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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Professor Layton Rocks
After seeing the trailers and previews of "Professor Layton & The Curious Village" I purchased the Nintendo DS game about a week and a half ago. I love it.
The music and characters are great. The story is fun. The logic puzzles are super addicting.
Now, you have to understand, I LOVE logic puzzles. With the logic puzzles alone, there would be plenty worthy of my purchase. But what really makes this game more than just another Nintendo "Brain Age" game is the way it builds a beautiful universe around those puzzles. Yeah, it get's annoying that everybody has a puzzle for you (as the PENNY ARCADE guys snidely point out) but it's a small complaint to a game that is cleverly accessible to a variety of gaming types. I even love the jigsaw puzzle and (to a lesser extent) hotel room sidequests. It's a thrill to win pieces to that damned puzzle (GIVE ME 3 MORE PIECES, BASTARDS).
Comments
Muttpop Bob
Friday, February 22, 2008
komp:
I'll have to check it out one of these days...
-MPB
komp
Friday, February 22, 2008
i tried playing the original paper mario stuff for snes but couldn't get into it at all.
I'm not an RPG type guy, so super star was really actually fun to play,
it has the right balance for action rp and quest stuff. it's more like an snes
zelda game with more action. i'd say check it out.
Muttpop Bob
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Is "Mario & Luigi Super Star" a good game? I tend to stay away from the Mario RPGs. I tried Paper Mario on the Wii and couldn't get into it. They look great... but I enjoy my Mario as a platform adventure game.
Definitely loved the Professor Layton art style. What I've seen of the second looks to build upon it wondefully.
-MPB
komp
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
wow, that was actually a funny strip.
yeah though, i have ADD and low tolerance, but
I worked better with games like WARIO WARE, but
this game has a really beautiful art style that just draws me,
if only it were more like mario and luigi super star saga type of game