Thursday, August 14, 2008

What happens when you sip your Earl Grey tea indeed.

So after reading an article from Brad Shoemaker over at Giant Bomb about the latest game to be announced by EA Casual for the DS - Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure. Now before you think, no it isn't a Professor Layton rip off, I know the name can be misleading. It's actually a platformer mixed with a puzzle game.

On the top screen is the platformer in which you need to attack enemies and jump on them to destroy them. You play as Henry Hatsworth, an english man who wears a bowler hate, monicle, and a can that has a sword in it. I think I've said enough. By killing enemies they move to the bottom screen which are then turned into a colored block, this is where the puzzle game comes into play. As time goes on, the lower blocks move close to the top screen and once they reach it, they turn back into enemies for you to attack. So you must spend time looking at both screens and knowing when to press X to pause the game and take care of some puzzle action.

To finish off I'd like to quote a couple sentences by Brad Shoemaker from his article.
One of the special moves you can invoke with a full special meter is called Tea Time! When you hit that button, Henry sips tea in front of a frantically animating Union Jack background, and then turns into a giant steampowered robot that can flatten enemies and fly around the level. I mean, what happens when you sip on some Earl Grey?
I'm really looking forward to this game and since it's been around half a month to a month since I got way excited/into a DS game, I can't wait to hear more of this.

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