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    Professor Layton and the Curious Village

    Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Feb 10, 2008

    Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a point and click adventure puzzle game set in a charming village with enigmatic characters. Solve over 120 puzzles given to you by the villagers to help you solve the mystery of the 'Golden Apple'.

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

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    Professor Layton and the Hard Puzzles!

    Professor Layton really knocks you out of your box top shoes and into a higher class of DS games. The first aspect of this game that truly is awe-inspiring is (incidentally) the first thing you see.. The cinematics. They're gr- wait, cinematics... in a DS game? That aren't poorly done 3D and are in fact beautiful hand drawn style animations that kick off the game in the way that it continues to go. Next is the meat and potatoes of this game. PUZZLE PUZZLE PUZZLE! Word puzzles, Connect the dot puzzles, math puzzles. This game has all kinds of puzzles. Essentially you get easy puzzles at the start and they gradually get harder, this is where the game has it's only major fault. You see the sense of accomplishment you get when you finish a puzzle correctly is vastly superior to any other achievement feeling after playing Magical Drop and getting to level 100! (DROOL!) This is the main reason this game is so great, it nails the mechanic of beating puzzles with a sense of accomplishment that it just keeps you coming back for more. The game also facilitates my needing to become the ultimate completist in that it stores the unfinished or unfound puzzles in one house so you can come back and beat them.


    Another great mechanic that Professor Layton gets right is story, yeah those cinematics at the beginning they go through the whole game, at key points explaining and making us question our conclusions about who has the Golden Apple or whatever mission you are doing. I only did that one because I got stuck with the puzzles. Sorry. The story is not really deep but it is very intriguing and it makes you want to really want to finish those really difficult puzzles, or at least take a trip to the Internets to find out how to do them. One last thing I didn't expect from this kinda game was the point and click adventure style exploration. This is how you discover puzzles and find hint coins (self-explanatory) and find out more about the mystery you are working on.

    Overall this game is truly a great treasure that if you see you must buy. In my opinion, if you don't have a DS you should if not just because of this game, but be careful of very difficult puzzles!
    8/10

    Other reviews for Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS)

      Critical thinking is the key to success 0

      There is something to be said for a healthy dose of charm in a game. When a game is genuinely charming, it leaves you with a distinctly warm, fuzzy feeling that's hard to beat. Professor Layton and the Curious Village is one game that is superbly charming by any measure. Its clever brain teasers don't hurt proceedings either, and the overall package is a strong one that will have you constantly coming back for more.It's not just one thing that lends Professor Layton its charm either. The beautif...

      3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

      An excellent addition to any DS owners' library 0

      As I--and many--argue, gameplay is the most important aspect of a game. Arguably, without this aspect a game would crumble. Professor Layton, however, excels in this aspect. Nearly every one of the puzzles made me think logically; almost all of the answers are something seemingly incorrect. Albeit there were a few easy puzzles that I solved with a mere glance, most of the puzzles made me sit down and think "how does this work?" As if the puzzles weren't enough (most any other game developer wou...

      4 out of 5 found this review helpful.

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