I really do admire what its trying to go for. The individual mysteries, played in any order, is a really charming idea and it provides a new sense of freedom the series needed.

But it also closes off the meat of the game. The real mystery is ignored and then crammed into the final act. The pacing ends up all over the place. Finale becomes a disaster. Character arcs nearly nonsense. Its such a shame because its kind of a betrayal of what WORKED about Layton. Just tragic.