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.