[PC] Life of D. Duck II (2008)

How:
Having enjoyed the first game, always been curious of trying this one as well but was held back by negative reviews. At some point I remembered it and just grabbed it.

Pros:
- Fun, odd, violent at times
- Puzzles are rather fun and well balanced, somehow reminds of good old Dizzy Island
- Rather long-lived
Cons:
- Can be a bit tedious with all the traveling
- The race minigame is fun but 5 minutes are way too long!

[DS] Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (2008)

Pros:
- A lightweight turn-based RPG with fairies, sleepy kittens and a princess
- Enjoyable story and characters
- No real grinding needed, gameplay flows easily to provide some light challenges at times
- A wide range of playable characters, each with his powers and special moves
- Nice relaxing music
- Neat pixel graphics
Cons:
- Some really annoying showstopping bugs impose the need to save often, which naturally breaks the game flow
- Other minor graphical / dialogue glitches and bugs
- Side-quests are unclear and easily missable
- It's so easy you will not care for items or equip the characters properly

[DS] Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2010)

Pros:
- Amazing use of chromostereopsis gives a sense of depth (especially in the ghost world)
- Great fitting music
- Amazing animations and pixel graphics
- Great mystery story
- Always entertaining from start to end
- Manages to keep gameplay always fresh and satisfying
Cons:
- Sometimes the game gives too many hints (makes you feel dumb, spoils the surprise)
- Very linear, doesn't give much freedom, it would be cool to have the possibility to explore the surroundings in search for clues

[PC] Alter Ego (2010)

Pros:
- Beautiful graphics
- Gloomy, dark mood
- Tension builds up nicely as theories are made and the mystery unravels
- Great voiceover
- Quite entertaining from start to end
Cons:
- A bit too much on the easy side
- Music should be more present throughout
- Some animation glitches
- The ending is totally unrewarding
- With a few touches this could have been one of the best horror adventures ever

[FC] Lagrange Point (1991)

How:
Read a convincing review appearing on HG101 in a regular weekly update. Got interested by the space environment and by the introductory cut-scene.
Pros:
- Amazing music from start to end
- Nice playing characters to create a bond with
- Can choose among various human and robot characters for the roster, each having his/her/its peculiarities and role in the story
- Special moves (きめわざ) evolve (at least for the main character) and are fun to watch
- Many monsters
- Nice story and nice narration
- 武器合体!!! With each single weapon boasting its own graphical effect and sound when used
- Status ailments are not aggressive and annoying as usual
- Penalty for death is minimal, characters faint anyway beforehand
- Overall very enjoyable and friendly
Cons:
- Random encounters are way too frequent
- BP are annoying and useless
- An annoying graphical glitch on the border of the screen (which may be due to the emulation after all)
- The game can be beaten basically with just enough grinding without resorting to special moves and special items, which should have been rendered more essential for making progress

[DS] Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007)

Pros:
- Nice story and final resolution
- Nice minigames and characters
- Nice puzzles overall
- A kind of secluded dark mood permeates the game
Cons:
- The little hamster has a hateful voice (the Italian version is way more cute)
- Some puzzles are unclear, ambiguous or incredibly easy (e.g. the line of trees)
- Difficulty is unbalanced throughout the game
- Is really Flora supposed to be unrecognizable with those glasses? Didn't she leave together with Layton and Luke in the previous game?

[PC] Azada: In Libro (2011)

Pros:
- Neat graphics, good variety of music
- Nice settings
- The crying unicorn!
Cons:
- Sometimes the graphics don't match (e.g. the notary at the beginning)
- Some events are foretold in the diary, in general there are problems with continuity
- Ending is underwhelming and anti-climatic
- A very small world
- Extremely light (not challenging and no hidden object sequences)

[PC] Monkey Island 2: Special Edition (2010)

Pros:
- Beautiful graphics and music
- Can play both versions at any time with a cool transient effect
- Much more fluent and swift than the original
Cons:
- Can't skip dialogue
- Music is not given proper weight, buggy transitions
- Guybrush seems floating when walking towards the screen
- New graphics and voiceovers kill much of the creepiness and goofiness of the original game
- The last part needs a very quick hand

[PC] The Strange and Somewhat Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge (2009)

Pros:
- A nicely hand-drawn, odd, humorous and dreamy adventure
- Very nice and fitting music
- Incredibly good, entertaining writing
Cons:
- Puzzles are mostly of the password and recipe types
- Music doesn't loop properly
- A bit too easy to lose the bearings
- No sound effects

[Browser] Pirouette (2011)

Pros:
- Nice graphics and fitting music
- Nicely odd