Hi. I'm Saul Goodman. Did you know that you have rights? The Constitution says you do.

And so do I. I believe, that until proven guilty,

every man, woman, and child in this country is innocent.

And that's why I fight for you,

Albuquerque!

I am in awe. In all of my time playing videogames I thought I had seen everything from the surreal to the technically executed masterpieces. All of them pale in comparison to the genius of Better Call Saul DS. Every possible emotion a videogame can evoke and more are expertly weaved into this 100 hour epic, utilising every technique and technology thus developed for videogames in the short time our medium has existed. Normally I would find this to be too long but somehow BCS continues to reinvent itself enough every hour that I almost couldnt believe it had been that long after finishing, after which I had to take painkillers cause the emotional blow of no longer playing it almost meant the end of me.

From the mode 7 sprite rotation level at the Mesa Verde offices trying to get the Papers to Wachtell to the Fixed Camera survival horror section in Chuck's House and most impressively the open world sandbox of the desert inspired by Breath Of The Wild where you must continually drink piss until you are ready to face Mike Erhmantraut. I especially enjoyed the Wario Ware inspired Chicanery section where you must use the DS Mic and stylus touchscreen simultaneously to plant the battery on Chuck's person before the Chicanery setpiece. You'd think so many mechanics and gamemodes would make it feel bloated and unfocused but somehow it all works seamlessly together, a testament to its design brilliance

If there's any flaw I would say perhaps its the fact that it has made conventional videogames very boring in comparison. BCS has finally solved the "Detective Game Problem" of making sure you understand everything the game throws at you during the investigation sequences and cant cheese them. Its nothing short of genius. It does however mean all my favourite Detective games have become obsolete ; I have lowered my score of Ace Attorney and Obra Dinn retroactively to one star.

Better Call Saul DS is a tour de force of the medium that will redefine how we think about Videogames for decades to come and I am glad to be alive at the time of its initial release to the world. It has the potential to finally convince the skeptics of Videogames' status as art. I showed this to my uncle who hates videogames and the mere touch of the DS with the game up and running killed him instantly, exploding into a shower of viscera and then it Fired a giant blue beam that travelled around the world and resurrected Roger Ebert just so it could kill him again. I weep, because there will never be a game like Better Call Saul again.