Quadrangulum
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Amazon delayed my game to November and then shipped it yesterday. I should be getting it today. I think they've done something like this several times now.
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Professor Layton and the Last Specter/Spectre's Call |OT| NoA Strikes Back
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The dragging around the shoe/trunk icon is kind of a cool idea, but when I tried moving them, it just felt wrong.
thecouncil
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JeTmAn81 said:RETCON TIME!
Amazon still hasn't shipped mine. I hope I don't have to wait weeks and weeks to play this new game which I already bought
well, they don't charge you until it's shipped, so you can cancel if you want.
im also in this 'shipping soon' phase with amazon though. oye.
ChaChaChaChia
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On my way to TRU to get this hoping I can find 2 other games to get with it. I can't wait!! Mildly interested in London Life as well.
hosannainexcelsis
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Amazon ended up shipping my copy after all. Should be here on Saturday. Just need to finish Solatorobo by that time and I'll be all set!
SecretMoblin
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I got this at Target earlier today and haven't started the main game yet, because I wanted to check out Layton's London Life.
It's clearly not very substantive, but it's charming as hell. The spritework and the music are great, and the characters each have a really great personalities. The town is rather small and the quests so far have been simple, but once I figure out how to get my friend code (I'm very dumb) and get online I'll post it.
It's clearly not very substantive, but it's charming as hell. The spritework and the music are great, and the characters each have a really great personalities. The town is rather small and the quests so far have been simple, but once I figure out how to get my friend code (I'm very dumb) and get online I'll post it.
SecretMoblin
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Yes -- you can apparently visit other people's towns, and there's a tag mode component.artwalknoon said:
Is it just me or does anyone else want to see an animated scene showing all the amazingly good food that is featured in the Layton games? The restaurant in Last Specter has all the great dishes that sound amazing when the characters describe them and the restaurant itself looks very charming. I remember Unwound Future also had a small, quaint restaurant with food that sounded amazing. I'm jealous every time the characters eat...
SecretMoblin
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Alright, I just got past the 20-quest requirement for online stuff in Professor Layton's London Life, so if anyone wants to add me my friend code is 2709-4674-7431. If you want to coordinate something, I'm probably best available in the late evening/night CDT (9pm-3am, or 2am-8am GMT), though if you want to connect at a different time I'm pretty flexible.
I already registered duckroll.
I already registered duckroll.
I just finished all 170 puzzles. The sliding block puzzles were so frustrating. I had to use hints for most of them, and even then, I needed a walkthrough for a few of the bonus ones. Especially the very last puzzle. Ugh.
Anything I should know before I start Layton's London Life?
Anything I should know before I start Layton's London Life?
SecretMoblin
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Don't set your expectations too high and you'll enjoy it.Kazerei said:
ChaChaChaChia
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Started the game yesterday and love the small updates they added. Especially when tapping around for hint coins and the messages that pop up only do so once. I know I spam tap to find coins and hitting a spot with a popup got really annoying in the other games. Also being able to move the shoe and suitcase icons is neat but i agree that it feels wrong to actually put them somewhere else. Haven't gotten too far yet but it's all I can think about while working today so I'll definitely be getting some good puzzling in this weekend
I beat it. Clear save was 17 hours, but I think I missed a TON of stuff. Didn't complete any of the minigame collections, and I'm missing quite a number of Episodes, and other shit. Definitely gotta go back and clear all that shit up. Haven't beaten London Life either, but that's more of a daily toilet session game.
I'll write more detailed impressions later, but I really liked it. Layton games are the one time every year where I stop hating Level5 for a few weeks, and I'm glad that's still the case.
I'll write more detailed impressions later, but I really liked it. Layton games are the one time every year where I stop hating Level5 for a few weeks, and I'm glad that's still the case.
Hours Left
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Finally got my copy today.
-Pyromaniac-
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So I beat this game last night. Good times. Solid 8.5/10. I think it's one of the better ones. Loved the story, as usual. Level-5 kills it with these games. How Hino manages to make these games with such elegant and sweet and nice stories and then makes other games with random ass stories in itself is PUZZLING.
Well for the record, Layton needs a plot to be playable. Inazuma Eleven and Danball Senki don't need plot to be enjoyable games. I mean, a good plot would be nice, but it's not necessary. Seriously, when you can summon a phoenix using a soccer ball and leg power, the term "plot" is literally thrown out the window.-Pyromaniac- said:
Just got to chapter 9, dunno how much longer I have to go since if I'm not mistaken the previous three games each had different numbers of chapters.
It's been a pleasure as always, and I'm finding the story to be a little more engaging than the previous games' (though I will be impressed if the ending is able to match up to Unwound Future's).
It's been a pleasure as always, and I'm finding the story to be a little more engaging than the previous games' (though I will be impressed if the ending is able to match up to Unwound Future's).
Yay, now there's people to discuss the story/characters with!
To be quite honest ... I was kind of disappointed with the way the game ended :\ The pacing throughout the game was great, but then the ending seemed kind of abrupt (at least it didn't drag on like in Unwound Future though). While going through the Factory, I felt like there was still more mystery to uncover and explore, but then it was final boss and done. And it didn't help that the villain was barely introduced. So when is Mask of Miracle gonna get localized?
-Pyromaniac-
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honestly if ninokuni for ps3 has a story even half has charming as any of the layton games it might be the game of forever.squall23 said:
Twin brother you say? That reminds me of a puzzleduckroll said:
Kazerei said:Yay, now there's people to discuss the story/characters with!
To be quite honest ... I was kind of disappointed with the way the game ended :\ The pacing throughout the game was great, but then the ending seemed kind of abrupt (at least it didn't drag on like in Unwound Future though). While going through the Factory, I felt like there was still more mystery to uncover and explore, but then it was final boss and done. And it didn't help that the villain was barely introduced. So when is Mask of Miracle gonna get localized?
I don't think it was THAT abrupt, but I definitely agree on unwound future pulling a return of the king at the end with the elongated ending. As for the villain, I think they could have done a tiny but more but I don't think it was too bad. I think they purposely meant to keep it very mysterious and vague so they can extract more from it in a later game (possibly the one that already exists, I wouldn't know since we haven't gotten it *sighhh*)
What surprised me the most about the ending was that
unlike the original Layton trilogy, there seems to be a clear setup at the end of Last Specter for a main village in this prequel trilogy. The villain doesn't seem to be a played-for-gags "rival" character either, but a real villain similar to the one in Unwound Future but on a larger scale (spanning across multiple games). It's going to be really interesting to see where this ultimately leads in the final game.
-Pyromaniac-
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duckroll said:
ahh yeah I dug the personal connection to Layton they briefly teased as well. Definitely more of a set up than the other games. Seems much more interesting than Don Paulo.
-Pyromaniac- said:
I have a very strong feeling that this plot arc is going to have something to do with long lost history of some sort. The villain is looking for ancient civilizations, and they're really playing up Layton's background in archaeology, which is something that wasn't really a focus at all in the previous games.
Come on Nintendo/Level-5, announce Layton 5 already!
-Pyromaniac-
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I beat the game in like 2-3 days. It's the first one where I didn't thoroughly beat the game in my first playthrough like I did the others. I was just so busy and I really wanted to find out what was gonna happen
I will go back for sure though and clean up this time.
I will go back for sure though and clean up this time.
final game will be playedduckroll said:
In the old gressenheller days as a young Hershel! Where you uncover the mystery of who the fuck this guy that keeps hounding you in the present time is
Yeah, I think it would've been better if
So I'm about to watch Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. It's a movie that's supposed to be a direct sequel to Last Specter. Mmmmyeah.
Police Chief Jakes was built up as the main villain of the game, only to discover that Descole is the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. But Jakes wasn't even introduced until chapter 7. The lack of strong villain is a definitely my biggest criticism of this game. Even with a trilogy, each story needs to stand well on its own. But at least they set things up for Eternal Diva and Mask of Miracle.
So I'm about to watch Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. It's a movie that's supposed to be a direct sequel to Last Specter. Mmmmyeah.
-Pyromaniac-
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Do we have to actually watch that? Is it available in english? Will it be recapped in Miracle?
-Pyromaniac- said:
It's available in English on DVD and Blu-ray.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003PHT5WO/
-Pyromaniac- said:
I don't think it will be recapped in Mask of Miracle. It seems to be a separate plot, but it'll provide more backstory on various characters
namely Descole
Edit, but beaten: It looks like Eternal Diva will be released in North America in a few weeks. Amazon.com and Amazon.ca both have it.
US release on Nov 8th, but DVD only: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005GP7F20/?tag=neogaf0e-20
-Pyromaniac-
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bro what is this UK business you have presented me. Gawwwd in Canada the price is so high for the damn dvd, not even the bluray:duckroll said:
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005GP7F20/
edit: oh good USA price is also kind of high. It's actually not a terrible price but I haven't seen a dvd with that price around here in ages.
duckroll said:
http://store.viz.com/Professor-Layton-The-Eternal-Diva/A/B005GP7F20.htm
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
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MidnightScott
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Did it have a dub when it was released in Europe? :/
RurouniZel
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duckroll said:
So it's on BluRay in the UK? Decisions decisions. My PS3 won't play UK BluRays, does anyone know how expensive a UK Blu Ray player is?
Also (ending spoilers)
am I the only one who teared up a bit at the death of Loosha? (sp?) He fought that fucking mech like a boss I tell ya! ^^ And I agree with Duckroll in that I really like how they're setting up Descole as a much more serious recurring villain unlike Don Paolo who was just comic relief (though he was great in Unwound Future).
RurouniZel said:
Yeah, I teared up too :'(
I finally got around to watching Eternal Diva, and it was quite good. There were just a few puzzles, but lots of action to make up for it. Animation and voices were great, exactly what I expected.
So there's an intended order to the second trilogy, but it's definitely possible to skip one or play them out of order, just like with the first trilogy. Some of the minor characters re-appear in later stories, but the story is still understandable without them.
I'm pretty bummed that Viz is only releasing the Japanese dub on DVD. The UK dub would've made way more sense :\
Anyways, probably the best way to play the blu-ray is to buy a BD-ROM drive for your PC (it's easy to bypass the region lock with software), or buy one of those sketchy region-free BD players, or try modding the BD player you already have.
Finished the story (still have about 70 puzzles to go counting bonus ones). The idea of a
for the game worked surprisingly well, though the music played a big part in that. I agree the ending felt a little abrupt, and I wish
I imagine Mask of Miracle goes into that a bit more, since (sort of MoM spoilers, it was in all the advertising)
And though I hate to say it, I'm betting Mask of Miracle will follow the usual Layton pattern and we'll see a reannouncement at next year's E3 (it actually was shown off in English at E3 2010, but it was pretty clearly a mockup) followed by a fall release.
"final boss"
they'd used Descole a bit more, even though he's clearly being set up as the villain of the prequel trilogy.
part of the game is played as Layton while he's still in college, where I'm guessing some hints about Descole are likely to be dropped.
And though I hate to say it, I'm betting Mask of Miracle will follow the usual Layton pattern and we'll see a reannouncement at next year's E3 (it actually was shown off in English at E3 2010, but it was pretty clearly a mockup) followed by a fall release.