Author Topic: the next big ds game: professor layton (Read 9227 times)

drohne · « **on:** January 03, 2008, 09:37:28 AM »

it's like having the back of a box of sugary cereal on your nintendo ds! only $29.99! yes, it's all the puzzles you remember from 'fun' moments of elementary school, only they've been dumbed down a little, because school was a gradually unfolding revelation of your mental inferiority, and nintendo ds is about feeling GOOD. it comes with j-gaf's highest recommendations -- and hey, if you'll play phoenix wright, your dumb ass will probably play anything!

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2008, 10:13:32 AM »

I still can't believe I bought and played Phoenix Wright due to GAF. $:-\$

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2008, 10:28:20 AM »

guh the stupid river puzzle. I hate that one.

y2kev · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2008, 10:52:15 AM »

i hate phoenix shit

Beezy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2008, 11:17:21 AM »

Phoenix Wright haters can choke on a dick.

Anyway, this is the next big DS game:

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** January 03, 2008, 11:21:38 AM »

uh wow i think that single screenshot got completely disinterested with layton. thanks, drohne!

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2008, 12:22:55 PM »

yuck plus

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2008, 12:36:28 PM »

at last, Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia has been given bad Euro artwork

fortunately I've been playing Bioware games so I'm ready for anything!!

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:10:30 PM »

I actually am looking forward to P. Layton. I love puzzle games and this will be one, one with super-high production values and a shitload of nifty puzzles.
Yes please. If it helps, consider it the anti-Hotel Dusk.

Himu · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:25:44 PM »

how is it the anti-hotel dusk

i am anti-hotel dusk and will support anything that is anti-hotel dusk

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:28:35 PM »

god, hotel fucking dust
worst game purchase of 2007

demi · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:28:55 PM »

buy a flashcart

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:31:46 PM »

That's what Layton is?

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:33:51 PM »

Hotel Dusk = Nada Puzzles, Too Much Text
Professor Layton = Puzzles Aplenty, Less Obtrusive Story

demi · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:34:19 PM »

i hope they get harder than "circle the village"

Himu · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:50:28 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on January 03, 2008, 01:33:51 PM

Hotel Dusk = Nada Puzzles, Too Much Text
Professor Layton = Puzzles Aplenty, Less Obtrusive Story

the bad thing about hotel dusk is that there was so much text but the STORY WAS SHIT

i can't believe the gaffers defending that game. someone said that hotel dusk's story is on par with THE AVERAGE BOOK

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:56:50 PM »

I'm thinking that Mazes of Fate DS remake will be the hot shit for 2008.

I also predict that the usual butthurt nerds will continue to have a chaffed ass over every move Ninty makes. What's up, Evilbore?

Himu · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2008, 01:59:01 PM »

what the fuck is corny TALKING about? This thread has nothing to do with Nintendo hate. GOD

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2008, 02:02:06 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on January 03, 2008, 01:59:01 PM

what the fuck is corny TALKING about? This thread has nothing to do with Nintendo hate. GOD

Do you have any sort of reading comprehension whatsoever, Habib?

Quote from: drohne on January 03, 2008, 09:37:28 AM

it's like having the back of a box of sugary cereal on your nintendo ds! only $29.99! yes, it's all the puzzles you remember from 'fun' moments of elementary school, only they've been dumbed down a little, because school was a gradually unfolding revelation of your mental inferiority, and nintendo ds is about feeling GOOD. it comes with j-gaf's highest recommendations -- and hey, if you'll play phoenix wright, your dumb ass will probably play anything!

That sounds like a pro-Nintendo statement if I've ever read one.

drohne · « **Reply #19 on:** January 03, 2008, 02:48:16 PM »

actually corny, that's more of an anti you statement than an anti nintendo statement. 'you' plural, indicating ds fans generally, lest you take this as an invitation au e-beouf. ok, that was kind of an anti 'you' singular statement

i can't even blame gaf for my purchase of hotel dusk -- the thing is that i liked trace memory. at least for its first enjoyably puzzly two-thirds. at the end it turns into hotel dusk. IT WAS A WARNING, AND I HEEDED IT NOT

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #20 on:** January 03, 2008, 03:20:01 PM »

Quote from: drohne on January 03, 2008, 02:48:16 PM

actually corny, that's more of an anti you statement than an anti nintendo statement. 'you' plural, indicating ds fans generally, lest you take this as an invitation au e-beouf. ok, that was kind of an anti 'you' singular statement

Ah, at least your insults are somewhat clever.

I still say that all the anti-nintendo statements and sentiments make certain individuals look rather insecure.

Himu · « **Reply #21 on:** January 03, 2008, 03:38:53 PM »

don't just blame gaf for hotel dusk. the game got ridiculously high reviews as well. EGM said it was the best ds adventure game. Holy fuck.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #22 on:** January 03, 2008, 03:42:33 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on January 03, 2008, 02:26:49 PM

The last game I bought on GAF's recommendation was Hotel Dusk.

Well, now I don't feel so bad.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #23 on:** January 03, 2008, 03:50:20 PM »

yeah, someone at EGM gave it a TEN

out of TEN

y2kev · « **Reply #24 on:** January 03, 2008, 03:54:16 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 03, 2008, 03:50:20 PM

yeah, someone at EGM gave it a TEN

out of TEN

yet another reason why michael donahoe is a MORAN

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #25 on:** January 03, 2008, 03:54:56 PM »

Isn't your avatar from Hotel Dusk?

y2kev · « **Reply #26 on:** January 03, 2008, 04:04:43 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2008, 03:54:56 PM

Isn't your avatar from Hotel Dusk?

well the art is good

...shut up

Rman · « **Reply #27 on:** January 03, 2008, 04:06:35 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 03, 2008, 03:50:20 PM

yeah, someone at EGM gave it a TEN

out of TEN

Whaaaat? Seriously?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #28 on:** January 03, 2008, 04:08:18 PM »

Quote from: y2kev on January 03, 2008, 04:04:43 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2008, 03:54:56 PM
Isn't your avatar from Hotel Dusk?
well the art is good

...shut up

lol owned

y2kev · « **Reply #29 on:** January 03, 2008, 04:09:36 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2008, 04:08:18 PM

Quote from: y2kev on January 03, 2008, 04:04:43 PM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2008, 03:54:56 PM
Isn't your avatar from Hotel Dusk?
well the art is good

...shut up

lol owned

for real

tiesto · « **Reply #30 on:** January 03, 2008, 04:28:12 PM »

I kind of expected Layton to have slightly more clever puzzles than the old get the animals across the river... but if that's the level of the game, then I don't think I'm nearly as interested, even if I'm somewhat of a Level-5 fan.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #31 on:** January 03, 2008, 04:30:31 PM »

I am watching Die Hard With a Vengeance in anticipation of this awesome game!!

Himu · « **Reply #32 on:** January 03, 2008, 05:18:02 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 03, 2008, 03:50:20 PM

yeah, someone at EGM gave it a TEN

out of TEN

yeah uh i was thinking with a score like that it must had been at least a really good game

IT WAS BARELY AVERAGE

WTF

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #33 on:** January 03, 2008, 05:24:35 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on January 03, 2008, 11:17:21 AM

Phoenix Wright haters can choke on a dick.

Anyway, this is the next big DS game:

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bluemax · « **Reply #34 on:** January 03, 2008, 05:38:01 PM »

I kinda like PW although I'm afraid its gonna get stale somewhere in the middle of the second game.

Those puzzles though, they remind me of the stupid logic questions you get asked in job interviews. Is the egg drop question going to be on there?

Yeti · « **Reply #35 on:** January 03, 2008, 07:57:46 PM »

I loved Phoenix Wright, all 3 of them. The gameplay was kind of linear, what there was of it, but I love my courtroom dramas like law and order, and I thought the characters all had enough likable personality to make it through.

It probably would have better been suited to a tv show, or comic book or something, but I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much then.

Himu · « **Reply #36 on:** January 03, 2008, 09:35:32 PM »

i love PW

Beezy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2008, 10:24:11 AM »

I just started the final case of PW3 last night. I already consider it to be the best of the 3.

Edit: PW1 had the best music though.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #38 on:** January 04, 2008, 06:20:21 PM »

I read this thread this morning, Hotel Dusk hate and all, and what do I do? I go out and buy Trace Memory, a game that's easily 10 times worse than Hotel Dusk. Don't know why I got it exactly. I certainly wasn't looking for it. It was just sitting there in the used bin for 7 bucks. I played it for about 15 minutes before getting totally bored with it all.

Bah. Time to try out Phantom Hourglass.

Yeti · « **Reply #39 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:16:38 PM »

I thought Hotel Dusk was supposed to be good? What happened?

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #40 on:** January 04, 2008, 11:28:30 PM »

Hotel Dusk sounds more interesting in concept and on the forums than it is in practice. Playing the game will literally put you to sleep. Boring as hell.

Yeti · « **Reply #41 on:** January 05, 2008, 12:11:58 AM »

bummer total.

How is Phantom Hourglass then?

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #42 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:22:03 AM »

I'm not too far into it but so far it feels VERY simple. Maybe too much so. I've been pretty much out of the loop when it came to Phantom Hourglass so I knew next to nothing about it before going in so I was a little surprised to find that all the controls were done with the stylis. Because of that and the way the world is designed, if feels incredibly casual and not really like a normal Zelda game at all....which, in a way, is a good thing 'cause after Twilight Princess I think I got my fill of the normal Zelda templet for the next 15 years. No desire to go back there.

Phantom Hourglass is like a Zelda game for your mother. That's probably the best way to describe it so far.

Vizzys · « **Reply #43 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:27:25 AM »

phoenix wright is a good series

DONT HATE

i can understand the hotel dusk hate tho

Himu · « **Reply #44 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:04:25 AM »

pw haters die

demi · « **Reply #45 on:** February 09, 2008, 08:05:37 PM »

DS #2002 - Professor Layton and the Curious Village (USA)

demi · « **Reply #46 on:** February 09, 2008, 08:35:47 PM »

This game is so cute and gay. I've solved two puzzles.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #47 on:** February 09, 2008, 09:03:37 PM »

I hope I can find this ROM before my big flight tomorrow
I love rearranging matchsticks

cognititivemonster · « **Reply #48 on:** February 09, 2008, 10:06:59 PM »

People keep telling me to play these adventure games on the DS but I can't get into them.

Phoenix Wright - boring
Hotel Dusk - Boring
Professor Layton (had the chance to play the Japanese version with someone translating) - BORING (pick right hate? WTF.)

I mean, if I was 29 and still living with my mother, I might find this kind of fiction interesting - but I don't live with my mother (go jobs) and this fiction seems to be aimed at a 10-12 yr old.

Give me something with a strong sense of humor (and I know some might argue with me that PW does have that... but it doesn't) or something that actually tries to appeal to someone in their late teens - at the least.

Fuck, just give Full Throttle on the DS. Is that so much to ask?

demi · « **Reply #49 on:** February 09, 2008, 10:13:54 PM »

This hat puzzle is weird. I don't really understand the question.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #50 on:** February 09, 2008, 10:15:14 PM »

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Himu · « **Reply #51 on:** February 09, 2008, 11:08:15 PM »

Quote from: cognititivemonster on February 09, 2008, 10:06:59 PM

People keep telling me to play these adventure games on the DS but I can't get into them.

Phoenix Wright - boring
Hotel Dusk - Boring
Professor Layton (had the chance to play the Japanese version with someone translating) - BORING (pick right hate? WTF.)

I mean, if I was 29 and still living with my mother, I might find this kind of fiction interesting - but I don't live with my mother (go jobs) and this fiction seems to be aimed at a 10-12 yr old.

Give me something with a strong sense of humor (and I know some might argue with me that PW does have that... but it doesn't) or something that actually tries to appeal to someone in their late teens - at the least.

Fuck, just give Full Throttle on the DS. Is that so much to ask?

I will admit PW isn't that funny. However, it's still fun to me because of the cases. It's not that great of an adventure game.

I'd honestly take Sam and Max or Grim Fandango but it'd never happen.

demi · « **Reply #52 on:** February 09, 2008, 11:11:16 PM »

There's a downloadable puzzle on Wi-Fi already. Guess what? It's the classic "make 5 squares into 4" matchbook puzzle

Eric P · « **Reply #53 on:** February 09, 2008, 11:11:27 PM »

i couldnt' find a single game worth keeping in a year and half of DS ownership

none of the games really appeal to me.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #54 on:** February 10, 2008, 01:58:01 AM »

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I mean, if I was 29 and still living with my mother, I might find this kind of fiction interesting - but I don't live with my mother (go jobs)

I've had jobs. They suck. Living with your mother and reading cutting edge research papers all day >>>>> living by yourself and writing boring code to interface with old broken technology all day

cognititivemonster · « **Reply #55 on:** February 10, 2008, 05:59:02 PM »

Working with broken tech all day is boring....

Implementing what you've gathered from the research papers is far better than reading them

Himu · « **Reply #56 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:11:52 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 09, 2008, 11:11:27 PM

i couldnt' find a single game worth keeping in a year and half of DS ownership

none of the games really appeal to me.

i'm in the same bag. 90% of all the ds games i've played were meh

demi · « **Reply #57 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:13:02 PM »

This game is one big puzzle book. You can get the same enjoyment from a $3 magazine - the puzzles are probably harder too. Whatever, I'll play through it on a flight or trip. Once you beat it, that's it. The downloadable puzzles are one-time things that dont affect anything in the main game.

The hints they give you (cost 1 coin each) suck fucking ass too.

Himu · « **Reply #58 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:15:14 PM »

i was completely disinterested with layton with the screenshot that was posted in the op. glad to hear it sucks.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #59 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:16:48 PM »

OMG, it's back in print

http://www.amazon.com/Cyclopedia-Puzzles-tricks-Conundrums-Answers/dp/0923891781/

$5 more than Layton, for 50 times the puzzles, plus added racism

Sam Loyd wins again

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