I really can't choose between these two games. I know Professor Layton is a game I would love since I absolutely love brain teasers, but Chinatown Wars seems like a great game as well. Can anyone who's played both games give me a brief overview of which game they liked more and why? If so, that'd be greatly appreciated.
 
Edit: Oh, and for Layton, does it matter if I play the The Diabolical Box first or should I play The Curios Village?

Personal view - go Layton and get the first and eventually the 2nd.  Unless you really like GTA.  GTA is good, but Layton is class gaming.  I have both.

I haven't played China Town Wars, but I can safely say Professor Layton and the Curious Village is an excellent game and well worth your money. Read Jeff's review; it's one of my personal favorites.

" I haven't played China Town Wars, but I can safely say Professor Layton and the Curious Village is an excellent game and well worth your money. Read Jeff's review; it's one of my personal favorites. "

" @ThomasP said:

" I haven't played China Town Wars, but I can safely say Professor Layton and the Curious Village is an excellent game and well worth your money. Read Jeff's review; it's one of my personal favorites. "

Well, I HAVE played Chinatown Wars, and I can say for a fact that it is an excellent game and worth your money. It's different enough that even those who aren't fans of GTA can get a lot out of it, but it is still a GTA game at heart and will please fans of it. It's got highly varied missions, a surprisingly large area to explore and weirdly good use of the touch screen. The story's top notch and, since it's not part of the 'canonical' GTA series, it's balls-out insane and crazy.  And has a twist. Twists are fun. Unless they're titty twists... "

Just to make this tough for you, I'm going to recommend Chinatown Wars. Both are well worthwhile purchases, however. 

Chinatown Wars has a very addictive drug selling aspect to it that I found really enjoyable; and being the only of those two games I've played, I recommend it.

" Personal view - go Layton and get the first and eventually the 2nd.  Unless you really like GTA.  GTA is good, but Layton is class gaming.  I have both. "

Layton is bullshit because of that bullshit clock puzzle. Fuckin' bullshit.
 
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Bullshit.
 
Sorry I just hate that puzzle because I have tried to get into that game like 3 times and that puzzle has single-handedly deterred me each and every time. I'm pretty sure it's not even a required puzzle. But right when you get into the town and you can see the clock tower, a mysterious force pulls me to that puzzle and I literally have not done one meaningful thing in the game because I always want to figure out the clock puzzle and end up quitting on it and saying, "fuck this game". It's really not even that hard of a puzzle, all I really need is a piece of paper and pencil and I could figure it out pretty quick but my pride forces me to do it all in my head and then screw up the answer. I think I actually figured it out one time and saved right after. But then I had to restart the game and I couldn't remember what the answer was for that puzzle again. So that's where I gave up the last time. Maybe I should try again. I just have to have the willpower to forget about that puzzle and move on to the ones that actually matter. What am I even talking about anymore? I think this is how I know I'm tired, I start ranting about things that really nobody but myself could care about. Anyways, since I have this wall of text going, lets talk about the Blazers. Damn dude, Greg Oden broke his damn knee cap. Aww it was so sick too because it was dislocated like 3 or 4 inches out of place. Out for the season... AGAIN! Will Greg ever live up to his #1 draft pick expectations? Will I ever end this nonsensical rant? Tune in next time to find out for yourself!!!

" Chinatown Wars has a very addictive drug selling aspect to it that I found really enjoyable; and being the only of those two games I've played, I recommend it. "

" @oldschool said:

" Personal view - go Layton and get the first and eventually the 2nd.  Unless you really like GTA.  GTA is good, but Layton is class gaming.  I have both. "

Does layton contain puzzles that would piss someone off due to difficulty or are they challenging yet reasonable? "

I havent played Chinatown Wars yet, but I LOVED Layton to death. I played the first one and Im currently about halfway through the 2nd.

Chinatown Wars, Layton sucks.

" Went with Layton "

" @oldschool said:

" Personal view - go Layton and get the first and eventually the 2nd.  Unless you really like GTA.  GTA is good, but Layton is class gaming.  I have both. "

Does layton contain puzzles that would piss someone off due to difficulty or are they challenging yet reasonable? "

" Chinatown Wars, Layton sucks. "

 What the hell are you talking about  ^-^

" @oldschool:  Heh, I guess you didn't get the joke :P "

I'm totally in for a hybrid of those two games.

" I'm totally in for a hybrid of those two games. "

" @Meowayne said:

" I'm totally in for a hybrid of those two games. "

Professor Layton & the Whores Of Liberty City? "

" @oldschool said:

" @Meowayne said:

" I'm totally in for a hybrid of those two games. "

Professor Layton & the Whores Of Liberty City? "

Professor Layton and the white powder trail.   You just opened Pandora's box Oldschool ^^ "