startrekrcks
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What do you think about this game and why
professor Layton
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the first ones pretty good like the puzzels though some were a right pain in the butt.
the story line was ok.
it's one of those games where you have to think but not too hard
the story line was ok.
it's one of those games where you have to think but not too hard
startrekrcks
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I got the new game it is very addictive
One of the issues I'm having is with the screen size. I'll try to be careful and not spoil anything here, but on about the 4th puzzle, you're supposed to look around this room and see what looks out of place. Well I couldn't figure it out, but that had a lot to do with you just can't frickin see what's in the room because they shrank the view so much.
Even after consulting a FAQ and knowing what exactly I was looking for, it STILL was kind of hard to find because it was so damned small. This is my first Prof Layton game and I'm hoping this is an anomoly and not the way a lot of the puzzles are.
Even after consulting a FAQ and knowing what exactly I was looking for, it STILL was kind of hard to find because it was so damned small. This is my first Prof Layton game and I'm hoping this is an anomoly and not the way a lot of the puzzles are.
Just got the new game and I have to admit it's harder or more frustrating then the first one. I see what you mean about the 4th puzzle, I dont think the DS was really meant for that detail somehow.
it took me quite a while to figure out what the puzzle was on about
it took me quite a while to figure out what the puzzle was on about
I always perferred the Phoenix Wright games over Prof. Layton, you don't get the puzzles as straight up as Prof. Layton, but I find myself playing through the trilogy and Apollo Justice every 3 months or so and I find myself getting stuck for a day or two in a bunch of parts every time
After now playing this for some time, I'm finding that I'm getting more and more irritated with it all the time. For some of these puzzles, the question they ask and the direction they point you in, doesn't seem to match up with the solution they're going for. and it makes some of these puzzles come off as kind of cheap.
For example, there's this one where you have a white flag divided into three sections and the instructions in the question tell you that you're going to COLOR in each of the 3 sections with 3 different colors, and they're asking how many possible combinations there are. Well I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but the solution they require DOES NOT follow those instructions.
And there have been some other pretty misleading questions too. I'm not sure I'll finish the game. I enjoy the straight up puzzles, but I sure as hell don't like all the intentional misdirection or in some case flat out false information.
Some of these questions are the equivalent of the old "If a rooster laid an egg on a roof which way would it roll" type nonsensical questions.
For example, there's this one where you have a white flag divided into three sections and the instructions in the question tell you that you're going to COLOR in each of the 3 sections with 3 different colors, and they're asking how many possible combinations there are. Well I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but the solution they require DOES NOT follow those instructions.
And there have been some other pretty misleading questions too. I'm not sure I'll finish the game. I enjoy the straight up puzzles, but I sure as hell don't like all the intentional misdirection or in some case flat out false information.
Some of these questions are the equivalent of the old "If a rooster laid an egg on a roof which way would it roll" type nonsensical questions.
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Some of the questions do require lateral thinking, such as the flag coloring problem from Box and the candle burning question from Village, but I've never seen any of the puzzles give false information. Misdirection is okay in my book because the answers shouldn't be handed to the player on a silver platter.
I respectfully disagree, I believe the flag question is giving deliberately misleading info when they tell you that you're going to COLOR EACH OF THE THREE sections.
Look I don't have a problem admitting when I don't have the brain power to solve a puzzle. If it kicks my ass, it kicks my ass. But goddammit the solution needs to correspond to the question asked and instructions given.
There's another question dealing with hats and the weather and the final solution requires you to make an assumption about a data point not even factored into the puzzle. That's BS in my book.
Based on everything I'd read about this series, I was really looking forward to it and figured I'd be picking up the Curious Village later but "fool me once . . . ." Guess I need to stick to Sudoku and Picross.
Look I don't have a problem admitting when I don't have the brain power to solve a puzzle. If it kicks my ass, it kicks my ass. But goddammit the solution needs to correspond to the question asked and instructions given.
There's another question dealing with hats and the weather and the final solution requires you to make an assumption about a data point not even factored into the puzzle. That's BS in my book.
Based on everything I'd read about this series, I was really looking forward to it and figured I'd be picking up the Curious Village later but "fool me once . . . ." Guess I need to stick to Sudoku and Picross.
The second game is ok but to be honest the first one is a lot better
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