Customer Reviews for Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Professor Layton and the Curious Village
by Nintendo

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Video Game Reviews of Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Customer Review: Best Puzzle game in a long time!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is by far the best puzzle game I have played in a long time!

The storyline is about Professor Layton and his young sidekick Luke who on a Holmes-like quest for "The Golden Apple". Sounds more adventure than puzzle, doesn't it? Wrong! The story is beautifully wound around the puzzles. Only by solving the puzzles can the professor and Luke make their way around the village.

The characters in the village are well thought out, each with their own unique characteristics. The dialog is sweet and does not take away from the puzzles, but still gives you enough direction to make your way through the village.

The puzzles are varied to the point that you are looking forward to the next one. They vary in type and level of difficulty. Some of them were "Argh! I know I can do this" difficult, but isn't that what puzzling is all about? The hints are also very well done, giving you just enough to still be able to solve the puzzles on your own.

I just completed the game last week, and surprise! I realized you can download new puzzles every week for free!

Bottom line - an extremely gripping and entertaining game for the puzzle enthusiast!

Customer Review: Train Your Brain the Anime Way
Summary: 4 Stars

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a great game for people who enjoy brain teasers of all kinds -- be it math, word, tactical or logic puzzles. Graphics are excellent, many of the characters are plain funny, and the art is great for fans of anime. The story line is a bit wah-wah at times and you (as the player) are more often in the position of Luke, as you are left in the dark as far as Layton's suspicions and theories to the matters at hand. The fact that you have no "real" interaction in the story line (decisions on what to say to whom, etc.) is kind of a bummer, but in hindsight it's not that big of a deal.

Some of the wording to some of the puzzles is a bit backwards and difficult to understand. Some of the puzzels, admittedly, I just didn't get and had to look online for cheats or explanations. On the other hand, some of the more difficult puzzles actually turned into conversation topics between friends (oh yes, I outsourced help). The Curious Village really does make you think and gets your mental process flowing, but in a generally relaxed and enjoyable manner.

One interesting/nice thing about the game is that, even once you've finished the story line, you still have a chance to go through the village and find more puzzles, as well as unlock bonus round puzzles and download a "weekly puzzle" from DS download stations (something I have yet to try, but assume would be both worth while and "getting more for your money").

All in all, a fun DS game that doesn't make you feel a fool for playing video games. Looking forward to the next Prof. Layton edition!

Customer Review: Better than Brain Age
Summary: 4 Stars

I received a DS for Christmas mainly because I was interested in Brain Age. I played with the Brain Age for a while and then got bored with it after a couple of weeks. Looking around at other games, I came across this one and was captivated by the graphics and "curious" story-line. I love solving these types of puzzles so I bought the game to play on a long road trip.

It was entertaining and a fun way to pass the time. I am looking forward to the sequel.

Customer Review: Must buy!
Summary: 5 Stars

Excellent game. Its one of those games that once you pick it up, you will not be able to put it down until you finish it.

Its simply amazing. A girlfriend of mine who never played a DS before simply did not want to give me mine back until she beat it.