While I certainly enjoyed my time with this game, I can't help but feel that this is the layton series' weakest showing yet. It is quite impressive to me that a game with elements I found extremely annoying still manages a 7 with the likability and charm of it's core cast and fun puzzles. However, the story and mysteries just feel underwhelming. I like the idea of jumping between past and present, all tied into one mystery. However, it relies on flat and boring characters and it really feels half baked. The city is neat, but somewhat uninspired. The mysteries have some truly ridiculous solutions that aren't ridiculous enough to be fun or reasonable enough to be figured out on your own. But, the dialouge is still good, there's plenty of fun moments. Plus the puzzles are still great. Lotta missteps here, but still a good time.