Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

So I've got three pitchers of water. One holds 16 litres and is full, one 9, the other 7. The challenge is to distribute the 16 litres 50:50 between the two larger pitchers by pouring one into the other in the correct sequence. Simple, right? Not if you use my 57th pour as a barometer it isn't. I need to solve it though, not through any direct necessity the game is placing on it, but through my own stubborn refusal to accept I am doing a sound impersonation of Captain F***wit from the Starship Labotomised. But that's the simple beauty of Professor Layton. At a stroke it can resurrect the feelings of smug satisfaction of being the first to finish a Primary School test, ...  Read the complete review

Let me say right off the bat that Professor Layton and the Curious Village is like no game you've ever played before. In fact, it's one of those titles that really challenges the typical convention of a video game -- even more so than such titles as Brain Age or Nintendogs. Those games, while unique, are "games" through and through. Professor Layton, however, is not. It is essentially a compilation of puzzles -- cool, brain-bending puzzles to be sure, but puzzles nonetheless. This is the one thing that kept me away from Professor Layton for a while, but let me assuage any fears you may have. If you're apprehensive about picking up this game because ...  Read the complete review

I got a Nintendo DS for Christmas last year and to be honest I haven't played it that much. I originally got Brain Training which I used consistently for a while, then it started to lapse and the DS got put away for a long time. Until I discovered Professor Layton and the Curious Village. I had never heard of this game until the most recent version, Pandora's Box, was being advertised. I decided I liked the idea of the game so thought I'd try the original before buying Pandora's Box. I bought this game for about £25 although it is now cheaper at Amazon and believe it is definitely worth the money. The idea of the game is you ...  Read the complete review

This first game in the Layton Series sees Layton and his protégé Luke is set in the mysterious village of St Mystere, where nothing is quite as it seems. Sent here to find the treasure of the Golden Apple, there are many more mysteries to unravel before embarking on the search for the treasure. St Mystere itself is a prettily drawn village, just as you would expect a little French village to be. The characters of the village, though sometimes very strange looking, have been wonderfully characterised with a little back story for every person you meet - even if just for a fleeting moment. Here you will help solve a murder, several disappearances, the ...  Read the complete review

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS and DSi) This game is a mystery puzzle game, where your job is to solve a mystery of a village called St Mystere, where a rich baron (Baron Reinhold) has died, and left his fortune hidden in the village along with hundreds of puzzles to help you find it. It follows a story, where you are playing the characters of Professor Layton, a puzzle solver, and his apprentice Luke. Your job is to crack the mysteries of St Mystere and solving all of the hidden puzzles! The Story: The story is excellent, and unlike some games which you just run around a find things, this one has an actual ...  Read the complete review