The success of the Nintendo DS has produced a completely new player base: Casual Gamers. Meaning the players that their console and its handheld only now and then dig out and knit with simple, usually employ less demanding games. Of course there was this before, but they used to play most of their PC (MINE SWEEPER anyone?). With the DS and the Wii, however, the field has shifted increasingly to the video game world. Much to Missfalen the so-called core gamers who consider playing more as a sport, where high levels, realistic graphics, bombastic sound and a sophisticated game play are important. As it stands, but do not have the big money, since DS-logic-games such as Dr Kawashima's BRAIN JOGGING FOR YOUR dominated since almost three years, the international sales charts. to bring
casual and core gamers under one roof, is a task which apparently took the Japanese software company "Level 5". After fantasy epics like Dragon Quest VII one seemed willing to it with an interesting experiment to To venture which offered an accessible gameplay that could capture even Grandma and Grandpa in front of the DS, but also a demanding technology had to offer real challenges and a thrilling story. Was born PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MYSTERIOUS VILLAGE. The game burst into Japan charts. After over a year lasted until LAYTON also reached the American shore, and was in this country still appeared on any list announcement, fans have already buried the hope for an official EU events (and possibly attacked on U.S. imports). But in the late autumn of last year it was in Europe so far, and PROFESSOR LAYTON creamed off us with very good sales figures.
It looks simple, but one should not underestimate the difficulty of the puzzle ... Professor Layton is an interesting fellow. He sees himself primarily as a mystery crackers, which it extends everywhere unsolved mysteries waiting to be solved. He has already unraveled many a criminal case and those responsible brought to the track. However, he does not like it when he is called a private detective. His young assistant Luke sees something different, but in his Layton shows you some leniency. One day be called the Professor and Luke in the village of St. Mystere. On behalf of Lady Dahlia, the two are the secret of the Golden Apple . Solve No one knows what it is for this artifact of the late Baron Reinhold is. But it is clear that Dahlia may take up the legacy of her dead husband's only when the golden apple falls into their hands. And then make Layton and Luke in embracing the mysterious village under the microscope. Quickly notice that its people behave very strangely. But since they are all challenging puzzles for the professor to keep at hand, they grow fond of him quickly. Then, when suddenly a murder, but shows that St. Mystere has a really dark secret. Layton is confident that this is related to the dark tower, which extends in the heart of the village in the sky ...
Sounds like a classic adventure game, right? PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MYSTERIOUS VILLAGE but can not easily submit to a genre. While exploring the village in Adventuremarnier, chatting with residents and sometimes even collecting items, the core of the game of solving seemingly simple mental exercises. But precisely here lies the real requirement: The logic puzzles are all quite challenging and can not be resolved, especially later in the game "just". Here is a real brain acrobatics. Only through the successful completion of certain UpDown progressing the game. Coming next time do not, up to three hints per puzzle activate - if you have enough coins unearthed in the village to pay it. Again and again there are situations where you realize how stupid it actually was, and that the solution was obvious and simple. I can say that I felt throughout the game like a little idiot ...
And there lies the "problem" of the game. If you are blessed not just with a big brain, PROFESSOR LAYTON will offer many frustrating moments, not enough where even the tips, and they will resort to a walkthrough to get ahead - because mindless trial and error helps only in few cases. Fortunately, the story is gripping, so that the player despite thinking dead ends not the fun of it loses. You have to deal with the MYSTERIOUS VILLAGE so with patience and time. People who want to tear down the game in four hours, quickly realize that you brühtet sometimes twenty minutes or longer on a task. The LAYTON makes one of the most demanding games that you can currently get on the DS.
"Gaaaaah!" - "I know Luke video players have never seen a beautiful sight ...." PROFESSOR LAYTON it belongs to the best that the DS has to offer. While the game is completely controlled by touch screen, there is a video of beautiful, hand-painted backgrounds. The figures are painted in a charming anime style, reminiscent of Heidi and Co.. The back story is told in great animated sequences that could then also run the children's program / should. The speech output is achieved not through the entire game, but is pleasantly free of noise and filled with excellent speakers. The melancholy, slightly French music is engaging and beautifully composed, in the long run but maybe a tad monotonous.
All in all, PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MYSTERIOUS VILLAGE a beautiful symbiosis of different game genres, a crisp problem (where you really can learn something) and a technical (DS) feat. Nevertheless, one must say clearly that not every gamer will be happy. First-person shooter fans, which it is already too much if you occasionally have to solve small puzzles switch should make PROFESSOR LAYTON a wide berth. All others had said that they have available for a game that will surely go down as a classic in the software history.
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