Shame how expensive the series is getting now. Wish they did ports I feel like this entry in specific would be a great switch port.
Maybe it's just me - but I didn't like the move to 3D anywhere near as much as other people did. Also - not containing the game in a single, navigatable setting bummed me out. I know that's inconsistent with my love of "travel" games - but this felt more like a menu with multiple mini-adventures to choose from rather than a dedicated journey.
i've got so much to say about this game that i don't even know what to write here. i just loved it so much and i cried real hard while playing it
This review contains spoilers
This is the most thought provoking mid game for me. At face value there's really not a lot to take away from Azran Legacy, the puzzles are solid, but the story is the weakest in the series and certainly the most unfocused. Completely separating the chapters from one another in a non-linear fashion prevents this game from having a cohesive developing narrative unlike its predecessors. By the end of the plot nothing has had any time to develop and the conflict is wrapped up way too quickly, which would normally lead to a totally unsatisfying ending. However, while I wouldn't blame anyone for thinking that way, despite it all I was completely satisfied for reasons which I can't tell were intended by the developers or not.
This is one of the most depressing and somber video games I've ever played. That may make me sound insane, but I derive most of this game's meaning from areas outside of the main story because where else are you supposed to get that from lmao. This game just has a sense of "I don't want it to be over" in the tone and music from start to finish if that makes any sense. I think the nature of this game, at the time anyway, being the last entry in the series gives it weight that it wouldn't otherwise have. I can feel the devs desire to make one last grand outing before the series must be put to rest, and gives the seemingly weak story and execution much more significance to me.
I obviously expect a lot of people to not really understand what I'm talking about, and that's fine, we all interpret different things from art. I just think that regardless of how this game turned out, even if it's the weakest of the original six games, the emotional weight is more prevalent than ever. To me, Azran Legacy is a story about things ending, life changing, but moving forward. And regardless of its quality, I think that's still a perfectly satisfactory way to end the series. I know that even though I find this finale underwhelming, I still cried harder than I ever have at any piece of media before in my life. I still cared despite my many issues with the game, gaming is an interesting medium huh?
I just hope that New World of Steam doesn't miss the point they may or may not have been trying to make here, as excited for it as I may be.
Not all empires can last forever, what matters is the legacy they leave behind
This is one of the most depressing and somber video games I've ever played. That may make me sound insane, but I derive most of this game's meaning from areas outside of the main story because where else are you supposed to get that from lmao. This game just has a sense of "I don't want it to be over" in the tone and music from start to finish if that makes any sense. I think the nature of this game, at the time anyway, being the last entry in the series gives it weight that it wouldn't otherwise have. I can feel the devs desire to make one last grand outing before the series must be put to rest, and gives the seemingly weak story and execution much more significance to me.
I obviously expect a lot of people to not really understand what I'm talking about, and that's fine, we all interpret different things from art. I just think that regardless of how this game turned out, even if it's the weakest of the original six games, the emotional weight is more prevalent than ever. To me, Azran Legacy is a story about things ending, life changing, but moving forward. And regardless of its quality, I think that's still a perfectly satisfactory way to end the series. I know that even though I find this finale underwhelming, I still cried harder than I ever have at any piece of media before in my life. I still cared despite my many issues with the game, gaming is an interesting medium huh?
I just hope that New World of Steam doesn't miss the point they may or may not have been trying to make here, as excited for it as I may be.
Not all empires can last forever, what matters is the legacy they leave behind
...i liked aurora! i liked her character design!
90%
I was soooo hyped for this when it came out, definitely a fitting end to the series. Naturally though, the ending of this game does not tie back very well to the first even though they REALLY try to.
my least favourite from the second trilogy, despite being the finale of it.
it has a great start, puzzles and soundtrack were great as always, but the story hampers down my overall enjoyment of the story. the middle part is dragged down by the whole world trip shenanigans, and not to mention that i wasn't satisfied with how the finale arc was executed.
i feel like level-5 was trying to pull off the same effect with the first trilogy but fails so hard bcos of how the story went. its a shame bcos layton is famous for pulling off tearjerkers at the end of the story.
it has a great start, puzzles and soundtrack were great as always, but the story hampers down my overall enjoyment of the story. the middle part is dragged down by the whole world trip shenanigans, and not to mention that i wasn't satisfied with how the finale arc was executed.
i feel like level-5 was trying to pull off the same effect with the first trilogy but fails so hard bcos of how the story went. its a shame bcos layton is famous for pulling off tearjerkers at the end of the story.
50 % du jeu me donne envie de crever, c'est quoi ce tour du monde tah Martin Matin qui découvre des nouvelles civilasations.
Par contre, la fin pépite, Emmy la grosse pétasse qui se dévoile au grand jour.
Par contre, la fin pépite, Emmy la grosse pétasse qui se dévoile au grand jour.
By far, the best Layton yet on a purely visual level: never have the environments and locales been so lushly detailed, each puzzle so lovingly illustrated and animated. The actual puzzles are nothing extraordinary, though: very entertaining and enjoyable in their variety, but the series has had more inventive and challenging collections. The narrative, however, is arguably the series' worst: the pacing suffers from the non-linear structure as the final act's developments feel rushed, forced and unearned, while the end aims for an anime-esque grandiosity that feels alien to the series' original identity.
La historia tenia mas potencial y se queda un poco corta, por lo demas pues buenos puzzles.
The last game of the trilogy, with amazing 3D animations and puzzles. I also really enjoyed all the minigames. There are a lot of plot twists in the story, and I think the Streetpass function should be included in a future game.
going full castle in the sky
This game is a bunch of British people running around stealing artefacts.
One of them is Descole though, so it's okay.
One of them is Descole though, so it's okay.
Terminada la segunda trilogía de Layton puedo confirmar que si bien da su lore importante tanto en la Llamada del Espectro como en este juego, está a años luz de poder compararse con la primera trilogía.
Es inconsistente en muchas ocasiones, tiene muchos aspectos de la historia sin cuidar. No se quiere explicar bien. Lo más llamativo es el punto en la historia en que decide realentizarse por completo, pierde el poco ritmo que tenía para pegar un sprint final que no te permite procesad todo lo que ha pasado por el ritmo parsimonioso del que se venía.
Hay varios personajes desaprovechados y sus motivos deben tener pero, esto a mi me transmite que quisieron hacer un juego más ambicioso de lo que al final fue.
Que este sea el último título de Layton y Luke no es digno para la propia saga.
Es inconsistente en muchas ocasiones, tiene muchos aspectos de la historia sin cuidar. No se quiere explicar bien. Lo más llamativo es el punto en la historia en que decide realentizarse por completo, pierde el poco ritmo que tenía para pegar un sprint final que no te permite procesad todo lo que ha pasado por el ritmo parsimonioso del que se venía.
Hay varios personajes desaprovechados y sus motivos deben tener pero, esto a mi me transmite que quisieron hacer un juego más ambicioso de lo que al final fue.
Que este sea el último título de Layton y Luke no es digno para la propia saga.
Otro juego de la saga finiquitado! Me ha sorprendido bastante todo el tramo final, tiene un tremendo plot twist que no me lo esperaba pero me ha gustado!
Ya tengo toda la saga jugada y lista estoy para el nuevo Layton de Switch!
Ya tengo toda la saga jugada y lista estoy para el nuevo Layton de Switch!
7
Je pense que c'est mon deuxième layton préféré.
L'histoire est top, les environements sont beaucoup plus beaux que le masque des miracles. Les ost toujours aussi bonne.
Mais je pense que le meilleur point du jeu est toute la fin les dernières heures sont tout simplement incroyables.
À faire absolument.
L'histoire est top, les environements sont beaucoup plus beaux que le masque des miracles. Les ost toujours aussi bonne.
Mais je pense que le meilleur point du jeu est toute la fin les dernières heures sont tout simplement incroyables.
À faire absolument.
sabor agridulce con este juego. Se me ha caido la lagrimilla por ser el último hasta 2025 y porque la historia al fin y al cabo tiene momentos, pero la búsqueda de los huevos es un coñazo y se siente todo demasiado anticlimatico y antinatural. Se nota q la saga de layton estaba ya demasiado sobreexplotada pero aun asi, buena historia y buena forma de concluir la saga ashalanti. Espero q para 2025 sepan retomar la saga de mejor manera despues de tantos años
Started this, forgot it existed. I should try it again
It's finally over
Not the ending we wanted, but the ending we needed. Thank you Layton
Not the ending we wanted, but the ending we needed. Thank you Layton
It's a true Professor Layton game, through and through.
Good conclusion to the prequel trilogy, decent puzzles, great characters, and very charming all around, although both the stories and the puzzles drag in the middle.
It's biggest flaw is that it dumps all of it's lore on you in the third act and doesn't elaborate. It's horribly unbalanced, especially when compared to other entries in the series that sprinkle the lore throughout and then tie it up at the end (such as Unwound Future and Miracle Mask)
Good conclusion to the prequel trilogy, decent puzzles, great characters, and very charming all around, although both the stories and the puzzles drag in the middle.
It's biggest flaw is that it dumps all of it's lore on you in the third act and doesn't elaborate. It's horribly unbalanced, especially when compared to other entries in the series that sprinkle the lore throughout and then tie it up at the end (such as Unwound Future and Miracle Mask)
Review in progress:
An extremely forgettable story compared to the original three games. No innovation whatsoever.
An extremely forgettable story compared to the original three games. No innovation whatsoever.
A middling end to the 2nd Professor Layton trilogy, but is still charming. The puzzles are weak but the game is still fun.
El mejor final que se puso desear
How Many Plot Twists Can We Cram Into This - The Game
Having played all the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy now, I've started to get tired of the writing style in Layton games where they throw twists without good foreshadowing or lead up between games. It really makes me feel like questioning everyone's motives without any reason. For puzzle games, it would be nice to have more payoff in puzzling out the plot. This game isn't really that much worse than the other Layton games, the series has just lost its charm for me.
This was the point where I realized that Layton would be way better as an animated show or series of movies.
sorry for playing this game first, i didn't know how professor layton games were supposed to be played
Was a birthday gift from my friends <3