The mobile port for this is pretty sweet. Would just whip this game out do a few puzzles and put it away. Way better than checking whatever social media thing I was going to check.
The game itself is good. Had some good puzzles, had some stinkers, and the story is alright. You get what you expect from Professor Layton.
The game itself is good. Had some good puzzles, had some stinkers, and the story is alright. You get what you expect from Professor Layton.
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
The second Professor Layton game starts on a train and promises different locations to explore. While it eventually settles down into a main place, the variety in the beginning was really nice. Diabolical Box has one of the wackier plots in the series and I wasn’t necessarily as invested this time around, but still loved spending more time with the main characters and appreciated the action-packed climax (it’s the only sword fight you’ll see in the series).
The puzzles in this one are about on par with the first game. The novelty may be gone but the rock-solid foundations for this franchise help Diabolical Box be a worthy sequel and another fun adventure with Layton and Luke.
The puzzles in this one are about on par with the first game. The novelty may be gone but the rock-solid foundations for this franchise help Diabolical Box be a worthy sequel and another fun adventure with Layton and Luke.
A bunch of the puzzles in this are dreadful, horribly worded shit. Where the actual puzzle isn't particularly difficult but the writers have done such a shit job explaining it that you have to guess what they meant.
The rest of the game is alright. Missing a lot of the charm of the original, try as them might there's no replicating the magic of the village.
The rest of the game is alright. Missing a lot of the charm of the original, try as them might there's no replicating the magic of the village.
This was my first Layton game so I have a fair amount of nostalgic appreciation for the game's music, art and characters. It definitely refines the ideas introduced in Curious Village and I loved the setting this time around as well; train settings are always nice ways to show a lot of variety which is evident from the shift from urban London streets to the countryside town of Dropstone. Some puzzles are a bit wordy and overly complicated and some characters felt a little too unexplored (cough cough Flora) but overall the story behind Folsense and Anton was very interesting. I've given this the same rating as Curious Village but I do find Pandora's Box more enjoyable overall. A thoroughly charming experience from front to back
153/153 puzzles completed, 5,500/5,500 picarats, 230/230 hint coins collected and none used. Carrying straight on from playing through Professor Layton and the Curious Village, the second game in the series continues in much the same style, with another enjoyable variety of puzzles threaded around an enjoyable if implausible story. The puzzles seem to be weighted slightly less towards those with a trick than was the case in Curious Village, which I'd count as a positive, but otherwise, Pandora's Box has all of the same qualities of its prequel in the series.