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Hotel Dusk: Room 215
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Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a film noir-style adventure game for the Nintendo DS; the player controls Kyle Hyde, a cop-turned-salesman trying to solve the mystery of the unassuming Hotel Dusk. The DS is held like a book when played.
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Up All Night At Hotel Dusk

Sometimes a game comes around that isn't big on people's radar but once it is played it will knock your teeth out. Hotel Dusk is one such game. The game isn't big and flashy but it has it's own sense… Read more

An excellent story looking for a good game.

Hotel Dusk is an adventure game very much from the Japanese "visual novel" tradition rather than the American "point-and-click" tradition. It has a very engaging story-line and well-developed characte… Read more

Detective cum visual-novel

Soundtrack/Voice Acting As you know, there are very few games on the DS that have voice acting. To be honest, I think that's a good thing. The last thing you need is some dodgy voice acting to ruin a… Read more

A film-noir style mystery with excellent writing and characters.

If you're even reading about Hotel Dusk then there's probably a good chance that you're at least a little bit familiar with what Hotel Dusk actually is. It's worth noting that Hotel Dusk is not so muc… Read more

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Review

Hotel Dusk: Room 215, is a mystery game for the DS. The game makes you feel as if you are going through a choose your own adventure detective novel. You will play the part of Kyle Hyde, an ex-cop, who… Read more

An interactive novel

Hotel Dusk is an interactive visual novel. You can see what is happening while you're reading and starting the events yourself, but gameplay takes a backseat while the story does drives the game. The… Read more

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Review

For a certainty, a noir detective story/interactive novel probably wasn't the first thing on anyone's mind when they considered all the things they wanted to see on DS. Most of us wanted to see our fa… Read more

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"

Or at least that's what I've been told. Hotel Dusk is a point and click adventure done in a gumshoe-noirish style for the DS that, when it's hitting on all cylinders, is a real joy to play. When it is… Read more

An Overlooked Gem

Let's be clear here: Hotel Dusk is not for everyone. I don't want to make a statement like, "You must play this game! It will change your life!" That's a straight up lie that could piss someone off wh… Read more

Once you enter Hotel Dusk, you're not going to want to check out.

Hotel Dusk: Room 215. From the guys who brought us Trace Memory, one of the older DS titles, Cing pulls off a simply superb DS adventure. Hotel Dusk can be described as an interactive novel, and what… Read more

One of those games you will not want to put down until the end!

Hotel Dusk is one of those games you will not want to put down until everything has been solved. If you like misteries and crime stories you've come to the right place. This was the first game I got f… Read more

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS) Review

You are Kyle Hyde, 33 years old. Former cop turned door-to-door salesman, you’re in search of your friend Brian Bradley. Three years ago, he turned on you while you were both on the force and gave spe… Read more

Just sit and let the game play you.

Hotel Dusk can be a perfect example of a game where "plot-driven" is taken to the extreme, you basically will be reading and trying to understand the plot for more than 40% of the game, the story is t… Read more

A thrilling, engrossing game that you won't be able to put down.

An adventure game is a hard thing to pull off. You need to have, above all, a good plot with deeply layered characters, along with clever puzzles and items. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 ticks all the right bo… Read more

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