Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Meh. Not curious at all.

User Rating: 5 | Professor Layton and the Curious Village DS

By annbwashere | Review Date: February 19, 2008

This is a series of elementary school puzzle/logic games wrapped in a cutesy cartoon style which Nintendo seems to require of game developers. Most of the puzzles in it are relatively easy to solve, but there are a handful that were difficult.

There is no real investigation here, as the marketing for the game implies. As the game progresses, things are simply revealed to you. You aren't really involved in piecing together information or clues. In fact, you will be able to guess on your own what's so curious about the village within the first hour of gameplay.

Other bad points: the script is awful, and the old English accent of the two main characters is nearly unbearable.

If you are a lover of puzzles or logic games, I suggest you look somewhere else for a challenge. This seems geared towards children.

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