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Title -   Double Switch   (ダブル スイッチ)

 

Developer - Digital Pictures    Catalogue No. - G-6040

 

Type - FMV Interactive Adventure

 

 

Double Switch is another of those games based around watching some video footage and pressing a button once in a while.  The game starts with a young man named Eddie who has been locked up in the basement. Since the house was so old Eddie invented a camera security system with traps in every room, and now he gives you full control to this security system. To get him out of the basement, your job is to find out 4 different code numbers that can be displayed at some point in every apartment. You also have to make sure that nobody turns off the power supply, and capture any unwelcome guest in the mansion.

So far this game seems like it's just as fun as Night Trap, doesn't it? . In Night Trap there was a clock displayed so you could write down what you missed and then trap an enemy in your next play-through. However there's no such feature in Double Switch, which means that you can't enjoy any of the scenes since you have to switch between rooms all time or you won't have a clue what's going on.

Also in every room there are two traps which you have to active manually in this game, unlike Night Trap where you just had to press a button at the correct time. It's also very simple to prepare the wrong trap which sometimes means that you have to start all over. Also Eddie keeps complaining if you don't do good enough and after maybe 15 minutes of playing you just want to punch him in the face.

The game is much harder than Night Trap, but there is also almost no time where you can just relax and watch any of the scenes in this game. The control is very confusing until you have mastered it and the whole game just isn't as fun as Night Trap.