Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle is a point and click adventure/puzzle game for the Nintendo DS. The game opens up and the player is witnessing a girl being thrown from a plane. The player later finds out the girl is Gina and the person pushing her out of the plane is her boyfriend Brian. Of course, her boyfriend is not trying to kill her he is trying to save her. The plane is going down and there is only one parachute. Brian gives the parachute to Gina and tells her to jump, but she refuses so he has to push her out to save her life. The question is does he save her life? The player finds out what happened to Gina and what is going on on the Island.

The game continues after the plane crash and the only person to make it through the crash was Brian. The pilot died and the plane landed in the jungle. Now Brian is controlled by the player and you have to help him get out of the jungle and attempt to find Gina. Brian is left with nothing but a broken plane and the “stuff” that was on the plane. The player has to rumage through the plane and the jungle to find things to help them.

Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle is one gaint level. There are no individual levels. There are sections of the game that can be thought of as levels. The first challenge the gamer faces is getting out of the jungle. Players have to find and use items to get out of the jungle. Some of the items are obvious to find and other items and puzzles are quite tricky. The game is one giant puzzle and some puzzles you have to make certian actions before you are able to solve the puzzle. For instance, there is a hatch that needs to be opened, but it only stay open for a short amount of time. Before you can attempt to keep the hatch open, you have to open the hatch and leave the plane and have the hatch close. Once the hatch closes, you are able to solve the puzzle of keeping the hatch open.

Some of the puzzles can be difficult to solve. I spent some time trying to figure out some of the puzzles and just get going. The puzzles can get tricky. There is one part of the game in the beginning you have to get over a mud puddle and every time you try a lemur hits you down. Players have to figure out how to get around the lemur and you need to use your imagination to figure it out.

The graphics in Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle are nice. The graphics are clear and they really need to be to be able to see all the items and be able to find what you need to find.

The controls were not too intuitive. I will admit I did not read the manual, but to pick items up you have to use the right d-pad. Pressing the right d-pad while hovering over an item turns the magnifying glass into a hand that will pick up the item. I found the right d-pad by accident, but again I didn’t read the manual.

Over all Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle is a challenging, but fun game. The puzzles can be very challenging, but when you do solve them you get a feeling of accomplishment. The game really reminded me of Myst. The puzzles are similar to the puzzles in Myst. Players need to solve the puzzles to be able to progress in the game. If you are a fan of point and click adventure games and like challenging puzzles, head to your local retailer and pick up Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle.