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Two years ago, Drawn to Life hit the Nintendo DS and brought with it a whole lot of potential. The game was pretty, but the bigger deal was that it allowed you to draw the main components of the platformer so that your hero and his world were uniquely your own. That said, there were still issues -- less than ideal controls, not nearly enough customization, and so on.
Sadly, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter adds a couple things to the formula and fixes the camera, but complaints remain and suck the fun out of this quirky title.
We catch up with the Raposa race after the events of the first game. Mari's the mayor, the world is a bright and cheery watercolor, and everyone's as happy as a clam. But soon a little girl goes missing, a dark portal opens up, and Wilfre arrives to begin sucking all of the color out of the world. The townspeople flee, and we're on a world-spanning journey to restore the vibrant imagery of this realm and stop a madman.
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter has some stuff going for it. It's telling a detailed story, it's pretty, the creation aspect is cool, and there is a lot to do. Sadly, those parts don't come together in the end. The pacing is off thanks to conversations that go on and on, the cool creation stuff isn't used enough, the platforming is a bit boring, and the new transformations come in too late to make them feel valuable.
Drawn to Life isn't broken, but its ho-hum parts meant that it was incredibly rare for me to say I was having fun with a given part of the title, and that's kind of a big part of why we play games.
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter DSi Game Review - Download Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter For Free!
