Another Code: Recollection Review

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Imagine being a young teenager living with your aunt and finding out that not only is your dead dad actually still alive, but that he wants you to come to find him on some random island with a questionable name. This is the fun awaiting Ashley Robbins, the protagonist of Another Code: Recollection, as she receives a letter and a device that looks like a Nintendo Switch by way Tron called a DAS – a Dual ANOTHER System.

Strangely trusting of a letter from a total stranger that is inviting her to visit Blood Edward Island – yes, really – she heads there with her aunt, but they quickly get separated and she stumbles across an altogether too creepy mansion with all the signs of being abandoned for some time. Oh, and she also meets a ghost boy called D.

That’s is the beginning of the first game in this collection, with the second picking up two years later, with Ashley stumbling into a new mystery involving Lake Juliet, memories of her mother, and a young boy that has run away from home.

Both titles here are third-person adventures, with the player controlling Ashley and solving puzzles to progress. This can be as simple as remembering a code for a lock or a complex as requiring multiple items from different rooms. Where these games stand out is with the DAS. This device can take pictures of anything in the game, show relationships or links between characters, and review documents you find littered around the games.

The first of these features is the most interesting as it is often used directly in the puzzle solving. You can take pictures of codes or puzzle solutions, scan elements in your environment to gather information, or even photograph items and use the photographs themselves in the solutions. It’s a versatile tool and is used in so many ways that it’s genuinely impressive, but not enough to feel like it’s overused or simply too powerful an item.

Using it effectively puts you in good stead to find the memories hidden in the game that reveal more information about