been slowly chipping away at this a few puzzles at a time but something in me snapped this most recent session and decided to drop it overall.

the puzzles are cute but the controls in this are absolutely awful. the choice to use touch screen only controls for EVERYTHING other than camera movement is baffling considering the amount of buttons available on the DS. even something as simple as moving Maxwell becomes a chore with potential for disastrous outcomes with no fault of your own. this isn't getting into some of the higher precision moments that come with more complex puzzles.

i'm under the impression that the later games change the control schemes so i'd be willing to give the series another go someday. maybe this was a rough start.