Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy is a fun game but, due to difficulty in the gameplay, it may only be fun to fans of the show. Otherwise, once the second level starts, they may smash their DS into a wall. The gameplay is not very smooth, with the characters often missing the enemies or facing the wrong way at the wrong time. Also, using alchemy with the touch screen is pretty frustrating when you have to keep looking up at the top screen to make sure that you are facing the right way or even within your enemy's line of sight (using the L and R buttons and switching books with the touch screen would have been much better). You will have to use alchemy on some bosses, but you may die once or twice before you actually know what to do (a transmutation circle. Now what?). Often, items will appear with little or no reason and with no explanation on them (i.e the "Arakawa cows"). The levels are short, however there are LONG bits of dialogue in between them, making the game feel like your reading through the anime instead of playing it. There are parts that contain spoken dialogue but the voice actors sound bored and often don't speak loud enough to make out some of the words. The mini-games used between the levels are just stupid, often with no point towards finishing the game (i.e Armstrong's wood-splitting mini-game); you do them then back to 2 minutes of dialogue. The difficulty of the levels are either easy or "hair pulling" hard. It takes a bit of concentration to complete each one but once you do, you will hope the your DS's battery is charged so you will make it to one of the scarce save points. All in all, this is a great game for Fullmetal Alchemist fans who want to play some of the good parts of the anime. Fans will feel a bit of nostalgia when they play as they hear the familiar sounds of the theme songs and background music used from the anime throughout the game. Others may not understand the story as well as fans (since they story is laid out so that pretty much only fans will be the only ones who completly get it). To fans, this is a fun game with fun elements. To others, rent it or borrow it first.