Theresia - Nintendo DS

This is one of the most scariest games I've ever played. Silent Hill 2 and Alone in the Dark (Aline) are the others at the top of the list. The text is disturbing and the music is super creepy. So if you have a weak stomach, then this one isn't for you. At times, it can get very frustrating because basically the whole game you're going through a bunch of mazes. There's also some backtracking involved and it can get quite confusing and you can get lost very easily. It can get boring and repititive so you may want to take a break once in a while. The story is very chilling and has two parts, one that you can play after you beat the main game. Some of the puzzles aren't that difficult but others you may have a tough time. If you see a warning message about sharp metal, then DO NOT click on that spot. You will get hurt and you CAN die. So be sure to save. If you're ready to explore the world of darkness and terror, then Theresia awaits.

I will admit starting out this game was tough. I won't ruin the playstyle of game here, but WOW. This game hits on a psychological level that very few handheld games have managed to achieve. You are kept on your toes & if you make the wrong choice the consequences are immediate. Kudos to the game designers for making an original game that steps outside the box & makes decent use of the ds' unique touch screen ability.

This game has a really spooky atmosphere. It can be a bit confusing at times, but I really enjoy playing it. It's completely in English, which I took the risk of because I wasn't sure. Overall, I love playing this game and it has been one of my favorites ever since it came in the mail.

A story driven click and go puzzle game. The game play is simple enough as you work to unfold this mysterious girls story, although it is easy to miss some of the small details that help you solve the puzzles or move on to other areas. Not really a horror game, but certainly dark in nature.

It might be hard for me to describe my utter loathing of this game. I'm a big point and click adventure fan, and am a HUGE fan of the horror genre. I also love Aksys. So I thought this game seemed perfect for me, and couldn't understand why I'd never heard of it before. I played it for about a week straight, finishing the first part and starting the second, before I quit. It was a few years ago, so my memory of the details is hazy, but some things stand out without any problem. About ten minutes into the first part, Dear Theresia, I began to get the feeling that this game and I were going to have problems. First off, you're playing in the first person point of view of ????--you don't remember who you are, and you never actually see your character. Okay, that's fine, but after the first (OF MANY) overwrought description of the "agony shooting through" your body that read as though written by a thirteen year old emo teenager trying to write a super-dark fanfic, I realized that not only did I not know anything about my character, I could not care less about her. Even the mystery elements of the story weren't enough to keep me interested. The rest of the characters you encounter via texts and surfacing memories are equally unlikeable, and continue to enforce my opinion that the main character was just not someone I could possibly identify with, let alone care what happened to her. The gameplay is RIDICULOUS. You have to continually click on every different area to find out what to do next, including very specific areas in things like paintings. Nothing is highlighted or even differentiated in any way to show parts that might be important. BUT WAIT! There's a surprise--EVERYTHING KILLS YOU. Literally. You can simply touch a book and then you're reading another dramatic description of your sharp cries as crimson blood begins dripping from your frail fingertips to the floor as you curl up in empty, miserable agony. Not only that, but when the character reacts the exact same dramatic way to a needle pricking her as getting burned or touched by acid then you really start to feel more annoyed than anything else. Sometimes, you'll touch something once, it will hurt you, but somehow you're supposed to realize that you need to touch it TWICE to advance despite having no hints to this whatsoever. And other times touching something twice means you'll die. As for solving puzzles, forget logic. The things you'll need to gather and the order you need to use them in are ridiculous. It isn't even the type of "why didn't she use the rope instead of needing to find a chain" type logic that adventure games can run into, it's more that you have to gather pieces you couldn't even imagine needing in order to complete the quests. Clicking through areas where almost anything hurts you to try to find things that you have absolutely no idea what they could be does not a fun or dramatic game make, it makes a very annoying one. The music and art aren't terrible, (indeed, the tomb-like atmosphere was pretty interesting), but everything else about this is. If you're looking for a point and click adventure, try the phenomenal Zero Escape series (also by Aksys), or even the short romp that is Trace Memory, both for Nintendo DS.

Great atmospheric hidden gem that is worthy of sitting on the shelf with other 'M' rated ds games like Dementium, Resi Evil and Touch the Dead. If you collect for the DS this is a cool game, especially if you can find it for a good price. (Not a very common game at all.) Aksys put out some great games on the DS and even more so for the Vita over the years. It's a very cREePy game .... I'd give Theresia an 8/10.

Point and Click at its best! Theresia bietet feinste Knobelkost und darüber hinaus auch noch ein gruseliges Ambiente. Die Grafik ist hübsch an zu sehen und die Räume sind wunderbare gezeichnet, ausnahme sind die 3d Passagen zwischen den Räumen, die wirken altbacken. Erfreulich ist auch das es sich hierbei sogar um zwei Titel handelt: Theresia: Dear Emile & Theresia: Dear Martel, beide auf einem Modul. Eigentlich als Handygames entwickelt, fanden diese beiden Perlen ihren weg auf den DS. Zwei Mankos gibts allerdings: Zuerst sei gesagt das die Rätsel nicht immer logisch oder nachvollziehbar sind. Ich musste eigentlich ständig den Walkthrough schauen. Zum zweiten ist die erhältlichkeit des Spiels wirklich schwer hier in Deutschland. Also wenn ihr diese Rezension lest und das Spiel ist auch noch auf Lager, greift zu, sonst wartet man gut und gerne mal ein paar Monate bis es wieder verfügbar ist.

Favourite game ever! Dark and creepy