Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:46 am

Is anyone here planning to get this one? It's coming out on the DS this week, and looks like an interesting combination of a platformer and a Tetris Attack / Panel de Pon style puzzle. It looks like the type of game I'd probably enjoy, but I'd be interested to see what other people think of it. It seems to be reviewing well so far though.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:13 am

It looks pretty cool, I'll definitely get it. Make a 2D platformer that's even halfway good and odds are I'll buy it.

Post by **system11** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:49 pm

I don't understand. It's by EA, yet looks like it doesn't suck, and is original IP?

What's the world coming to?

EDIT: preordered.

Post by **system11** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:25 pm

Oh by the way - the official site has the OST for free download, MP3 format.

Is this /really/ EA?

Crayon · Post by **Crayon** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:12 pm

Yea it really is EA. They're being pretty cool lately and not a corporation void of creativity and heart. Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, and now Hatsworth. New IP central.

This game looks pretty great. Platforming and puzzling at the same time!? Sign me up.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:16 am

Crayon wrote:Yea it really is EA.They're being pretty cool lately and not a corporation void of creativity and heart. Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, and now Hatsworth. New IP central.

This game looks pretty great. Platforming and puzzling at the same time!? Sign me up.

Ironically, last year was one of the worst for EA sales-wise in a while. They've been pretty good about admitting some of the problems - namely launching pretty much all their big new IPs in the middle of a terribly flooded Christmas season. The fact that they haven't hid behind their usual tactics also amazes me. I'll happily support them as long as they keep this "new and not dumb" thing up.

Crayon · Post by **Crayon** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:04 am

The soundtrack is really good. Get it for free:

http://www.henryhatsworth.com/

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:12 am

On one hand, I still have a hard time convincing myself to buy EA stuff because of the Madden Monopoly. On the other hand, they have actually been putting out some surprisingly decent stuff lately. There's also the fact that Activision has convincingly taken over the lead in the ongoing "Most evil company in the gaming industry" race in the past couple of years to make EA look better in comparison...

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:00 pm

I'm stoked on this... Looks like a lot of fun.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:29 pm

bloodflowers wrote:Is this /really/ EA?

See also: Battlefield Heroes (although that's more about the changing model, not evolving standards so much)

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:56 am

Meh, this game is a little too gimmicky and easy for me. Hit a few enemies, go to puzzle screen chain some blocks, repeat. The actual platforming element is pretty weak. I've only done the first set of levels and I have like x18 lives lol

I'll play this for another 30 minutes, if it doesn't get better then it's going into the will not play again pile.

Crayon · Post by **Crayon** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:38 pm

That isnt good to hear. Maybe I will have to find some way of trying it before I buy.

Are there no difficulty settings?

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:50 pm

I wouldn't say the game is too bad, it's just a bit easy and slow paced for my tastes. You have to go from the game screen to the puzzle screen every couple minutes. There are also no time limits in the level or anything to keep you on your toes. I would go as far to say I've enjoyed it more than the DS Castlevanias and most other 2D games available for the DS. I'm going to continue playing it myself.

Also I don't see any difficulty settings or options.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:12 am

Anyone else having trouble finding this? Nobody in town here seems to have gotten any copies in. If I don't find one by next Monday or so, I'll probably just end up ordering off Amazon.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:49 am

Vexorg wrote:Anyone else having trouble finding this? Nobody in town here seems to have gotten any copies in. If I don't find one by next Monday or so, I'll probably just end up ordering off Amazon.

This looked like one of those titles that would be really hard to find in stores, so I just ordered it off Amazon. I'm guessing that Gamestop will have it, but I hate buying "new" opened games, so...

Post by **system11** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:52 pm

I'm really enjoying it

Took a while for the platforming to really get going though.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:58 am

OK, I finally managed to get a hold of this, and I'm enjoying it so far. I haven't really had trouble with anything besides a couple of the boss fights (I'm only past level 1 though. The platforming is done reasonably well on its own, although the puzzle probably wouldn't be anything worth writing home about by itself.

Oh, and for those that are wondering, there does appear to be a higher difficulty mode available after beating the game once.

Edit: Also, I find that the puzzle seems to work just fine for me using a finger (ior more accurately, a thumbnail) on the touchscreen. It's not 100% accurate, but the puzzle is slow enough that it works better than the buttons for me.