I've been playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village, finally. I didn't realize it was going to be allllll brainteasers. I thought there would be more adventuring in between the puzzles, a la Trace Memory. Blah. It's compelling enough that I'm still playing, though, so that says something. Thank god for GameFAQs, however, or I'd have given up ages ago. Too much maths! Me hate teh maths!
If I recall correctly, my SAT math score was something like half my verbal score.
I do very well at all the diagram puzzles though.
By the way, don't even bother buying any hints. Every hint I've bought so far just repeats the original problem in a new way. Gee, thanks, I know how to read. Now tell me something useful like which matchstick to move first.
This Penny Arcade comic pretty much sums it up.