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Top Amazon Review
It does improve your brain!. I've had this game a few weeks now and have improved a lot.
I have always been rubbish with numbers and this has helped immensely.
My reading hasn't really improved though :( Not that it's that bad...
I'm not sure if the training has rubbed off into the real world yet, but at least I can see improvements by doing the daily training.
It has a good range of daily training tests you can perform and the more days you train mean the more tests you can choose from. Also the better you get it adds a harder level to some of the tests.
I don't use the voice recognition tests anymore as for me it does not recognise when I say black most of the time.
And with the dreaded word memory test it does not recognise a lot of the letters I write. L turns into C! No matter how much I try to create a sharp angle...
It has no trouble working out the correct number I enter though.
One thing I would like to see changed is the hints and tips that you have to page through each time - it would be good to be able to switch that off.
Overall I think it is a great product that I will use for quite some time.
Customer Review 1
Great!!. This game is great!
But the bad thing is that the graphics arn't that good their decent.
But you can do sudokus,sums,memory games,eye check,read aloud and much more! If your up for a good challange this I defently recommend!
But I should say that people from about 6 and over would think this game good,but younger would find it diffucult.
BUY THIS GAME!!
Customer Review 2
Brain training review. This game is excellent fun to start with however I find some of the activities increadibly tedious. However for this price I would recomend this product.
Customer Review 3
Good idea, pity it didn't turn out better. This was the first game me and my sister bought (we went halfers on it) and i have to say we were excited abut it. First, let me say, in my opinion, is good about it...
1) The variety of puzzles: I liked how many different puzzles were in here, especially the maths puzzles (i ot down to 15 seconds for 30 and 45 for 100) and did see a big improvement on my maths. The clock challenge makes you think, but my personal favourite is sudoku. Before, i couldn't get into it, now i love it and i look forward playing to it.
2) The tests: the tests you take beofre you start and during your progress, although you have to enter it manually, and think that it would have been better if test were done in timed intervals.
Now for the bad points...
1) Voice recognision/ writing- IT IS USELESS! For some, it picks it up, but as for the word "yellow" and the number "6" it is opeless! I've even tried to follow the advice but it still doesn't recognise them, which makes the voice calculations challenge useless! I like the reading chapters element, but again, it marked me down because it didn't pick up some of the words. This also applies to the writing. Numbers are not reognised, which leads to false times being recorded and having to write the same thing over and over again! And what's ith the "drawing three things and compairing" part? Hav you noticed the difference etween his and your drawings? They make you feel really bad and pathetic, even if your an artist, like my sister! No way can anyone achieve the same picture quality using a stylus- it's impossible!
2) The doctor himself- how annoying can one "person" get? He repeats the same bits of advice over and over, and his "surprise" look is even worse, and seemed patronising to me!
I used to play it every day, and will admit it did help a little, but when i had unlocked everything, it became repetative and boring, especially when the same puzzles in each category were being repeated! I was remembering the answers, which i'm sure you're not supposed to do. It was fun for a while, but me and my sister haven't touched the dailey play for a good 6 months, but i'm still playing the sudoku from time to time, which remains as challenging, although is it really a good idea to let players play the same set of grids again? I understand the time is recorded but still, there are those who will just cheat and memorise it until it's done in a matter of seconds.
Overall, not a bad first title to own as it does get you used to the microphone and the touch screen, but for those who have played other games, i'd void. It's a good idea that hasn't been put together right and ended up being second rate. If i wasn't sharing it with my sister, this would have been traded a while ago.
Customer Review 4
Really bad character and voice recognition. The character recognition is dire - enter a 1 then a 2 with an obvious gap between for 12 and it sees a 4 ! Enter a 1 and a 3 and it interprets a 9. It frequently fails to recognise Yellow (the only 2 syllable colour in the game and it interprets as Red). Most software lets you adjust for your own voice - this does not. You cannot correct wrong scores. I am now aware that the Brain Training has been panned on BBCs Watchdog - I wish I had seen it. VERY VERY FRUSTRATINGDr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo DS)
