Professor Layton and the Curious Village

drgrumbles's Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS) review

Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is an extremely creative and unique game. This game blends the best aspects of two recent games for the DS. The mystery/case solving aspect of Phoenix Wright and the brain stimulating games of Brain Age.

I would have never guessed that I would be so drawn into this type of game. In the two days that I have had it I have solved 70 of the 130 puzzles. I have played this game so much, usually before bed, I see puzzles when I close my eyes to sleep.

I was also surprised by the difficulty of some of the puzzles in this game. With the art style and look of the game you would think that it was targeted for children, that isn't the case. While some of the puzzles are rather easy there have been multiple times I have sat with a pad of paper trying to solve a puzzle for upwards of 10-20 minutes.

The one draw back to this game that I see is that it has almost no re-playability. Once you know the answers to the puzzles playing through it a second time would be absolutely pointless. I do plan on letting my girlfriend play it when I am done. She isn't a gamer, but I am sure she will enjoy this game.

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