Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Another Code: Recollection?

I don’t always trust myself lol. I do think it’s quite good! But I also love things like the two Smurf games… Another Code Recollection has some frustrating elements, but it’s a lovely ride

I think I'd give it a 7. The story is entertaining enough to listen to, but not nearly as gripping as other visual novels out there. The puzzles on the first game felt much worse and stripped down compared to the DS original. Still, there was something quaint about the setting and story (especially the second game) and I wasn't bored while playing, so I'd say I enjoyed my time with it. I kinda got similar vibes as when I played Life is Strange.

6.5 is the most accurate answer that I can think of. It isn’t bad, but it is very meh.

I'd need to play it first, but copies seem to be a little nonexistent right now in Mexico, not even Amazon has it available.

So far I'm feeling an 8, but I'm also only a few hours in. Quite a chill (despite the whole mysterious premise) experience that I am really enjoying.

8 for me. It does some things better, but some things worse.

I enjoyed the first game (part), it felt like classic resident evil without the zombies. But the story was very predictable and were no surprises like you would get with other visual novels in the same genre. Currently half way through the second game and it's a bit Meh, feels like I'm playing a life is strange game. Overall I'd give it a 6/10 so far, hopefully the second half of the second game gets interesting and bumps up that score.

I would have preferred Hotel Dusk & Last Window double pack..But I' m dying for 999-Virtue's Last Reward (save bug fixed) -Zero Time Dilemma triple pack.

@Pipulitoch None of this answers the original question. Haven t bought it yet; but I will. Fond memories of this series.

@Pipulitoch I hope this game sells well and they remake Hotel Dusk. The noir atmosphere and the art style of that game are so unique and enthralling.

@ScalenePowers I've heard the Smurfs games are very competent 3D platformers. As a 3D platforming aficionado, I feel obligated to pick them up at some point, even though I have no attachment to the Smurfs--if anything, I kind of find them annoying, but maybe I never gave them enough of a chance. But I'm pretty sure Jon Cartwright was one of the people saying those games are legit.

I've never really been a big fan of puzzle games, but this one looks really appealing. I bought a couple Layton games on 3DS before the eShop closure because even though I'm not a puzzle guy, I'm interested to experience the characters and the story to better understand why the games are so beloved. Another Code is a similar situation.

I downloaded the demo to see if the gameplay would click with me, but I was disappointed the demo has lots and lots of unskippable cutscenes. I'm already intrigued by what we've seen of the story in the trailers, so I don't want to experience any of that in the demo until I purchase the full game. It was really annoying I couldn't just... play the thing without having to experience some early spoilers.

Prince of Persia handles its demo way better. It throws you a decent way into the game, with some of your abilities already unlocked, edits cutscenes to not spoil the player, and still lets you actively skip cutscenes. If I don't want to be spoiled in the Another Code demo, I have to mash the A button for like 5 minutes while looking away from the screen. It's quite cumbersome. Maybe I'll look at a little gameplay on YouTube or something, because I really like the game's visuals and want to know what happens.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Another Code demo doesn't allow you to carry your progress over to the full game, does it? I don't recall seeing any mention of that on the main menu before starting. If so, that makes a big difference and I will give the demo a proper go this time. If not, they really should've just taken the Prince of Persia route and dump you into the middle of gameplay and kept the story stuff to a minimum.

Also, pro tip: Up that camera sensitivity as soon as you start playing. It's painfully slow by default. I learned that from my short time with the demo real quick, lol.

@Not_Soos I love them both! They are real pretty too. I also get the annoying factor, but I think that they have been toned down a bit for this newer iteration post the 2010's film series.

Also i didn't know Jon Cartwright vouched for them, he has consistently good takes!

From the demo I could tell that the puzzles in the first game are totally different from the DS original.

Can anybody clarify if the second game is completely different also? Or is it more of a straight remaster?

@Not_Soos The demo allows you to transfer your save to the main game.

@Aurumonado Ah okay cool, thank you. I will give it a second look then. Still think you should be able to skip the cutscenes, but knowing I can pick up where I left off without having to redo the whole thing makes it a lot better.

Probably like a 7. Liking it quite a bit and the presentation is top notch in terms of feeling like the original while making it more flashy, but the storytelling in the game is REALLY slow and belabored, makes it hard to stay invested at times.

Looking for the "Yikes" option

Can someone help me and let me know if this worth picking up to just play the Wii game?

I didn’t pick it up after Zion seemed a little unenthused about it in the video review and he was initially pretty hyped when it was announced. If I ever see it cheap I may pick it up.

I'd give it a 9. Excellent games, loving them. Feels like a Life is Strange game with simplified Zero Escape puzzles. Interesting plot and characters, plus great music, I'm glad I have a Switch for this!

I’m not quite done with it yet, but maybe an 8?

Easy 10 if I can consider how happy it makes me that it exists in my rating, though.

I just don’t understand the $60 price. I might get it on sale.

This is coming from someone who has never played these games before. I beat the first game and still working through part 2. If I had to rate it I give it a solid 8. The presentation of the game looks great, I found the story to be interesting enough to keep me going and the voice acting is well done. Not to mention Ashley is a likable character.

After playing all those big titles from last year I find it relaxing to play a smaller scale game like this to just unwind after a long work day.

@koffing : Two games in one?

The game being 60$ hurts its score. But for a weekend relaxing game. It's great.

I'm playing the first part right now and while I enjoy spending time with these characters again, I feel like it doesn't really add much to the original game. The softer art style also makes it lose some of its edge. I feel like a more straightforward port would have been interesting, but I also need to re-visit the original game to make sure I'm not just blinded by nostalgia right now.

I'm 8 hours in and enjoying the game. I gave it an 8. It's nice to have a laid back game. Glad it came out!

9-Excellent

I'm not hard to please when it comes to stuff like this, it's pretty much perfect. When I played the originals I always wanted to have just a bit more freedom of movement which this remake achieves.

I can't give it a perfect score because it's no longer "the game I knew", I didn't need the characters to get different outfits or hairstyles, or shoehorned diversity, because it doesn't add anything, it removes things.

The problem is the game isn't targeted at me, it's for the new audiences. Whether it's people who can better appreciate having Dan Maxwell with darker skin, or Ashley with super tight shorts. For me it's just a nuisance.

Just the same, we now have a baseline for a Hotel Dusk remake.

I finished the game yesterday. Having never played it before, I was coming at this with fresh eyes and no nostalgia. I'd give it a six and a half if possible, but settled for a seven in this poll

For reference, I enjoy a pretty wide variety of genres, often playing multiple types on the same day. One of those genres is visual novels, which is what I would classify this game as being. The Switch has several truly top notch games within this genre. This is not one of those. The plot was fairly predictable, the puzzles were so-so, and the few (required) implementations of motion controls were incredibly annoying and often inaccurate. That said, the story wasn't horrible. It wasn't super memorable, and as mentioned, felt rather predictable, but it might work for a slightly younger audience. The visuals were also well done.

Overall, I'm glad I bought the game, though a sale price might have been more fitting. I enjoyed parts of the story (the first moreso than the sequel), but it won't stick in my mind. It's good, but not great, so a seven seems fair.

I'm not really far enough to give it a score, but I loved the DS game and I think I'll enjoy this remake. The voice acting is really annoying. The delivery of the lines is generally good enough. It's the nonverbal vocalizations that drive me insane. All the "ah, oh, hmm" and heavy breathing. I can't stand how they think they can't allow any silence when they make these games. It's like if Ashley is looking at a puzzle, but she doesn't let out an loud "Um," we won't know it's a puzzle.

Puzzles good, NO GAME SELECT IT"S ALL COMBINED WHY WAS STILL NOT IN THE MARKETING. IT"S NOT A COLLECTION IT"S A REMAKE COMBINED. Seriously Nintendo actually do some marketing here.

The dialogue is passable for the actors, even if some animations don't match (speaking internal and external the same in the mansion entrance scene and it took me out of it) and the lack of quality in the direction but it's passable for child actors. It's a niche IP so budget or time and whatever. The actors may be new they may not be. Either way. I'm flexible to that.

The game design is good but eh the modern angle makes me want to trash it. The IP itself getting a revival is awesome but in this generic execution. Casual appeal eh. I think for the audience it is it's fine. I'm enjoying it but just eh.

Arc System Works worked on what exactly I forget because I don't have high respect for this 'remake'. Doing research ah, so why is this quality so eh.

Like the artwork is rough in some areas. I know it's the Switch, a fair amount looks good just like Disaster Day of Crisis on the Wii with it's good and fair quality moments (even if not going for realistic and I am find with cartoony in any way), I know they had only some much time, it isn't their genre either.

But how did they let some fence posts and rocks have the most ugly lack of care in player view of just liney textures with no care at all yet didn't have the intelligence to move the ugly textures and low quality ones to an out of view the player doesn't see.

That's what your supposed to do when it comes to the camera/player view and whatever rendering the world not keep it in player view, you make it unclear from a distance or behind the mountains, but no put it in player view easy to see. What kind of idiot does that.

I can take the Spiderman boat people but if they were in greater view than the artist/level designer is an idiot.

I gave it an 8 on my metacritic where I gave it a more fair review even if similar points made but I'd give it a 5 if I wasn't being generous and not going full modern gaming and lacking quality in areas.