Ghost Trick Video Review

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00:00:09.500in Ghost Trick you're better off dead

00:00:12.179stepping into the spirit of a recently

00:00:14.370deceased fellow with no memory of who he

00:00:16.320was or why he was murdered you have one

00:00:18.720night to unravel these mysteries luckily

00:00:21.210your new status among the non-living has

00:00:23.369granted you some useful supernatural

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00:00:26.910for justice this clever adventure game

00:00:29.160from the makers of Phoenix Wright

00:00:30.330provides one of the last great harrah's

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00:00:43.170the best reason to play ghost trick is

00:00:45.670for the amazing animation the 2d sprites

00:00:48.280move more fluidly than even some

00:00:49.870cartoons and it's a joy to simply watch

00:00:51.820characters dance around on screen it's

00:00:53.950very easy to tell ghost trick was

00:00:55.629developed in Japan characters are

00:00:57.579flamboyant reactions are over

00:00:59.440exaggerated and there is some awkward

00:01:01.120dialogue it's not a translation issue

00:01:03.040there are just some things that are

00:01:04.570meaningful to the Japanese that don't

00:01:06.009carry as much weight in our culture

00:01:07.479these details won't bother fans of

00:01:09.369Japanese games but not everyone

00:01:10.869appreciates them it's also very wordy

00:01:13.390the story is entertaining and you do

00:01:15.640need lots of interesting people but

00:01:17.200sometimes you just want a game to shut

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00:01:20.470experiencing the unraveling mystery and

00:01:22.420its colorful cast are enormous parts of

00:01:24.640the package Ghost Trick is an ingenious

00:01:35.619take on point-and-click adventure games

00:01:37.479since you are a bodyless spirit you must

00:01:40.149inhabit or haunt objects and manipulate

00:01:42.880them in order to achieve your goals many

00:01:44.920levels require you to build your own

00:01:46.360contraption that eventually results in a

00:01:48.520series of reactions leading to success

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00:01:54.810it involves a lot of trial and error and

00:01:57.280solutions aren't always logical

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00:02:00.850one slight disappointment is that it's

00:02:03.189all very linear and there is only one

00:02:05.170way to solve each problem you don't get

00:02:06.970to find your own answer there are a few

00:02:08.950other fun tricks you have up your sleeve

00:02:10.420you can rewind time to four minutes ago

00:02:12.430giving you a chance to avoid tragedy and

00:02:14.709save lives and telephone lines act as

00:02:17.049teleportation highways that allow you to

00:02:18.670instantly jump to new locations each

00:02:20.890chapter is self-contained and can't be

00:02:22.959passed until you've saved a life or

00:02:24.400found a certain piece of evidence Ghost

00:02:26.260Trick does a great job of presenting a

00:02:27.910variety of challenges so it avoids

00:02:29.410feeling repetitive

00:02:38.430fans of games like Phoenix Wright and

00:02:40.810the Secret of Monkey Island are going to

00:02:42.430love ghosts trick

00:02:43.480it's a spirited point-and-click

00:02:44.739adventure with lots of incredible

00:02:46.209animation and manages to innovate in an

00:02:48.370aging genre provided you're not averse

00:02:52.420to reading you'll find this trick to be

00:02:54.519a treat for more info head over to IGN

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