One of the best games for the DS (Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS))

Member Name: nakmeister

Product:	Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
Date:	28/02/09 (41 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great fun, easy to play but challenging too

Disadvantages: Some of the extra features are a bit pointless

Professor Layton & The Curious Village is a puzzle game for the DS. Professor Layton and his assistant Luke travel to the village of St Mystere at the request of the villagers to find treasure hidden by the wealthy Baron Reinhold before he passed away. Along the way you get given lots of different types of puzzles to solve - there is 130 puzzles to solve in all, and more can be downloaded using Nintendo Wi-Fi. The puzzles themselves are self contained, and if you get stuck on one, it doesn't matter, you can move on and come back to it later if you like. There's also a few other elements to the game - for example you collect pieces of jigsaw puzzles and by the end of the game should be able to complete the picture. There's not a lot of point to some of the extras, but they add a little to the fun.

The game is easy to navigate, the graphics are very visually appealing and the puzzles range from easy to fiendishly difficult but are all enjoyable. I bought this when I was over in America last year, and both myself and my wife loved playing it while over there. You can have several different player profiles, so one person doesn't have to complete the game before the other person starts.

For a look at some screenshots and a chance to play a demo featuring one of the puzzles, go to the official website, http://www.professorlaytonds.com.

Overall a great game that adults and older children will enjoy. It is so far my favourite game for the Nintendo DS.

Summary: A diverse, brilliant puzzle game