A beautiful game. Full of charm, uniqueness, and fun. The puzzles can be challenging, but that’s the beauty of it. The ending is a great ending and I personally loved this installment, although I slightly prefer the first game to this one.
Overall, it’s a game full of charm and delight. Most definitely worth it if you’ve played Curious Village and would like more content. 8.5/10, 4/5
Overall, it’s a game full of charm and delight. Most definitely worth it if you’ve played Curious Village and would like more content. 8.5/10, 4/5
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is a great follow up to the Curious Village that improves upon some of the issues I had it. Firstly I feel like the story is a lot more engaging in many ways than it's predecessor, especially when it comes to the big twist at the end which was my biggest issue with Curious Village. There is also a lot more variety in the puzzle selection with this entry which allows for a more interesting game play session every time you boot up a save. This game is not without it's flaws however, as the start of the story felt incredibly slow, especially when in comparison to the previous entry. Despite this once the story gets going, you are in for a great time full of mystery, intrigue and heartbreak. I can't wait to see what the next entry holds as I can only see it going up from here!
Just the first game but better in most regards. The kinda crappy movement controls are still here (and from what I've heard they're here to stay), but thankfully puzzles are a lot easier to come by with much better minigames and certainly a more interesting narrative. The ending hit hard, but I have some small criticisms of it that I'd rather not get into here since I'm not in the mood to make a spoilered review. The general pacing of this game was both better and worse than the first in that this time there was way more actual plot going on at any given time and the mysteries were spaced out far better... but like with the first game, the final area with the final twists hit all at the same time riiiight at the very end, with barely any time for a resolution. Also like the first game, the sheer volume of puzzles began to feel fillery after around the halfway point, but I'd chalk that up more to me binging these games. In any case, the half-star up from the first game is a very big half-star up. I just hope the next games will be even better.
Its twists are a little more absurd and 100% is the literal worst requiring RNG even with a guide that you would have no clue of even knowing without a guide and it doesn't even make sense after knowing the plot revelations why is the tea minigame so baaaad. Also if you're a hintcoin person you are locked out if you miss some at the halfway point lol.
But it's still Layton and I'll take that with a tip of the hat.
But it's still Layton and I'll take that with a tip of the hat.
first game? that was a dessert of a game man from the art style to the puzzles it really felt like a great start of a series
this makes it look like a bitch
THIS kinda fucking murders it just based on how much they improved the story, last kinda felt like a background to the puzzles now it might make you think the other way ocassionally
beautiful music, cutscenes, puzzles, themes, characters, style, I think I like everything about this game, even the holy-shit-so-complex tea system they barge in randomly into your briefcase (works like a menu in a charmful way) kinda makes me feel alright
this WILL sell you on the other games
this game makes me happy and has no faults that I can point out fuck this is why I like gaming
this makes it look like a bitch
THIS kinda fucking murders it just based on how much they improved the story, last kinda felt like a background to the puzzles now it might make you think the other way ocassionally
beautiful music, cutscenes, puzzles, themes, characters, style, I think I like everything about this game, even the holy-shit-so-complex tea system they barge in randomly into your briefcase (works like a menu in a charmful way) kinda makes me feel alright
this WILL sell you on the other games
this game makes me happy and has no faults that I can point out fuck this is why I like gaming