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Hands-on: Dementium 2 (DS)

November 20th, 2009 at 06:30pm Under DS

Having not played Renegade Kid’s first survival/horror-FPS on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, Dementium: The Ward, I had few expectations going into my recent hands-on with the game’s sequel, the aptly titled Dementium 2. I knew that the first game enjoyed critical acclaim for more than adequately bringing survival/horror tropes to Nintendo’s handheld, and ultimately scored pretty well with reviewers, but ever since Metroid Prime Hunters I’ve been wary of first-person mechanics on the DS.

Thankfully, when first faced with manipulating Dementium 2’s main character, it became quickly obvious that the game’s slow pace helps to account for any discomfort issues that might arise from the control scheme. Over the course of 45 minutes, I put together puzzles, traveled between two dimensions multiple times, and even fought a boss who tried to throw up on me from the ceiling (what a jerk!). Though its content and storytelling seems to be a carefully crafted amalgam of games from the three or so genres it mashes up (fps, adventure, survival/horror) – a handheld Half-Life meets Silent Hill on Monkey Island, almost – the time I spent with a preview build of Dementium 2 earlier today felt like the beginning of what could be a very interesting game.

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Demented new Dementium 2 screens

August 19th, 2009 at 04:48pm Under DS

Renegade Kid has released screens of Dementium II. We’ve already had a gander at the game’s super freaky box art, but this is the first glimpse we’ve had of the actual game. The screens look very promising for a DS game, especially the lighting. Granted, it’s hard to be as freaked out by such tiny screen shots, but we’re missing the sound effects and music that properly set off the atmosphere. Based solely on the images, we’re eager to see some more. Preferably in motion.