorable characters
Disadvantages: Perhaps a bit short

...was first inspired to buy Hotel Dusk when I saw a friend playing it on their DS. I was immediately attracted by the creepy music, the vertical angle of the screens and the unique visual style. What's it about? Hotel Dusk is in essence an adventure game. You play a character named Kyle Hyde, a former NYPD cop looking for his old friend Bradley. The whole adventure takes place within the walls of Hotel Dusk. This may seem boring - I found however ... Read review

Advantages: Able to waste your time without noticing
Disadvantages: Very poor game play

...sent to stay in this hotel over night. Whilst there he met an ex con who he used to know. Found someone who might know her long lost son. Sorted out a young lads life. And then established that everyone else staying in the hotel was connected to an Art Gallery and a mobster gang. Wish I had never bought this game, had to finish the game though, which I have done - and now sold it. ... Read review

Advantages: Complete control over the game, fun, good storyline
Disadvantages: Some of the puzzles are a bit easy

I took my time getting this game because I had read a lot of reviews and thought it would be very boring, as everyone was saying there's so much reading to do. Well, I've played and enjoyed Phoenix Wright, and after that, nothing's a lot of reading! I really got into this game very quickly, and found the reading to be minimal. I really enjoyed the fact that you actually move the character around, and can examine anything, it's exactly what I was hoping ... Read review

Advantages: gripping story, brill puzzles
Disadvantages: very sloppy sylus using

First things first. WOW! i fell in love with this game as soon as i started( well, you cant really call it a game, its more of a E-book) i got deep into the twisting and gripping story and couldnt get off it! you are Hyde who is on a kinda mission in a place called "HOTEL DUSK" and you walk around in first person talking to people and hopfully finding out there secrets. it also has amazing puzzles which are incredibly hard but incredibly genius! ... Read review