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Professor Layton and the Last Specter/Spectre's Call |OT| NoA Strikes Back
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Cheska said:YAY!! Nabbed the very last copy at my Toys R Us today
Around how long has it taken you guys to complete the main game?
I clocked in at around 9 hours, but that was having missed a good 40-50 puzzles in the main story and without touching the bonus content (or even much of the minigames.)
Hyperfludd
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Jealous of those playing it. It's out of stock in most places around here, and I refuse to fork over $40 to Best Buy..why are they tacking on an extra ten dollars?
GSR said:
Seems likely, except, surprisingly, this time we might actually get an announcement for a new Layton game before the next one is out (or even announced!) in Japan!
It seems likely that with Level-5 pushing Layton vs PW, Layton Brothers, and Layton Royale, they're giving Layton 6 more time before announcing it. If that's the case, then it's possible that it won't be out until end 2012 in Japan at the earliest.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Cheska said:YAY!! Nabbed the very last copy at my Toys R Us today
Around how long has it taken you guys to complete the main game?
Took me 15 hours.
duckroll said:
Yeah, the impression I've been getting is that when PLvsAA was given the green light during production of Mask of Miracle, it was decided to have the main Layton team work on that before Layton 6, hence why we never saw any real images from PLvsAA until several months after Mask of Miracle was out in Japan.
Hours Left
Member
The music in the Layton games is always great, but it really stands out in this one.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Just plopped this into my DS and played around with Layton Life a little. It's extremely simple and shallow, but the localization stands out and makes it more enjoyable than it should be.
The title theme is fantastic.
Gunloc said:
The title theme is fantastic.
Gunloc said:
Definitely. The music used for the final few chapters (Descole's Theme,
The Final Battle, Loosha's Theme
The main theme is good, though it's a little odd with the direction it goes in the middle of the song.
Hours Left
Member
Yeah, it's not that deep, but it is a fun time killer.hosannainexcelsis said:
But, it makes me want the next Animal Crossing really badly.
SecretMoblin
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Added you, too.creid said:
I'm jealous of duckroll's samurai gear. I'm still in the early stages of London Life, and I'm in the middle of a long break to play the main game. Can't wait to get all of the townspeople and items, and perhaps get better at juggling.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Did they really have to use Liam O'Brien again for an important side-character? It's kind of distracting.
linko9
Member
Man the plotholes in this game are even worse than in previous entries.
Some mystery. Game is still awesome, cool puzzles, and amazing visuals and audio.
So I'm still pretty early on, but basically, there's some big mystery as to how Luke is able to predict where the specter will strike... and then soon after you find out that the place that gets stuck is always marked with graffiti beforehand, and causes a big hubub where the whole town gathers around.
Here's a couple of odd questions:
1] The secret code in the fifth game to open the secret door: usually it's DS generated or something, meaning it changes from game to game... but the fifth game is on the 3DS. how the heck does it work?
Not only this, but i'll have to buy an European copy since the 3DS is region-locked!
2] London Life: i want to play it like the Japanese release -- after the main quest -- even if it's unlocked from the start.
But does it actually link with the main game? i mean, if you unlock something in the game you will have something in London Life or thing like that? if so, i will start it anyway.
Oh and does it really have WiFi? are you guys doing a friend codes' list?
Thanks.
1] The secret code in the fifth game to open the secret door: usually it's DS generated or something, meaning it changes from game to game... but the fifth game is on the 3DS. how the heck does it work?
Not only this, but i'll have to buy an European copy since the 3DS is region-locked!
2] London Life: i want to play it like the Japanese release -- after the main quest -- even if it's unlocked from the start.
But does it actually link with the main game? i mean, if you unlock something in the game you will have something in London Life or thing like that? if so, i will start it anyway.
Oh and does it really have WiFi? are you guys doing a friend codes' list?
Thanks.
I added everyone who posted to my friend roster. Not that it really matters since no one is really playing this! Lol.
1) It works the same way that every Layton game has worked so far. It doesn't matter which system you are playing any game on. What matters is the codes the games generate. You need to put the key code you have generated from one game into the next. Taking this valid code, it will then generate a response code for that. That's all the games have ever done.
2) There is no link at all between London Life and the actual Layton game. London Life does have WiFi. It allows you to register a friend list and then update it, and your registered friends will appear in the park's social area walking around. You can also use the system to trade gifts that way.
Wizpig said:
1) It works the same way that every Layton game has worked so far. It doesn't matter which system you are playing any game on. What matters is the codes the games generate. You need to put the key code you have generated from one game into the next. Taking this valid code, it will then generate a response code for that. That's all the games have ever done.
2) There is no link at all between London Life and the actual Layton game. London Life does have WiFi. It allows you to register a friend list and then update it, and your registered friends will appear in the park's social area walking around. You can also use the system to trade gifts that way.
Like the hat?
Banned
Finished it up. Liked it, but wasn't as strong storywise as the others, in my opinion. Loved seeing Luke and Layton meet for the first time. On to more of London Life!
The only thing linked in London Life and the main game is some of the characters from the main game being in London Life, but it's characters from the whole series anyway.
The only thing linked in London Life and the main game is some of the characters from the main game being in London Life, but it's characters from the whole series anyway.
1) Thanks, i see, but do you think the code will work with US/EUR copies? i'd hate to miss the secret in the fourth game. maybe a code generator, if it doesn't work?duckroll said:
2) Ok, i still think i will start it when i finish the main quest... honestly i don't know why they unlocked it from the start. it's a nice thing, but wouldn't it have been more satisfying as an unlockable extra?
Wizpig said:
1) I dunno. All my Laytons are the US versions, and my Layton 5 will likely be a US one too. Can't help you there.
2) No, not really. I just consider it some random extra which I play for a few minutes every day or every other day. I actually don't even play it much anymore, because it's kinda silly and boring.
Just beat this game yesterday. Its a solid Layton adventure though its not as good as UF. Even though all Layton games are silly this one got a bit too silly for my tastes near the end. Beating this game kinda made me want to replay UF which remains the pinnacle of the Layton series so far. But now I'm even more excited for the first 3ds game which should have just enough newness to it to keep the series from getting stale.
Like the hat?
Banned
oh, forgot to add:
11 hours 54 minutes
solved 121, 122 found. Can't remember which one I didn't solve... Time to go find out.
edit: oh, it's the one puzzle I had opened from the extras section. So I guess I found and solved 121 in the main game.
11 hours 54 minutes
solved 121, 122 found. Can't remember which one I didn't solve... Time to go find out.
edit: oh, it's the one puzzle I had opened from the extras section. So I guess I found and solved 121 in the main game.
SecretMoblin
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I'll add you in a few hours. Remember to choose "update" from the guy so all the data can be synced.jgkspsx said:
Hours Left
Member
Edit: My friend list is full now, sorry.
Added duckroll, jgkspsx, cried and SecretMoblin.
SecretMoblin
Member
Alright, just added Gunloc and jgkspsx. I really need to play PLLL more.
Haven't played this one too much yet, but while some stuff towards the end in unwound future was great, the majority of the plot was pretty idiotic, even for a layton game. And this is like my favorite DS series next to Phoenix Wright.
I mean, there were 1000000000 questions that had to be asked when they revealed the big "plot twist" in UF. I was used to Layton twists, but just wtf.
Still loved it as a game, but dat plot twist.
I mean, there were 1000000000 questions that had to be asked when they revealed the big "plot twist" in UF. I was used to Layton twists, but just wtf.
Still loved it as a game, but dat plot twist.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Midou said:
The plot twists in Unwound Future were the best!
First, you have this sci-fi premise of travelling through time to future London. Then, they eliminate the sci-fi premise through the even more implausible "rational" explanation that the world's largest and most expensive construction project had managed to create a second fake London underneath the real one and somehow get together enough willing people to populate it. Then they go ahead and do the time travel anyway!
hosannainexcelsis said:
I actually found
time travel would have been a better twist for most of it, I mean, how could an underground london not be obvious, how would you even recreate the sky perfectly, Layton should have been able to see through it, because there is no way it could have been done to that extent. I would have kind of loved to see Layton actually be evil in the future, I knew it coulden't be done, but it would have been awesome, he could have had a goatee and everything
I liked the 2nd one the best so far because it was on a train, and trains are awesome.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I finally went through the trouble of getting my DS to play nice with my Wi-Fi network so I could bring you all my London Life friend code: 3654-3695-3222. I'll go through and add everyone who's listed theirs in the thread now.
That's why I said
Midou said:
That's why I said
"even more implausible". I would have liked to see evil Layton too but, alas, I'm sure they didn't want anything that would ruin his image.
So I finish the first Layton game, but never got around to the other two. I picked up this one just for London Life but I also I want to play the story. I know it is a prequel, but would I benefit playing the others two first? Or does it not matter? I thought that each Layton game basically had it's own self-contained story, but I am not sure.
hosannainexcelsis said:
But
evil layton could have taken his tea without sugar, and modern layton could have returned evil layton to his normal self, its a plot in itself.
I do get the concept of not wanting to.. destroy Layton's integrity, but really, if he didn't figure out what was going on in the plot twist of the third game, his integrity is shot anyways.