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Gamezine: Professor Layton and the Curious Village review

Gamezine:

"Once you've finished all of the puzzles in the main game and come to the end of the narrative, you'll unlock yet more puzzles, as well as some other bonuses AND the weekly puzzles to download. Phew. If played in short but regular sessions, the game should last for a fair while, but it's all too easy to get stuck in 'just one more puzzle...' mode and end up completing half of the puzzles overnight.

All in all, Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a must buy for anyone who loves puzzles and riddles in general. It's a joy to play, and its few shortcomings - a couple of the puzzles are actually wrong and hunting for the very last few puzzles can get tiresome - are of little consequence when compared with the playability and sheer happiness the rest of the game offers."

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How Was I Supposed to Know THAT? ~ Obtuse Things in Games - Volume Four

Phil writes, "Today is National Puzzle Day, and it's a day for celebration of all things that twist, melt, bust, or otherwise perplex your brain puzzle-wise. It seems like a fantastic day to bring back an old favorite article series that hasn't seen much action recently. It's "How Was I Supposed to Know THAT!?", where we take a look at those frustratingly obtuse parts of games, whether for progression purposes or just plain ol' devious puzzles that one would have to be an absolute genius of a specialized field to solve. These following five games each have a particularly perplexing part or puzzle in them that possess some kind of masterful amount of outside information or knowledge to get past or solve them."

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Nacho_Z1914d ago

Never been a fan of the kind of game design where you need a guide to be able to do it, some might say it's quirky but I think it's dumb.

That's why The Witness is so good, the puzzles are often confusing and very difficult but there's always a logical solution if you think about it enough.

DarkZane1914d ago

It's actually easier for FF IX now, contrary to what the article says. The speed increase makes the game plays at x3 the speed, but it doesn't actually make the timer go faster, so it makes getting there in 12 hours a lot easier.

gold_drake1914d ago

sure sure, but it was neeear impossible to actually get the EC2 in-time on the ps1. especially if you had the European version.

Tross2169d ago

If Nintendo rolled out VC two years ago like they should have, there would probably be DS and 3DS games on the Switch by now. But yeah, I think DS and 3DS are something they should do.

pietro12122169d ago

It would be nice to see both Bravely titles on the Switch.

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Level-5 Professor Layton and The Snack World Finally Coming To The West

Level-5 is known for many beloved games like Fantasy Life, the Professor Layton series and the newest addition The Snack World. Level-5 latest game has only been released in Japan, but according to the website that handles the localization of the game, tells us it will finally come to the west.

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