[Lestrade]

Yes, I haven't bought a DS game in months, and this is the one I've been waiting for. I don't know what to like more; the fact that you hold it like a book; the art style; or the ability to jot note down using the DS as a notebook. Wow. What a great example of doing something in a game most people would never even think of, yet will probably be indispensable.
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[Lestrade]

No, I think it is, Firenze. It is because it (a) removes a level of abstraction that's prevalent in most similar games (e.g. a "notes" page in a sub-menu) while simultaneously immersing you more into the game (by giving you an in-character way to play detective without having to actually keep notes somewhere else).

It sounds odd, but the game is using "keeping notes" as a gameplay device, a bullet-point. All the literature I see on the game positions it as a mainstream-friendly title. Think about it: just as Trauma Centre is "a surgery game," and Phoenix Wright is "a lawyer game," Hotel Dusk is "a detective game." What do detectives do? They talk to people and take notes to solve crimes! And now you literally can do that!

It sounds so silly to discuss, but I am more excited about digital note-taking than the entire 2006-2007 PS3 lineup.
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[Lestrade]

I hear you on that. Really, they should be marketing the hell out of stuff like this; they obviously realize it's very mainstream-friendly, so why not capitalize?

I'm too sleepy after lunch to think of anything helpful right now...
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