Lock’s Quest DS Review

Lock’s Quest

Nintendo DS Review
Publisher: THQ
Developer: 5th Cell

Developer 5th Cell made a huge impact on the Nintendo DS scene with its first release, Drawn to Life.  With its second release, the anticipation was pretty high due to the known talent of the developer.  Lock’s Quest has arrived, and it is sure fun.

Lock’s Quest is very similar in the style and set-up of Drawn to Life, but in many ways, it has a personality of its own.

Lock’s Quest puts you in the role of a young archineer known as Lock, who has the job of trying to defend his homeland by creating a virtual world.

The game is basically an action/strategy, as it will appeal to a wide variety of gamers.  You have plenty of role-playing elements, strategy elements, as well as some action mixed in as well.

You play Lock, as he tries to defend his home from the invading enemies, and work up the ranks in the process.

The gameplay is handled by a nice system that is in place.  You will spend part of the game building up your area in a RTS mode, and then go into a battle scenario, which is pretty self-explanatory.

As you progress through the single-player campaign, which consist of 4 unique worlds and 100 different areas, you will see a story evolve before your eyes, and plenty of stuff to earn along the way.

The great thing about Lock’s Quest is that it keeps building as you go.  Even towards the end of the campaign, you continue to learn more skills and such.

The game is very impressive in regards to its visual style on the DS, as you see dozens of enemies on-screen at once, with minimal slowdown.  Animations are nicely done.

The audio is also very impressive, as this is above-average to say the very least.

The game is deep, as you will get a solid 20 hours or so out of the single-player game.  When you add in the WI-Fi modes, the multi-player adds great longevity overall.

Graphics: 8.5 A great looking game with fantastic style and animations.

Audio: 8.5 The audio is well-done, adding to the atmosphere nicely.

Gameplay: 9.0 A well-thought-out strategy game, very deep and innovative.

Replay Value: 9.0 The single-player is deep, and the multi-player simply tops it off!

Final Score: 9.0

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