So, where do you go from the relatively small-scale Curious Village? LEVEL-5 says a subtlely horror-tinged city. As with the previous game, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box relishes in its atmosphere. Folsense is such a convincing "dead" city, living in its heyday ad infinitum. From the moment you arrive, it feels like a zombie town; parading around its supposed pristine architecture and its permanent hazy night, masking something far more sinister. The story itself is also an upgrade (what an ending!) from its predecessor, and when combined with its more streamlined and integrated puzzles, it becomes much easier to tangibly FEEL the game, in the most guttural sense of the word.
I do still wish that they either dropped doing anything with Flora or just decided to do more with her. Pick an extreme, please. I beg!
I do still wish that they either dropped doing anything with Flora or just decided to do more with her. Pick an extreme, please. I beg!
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Final sword puzzle versus an angry 11 year old
Mejor que el primero en todo, una historia en condiciones, doblaje al español, mejores puzles. Fue con el que empecé y fue porque mi padre vio un anuncio y le llamó la atención. El hámster es muy gracioso siempre me recuerda a Hima. El final es una puta mierda
Masterpiece
I couldn't finish the game since I borrowed it from someone and had to give it back. I did watch a let's play and it's pretty good overall, not my favorite in the franchise though.
took everything i liked about the first game and improved it. the main antagonist here is a lot cooler, and i feel the mystery and worldbuilding is a bit more investing.
genuinely why did they shaft flora so hard though
genuinely why did they shaft flora so hard though
The weird using the manual to get the ticket thing blew my mind when I was like 7, this game rocks
these games rule
The Layton series continues to be a great puzzle game to play either by yourself or with your partner whether you're traveling or settling down for bed - the puzzles and characters will keep you engaged
However we found that the story in Pandora's Box was heavily disjointed compared to Curious Village, and the payoff just didn't hit as hard as it could have.
Despite this, we look forward to starting the next one!
However we found that the story in Pandora's Box was heavily disjointed compared to Curious Village, and the payoff just didn't hit as hard as it could have.
Despite this, we look forward to starting the next one!
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i really enjoy that this game is a little creepier than the others (not by much, its mostly just that one cutscene)
the letter from sophia made me cry so much, as well as katia explaining to anton that hes her grandfather </3
i just wish flora wasnt so ignored ☹️
the letter from sophia made me cry so much, as well as katia explaining to anton that hes her grandfather </3
i just wish flora wasnt so ignored ☹️
This game made me appreciate osts, story and atmosphere when I was like 7. Also had my favourite puzzles
such a fun, and for me at the time difficult puzzle game
Best story of the first trilogy. I remember puzzles being more enjoyable than the previous ones.
as mecânicas são as mesmas, acho a história levemente melhor que curious village
I wanna bang that professor [2]
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box successfully juggles more emotion, ambition and interest than Curious Village, whilst also holding the same level of sharpness.
trop trop bien comme jeu
layton is SO cool i wish his video games were real
Never played. I weirdly skipped over it. Need to in the future tho.
improved on the good parts of curious village. I enjoyed the story and the plot twist still makes me laugh
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this was the first ever game to make me cry, so i had VERY high expectations for it upon a revisit
so mark my disappoint about this replay when i liked it but didnt love it, and worse of all didnt cry at the ending (despite being much more open about my emotions). i think this just comes from having more media literacy though, and while the ending IS still emotional to me it hits a lot less hard when i've seen this kinda story of lost romance so much more often. i think if anton was introduced earlier and katia did more it'd have hit harder, tho the diary entries did help a bit. and id be lying if i said that the ending theme, iris, didnt still get me emotional as hell, even if not tear levels.
in many ways this is a better game than curious village. better puzzle variety, a better difficulty curve, a more interesting hook with a larger scope. very varied locales. great antagonist. SWORD FIGHT IS SO COOL. the final puzzle using a ds gimmick the rest of the game doesnt??? what the FUCK that's genuinely rad and inventive, and i felt like a genius working it out again just before writing this review lmao
but i do think the final reveals arent as well set up, the pacing is weird and all over the place, the photo pieces quest is just padding and backtracking and it SUCKS SO BAD, and poor. poor flora. she deserved better. why was she in this game? why was don paolo here??? i love paolo but like,,,, unnecessary tbh. and these issues do kinda cancel out those positives for me.
overall still a good time, but i do prefer curious village slightly more. next up is my fave in the series, and the one that has a final cutscene that always makes me cry.
tldr; good nostalgia trip but this game doesnt hold up for me personally, i like it but wish i loved it
so mark my disappoint about this replay when i liked it but didnt love it, and worse of all didnt cry at the ending (despite being much more open about my emotions). i think this just comes from having more media literacy though, and while the ending IS still emotional to me it hits a lot less hard when i've seen this kinda story of lost romance so much more often. i think if anton was introduced earlier and katia did more it'd have hit harder, tho the diary entries did help a bit. and id be lying if i said that the ending theme, iris, didnt still get me emotional as hell, even if not tear levels.
in many ways this is a better game than curious village. better puzzle variety, a better difficulty curve, a more interesting hook with a larger scope. very varied locales. great antagonist. SWORD FIGHT IS SO COOL. the final puzzle using a ds gimmick the rest of the game doesnt??? what the FUCK that's genuinely rad and inventive, and i felt like a genius working it out again just before writing this review lmao
but i do think the final reveals arent as well set up, the pacing is weird and all over the place, the photo pieces quest is just padding and backtracking and it SUCKS SO BAD, and poor. poor flora. she deserved better. why was she in this game? why was don paolo here??? i love paolo but like,,,, unnecessary tbh. and these issues do kinda cancel out those positives for me.
overall still a good time, but i do prefer curious village slightly more. next up is my fave in the series, and the one that has a final cutscene that always makes me cry.
tldr; good nostalgia trip but this game doesnt hold up for me personally, i like it but wish i loved it
Favorite in the series.
Revisiting this one as an adult, the ending hits different. Love that you get to explore a couple different places (not just one village). Atmosphere is great as usual
sendo o segundo jogo da franquia, achei que tá no mesmo nível de qualidade do primeiro, com algumas melhorias e tem uma história muito boa. Por exemplo agora você pode desenhar em qualquer puzzle, o símbolo de quando tem alguma interação no cenário é diferente se ele for te dar um puzzle ou não (o que melhora muito a otimização de tempo).
mas apesar de eu ter achado tão bom quanto o anterior, algumas coisas me incomodaram um pouco, como o começo da narrativa e alguns aspectos serem mt parecidos com o do primeiro.
tem também o fato de ter alguns puzzles que não são nenhum pouco intuitivos, o que quase não tinha no outro jogo.
mas apesar de eu ter achado tão bom quanto o anterior, algumas coisas me incomodaram um pouco, como o começo da narrativa e alguns aspectos serem mt parecidos com o do primeiro.
tem também o fato de ter alguns puzzles que não são nenhum pouco intuitivos, o que quase não tinha no outro jogo.
i love this duo so much
Most underrated in the series imo
I love Layton and this one was in my backlog, i just never had this one so never got a chance to play it.
Seeing that it was now on Android decided it was time to give it a chance, after having played at least half of the Layton games already, so already coming in knowing what to expect.
Having played it, it has the layton charm, sure, but man it's def the only layton game where i fell like it was missing something, the mistery is kinda okayish, and the ending is barebones, feels incredibly rushed, I have a feeling this game was made quickly to cash on the popularity after the curious village released.
That said it still is layton and while it may be the weakest one so far that i played (Except for lady Katrielle that one is god-awful) it still was a nice playthrough.
But hey, after this one we got Unwound Future wich is one of my favourite games in general so no complaining there.
Seeing that it was now on Android decided it was time to give it a chance, after having played at least half of the Layton games already, so already coming in knowing what to expect.
Having played it, it has the layton charm, sure, but man it's def the only layton game where i fell like it was missing something, the mistery is kinda okayish, and the ending is barebones, feels incredibly rushed, I have a feeling this game was made quickly to cash on the popularity after the curious village released.
That said it still is layton and while it may be the weakest one so far that i played (Except for lady Katrielle that one is god-awful) it still was a nice playthrough.
But hey, after this one we got Unwound Future wich is one of my favourite games in general so no complaining there.
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Defeated by the input system on the DS version. For some reason I can't write a C even after hundreds of tries. What a stupid roadblock.