Professor Layton and the Curious Village
by Nintendo
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Video Game Reviews of Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Customer Review: Excellent non traditional game
Summary: 5 Stars
Hi, I've recently purchased Professor Layton and the Curious Village. This is a challenging and fun nintendo DS puzzle game.
The touch screen to solve puzzles is brilliantly used, and the Nintendo WiFi connection allows you to download new puzzles weekly.
I recommend this game to anyone.
Customer Review: A fun batch of puzzles
Summary: 4 Stars
All in all, not a bad game. I don't feel like I'm "in" the game - there is a story line with puzzles that pop up as you discover them, but the puzzles really don't directly relate to the game (as with something like Zelda). For instance, there are matchstick rearranging puzzles that you can solve, but it doesn't involve the game's characters. Once I accepted that I wasn't a character in a puzzle game, but was solving a bunch of puzzles, I have enjoyed it more :-).Customer Review: A pleasant diversion if you like Zelda's puzzles but hate the battles
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a 40-something who's always liked the Zelda-type RPG games for the puzzles but who's always hated the monster-battles and the fact that you couldn't save at any time you liked, so you would always get thrown back to a point well back if you ran out of lives before you won a given monster battle, so you'd have to repeat previous stages again and again until you beat the monster. I don't see the point of that ridiculous & repetitive cheese-chasing. I buy games for relaxation and some mental workout challenge, not frustration. I get enough frustration at work -- and at least there I get PAID for it.
That's why I liked this game so much. There wasn't any time pressure, you could save & stop at any point you liked, and most of the puzzles were challenging enough to be interesting.
I took off a star for a few reasons:
1. The 'back-story' games, like building up the stuff in the Inn rooms, or creating a painting from the scraps you were awarded, seemed pointless.
2. You couldn't get an answer to any puzzles that truly stumped you.
3. In 2 puzzles, I had a definitively correct answer but since it wasn't THE correct answer I had to keep trying again and again to figure out what the game wanted me to say. (Case in point: The Tile puzzle.)
4. And, most annoying: I discovered that you should never ever ever go back thru the tower door once you've gone thru the first time. If you do, you'll get stuck in the unstoppable little mini-movie that begins once you choose to enter the doors, and doesn't end until all the credits have s-l-o-w-l-y crawled off the screen. (Well, you can just shut off the DS, but if you've solved extra puzzles in the meantime, your progress would be lost if you did.)
Nice little plus that you can download extra free puzzles weekly if you have Wireless Broadband in your home. I have a secure network but just plugged in the WEP key and now can download new puzzles.
Solved the game in about 17 hours, but have spent a few extra hours to solve the additional download puzzles.
I got what I wanted from it - relaxation, some mental challenge, and a pleasant diversion. What else could you do that would give you 17+ hours of that for just $29?
Customer Review: Disappointing. Mostly boring, repetitive, and slow paced.
Summary: 3 Stars
At first this game seemed cool because I enjoy puzzles, however, there were too many boring puzzles that seemed repetitive. I found myself searching for action and adventure. It seems like the creators of this game made a template and filled in the blanks with hundreds of boring, slow, and repetitive puzzles. I wanted more. Customer Review: Excellent--fun and educational
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this game. I hope they release the other Professor Layton games to the US. I think I spent 18 hours playing and it was so addictive. Well worth the money spent.