2008 Woodie Awards
Review of 'Professor Layton and the Curious Village' for the DS
Britton Peele
Issue date: 2/22/08 Section: La Vida
But the puzzles themselves are the main draw of this game. If you're a big fan of riddles and brain teasers, you may recognize several of them. You're presented with classic quandaries such as getting three wolves and three chickens across a lake using only a small raft (and without the wolves eating the chickens), or identifying who is telling the truth amongst a group of liars. All these provide for some entertaining game play, as well as some great mental exercise.
There are more than 100 puzzles in the main game alone, which easily could keep you busy for 14 hours or more, not including some of the side events such as finding pieces of a broken painting and putting them back together. After the main game, you unlock a separate set of more challenging puzzles, which provides even more play time. Finish those? Well, Nintendo and Level 5 are releasing weekly puzzles for download over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, free of charge. There's a whole lot of incentive to come back to the game.
It's not a game for everybody. If you absolutely hate using your head, doing simple math or thinking about certain questions that may remind you just a little too much of the SATs, then you may not enjoy Professor Layton. However, if you have any love at all for puzzles and brain teasers, you'd be wrong to not at least give this game a look. Do yourself a favor and check out "Professor Layton and the Curious Village." As the good Professor says, "Critical thinking is the key to success!"
There are more than 100 puzzles in the main game alone, which easily could keep you busy for 14 hours or more, not including some of the side events such as finding pieces of a broken painting and putting them back together. After the main game, you unlock a separate set of more challenging puzzles, which provides even more play time. Finish those? Well, Nintendo and Level 5 are releasing weekly puzzles for download over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, free of charge. There's a whole lot of incentive to come back to the game.
It's not a game for everybody. If you absolutely hate using your head, doing simple math or thinking about certain questions that may remind you just a little too much of the SATs, then you may not enjoy Professor Layton. However, if you have any love at all for puzzles and brain teasers, you'd be wrong to not at least give this game a look. Do yourself a favor and check out "Professor Layton and the Curious Village." As the good Professor says, "Critical thinking is the key to success!"
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