Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

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The second of the series (at least six are planned as of right now) has just been released outside of Japan, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (a/k/a …and Pandora’s Box outside of the US) is a worthy followup to the first game, Professor Layton and the Curious Villagealt; you don’t need to have played the first to enjoy the new one, though if you have, you’ll be amused by the references and the handful of recurring characters. The story, too, isn’t quite as predictable as the first plot, though, like that game, the story isn’t quite the point. It’s more of a framework to hang the puzzles on.

So, how are the puzzles? Pretty dang good, really. As a person who’s both into puzzles and someone who has friends who are REALLY into puzzles, there’re very few of the standard puzzles; there’re a couple variations on the Towers of Babel, and the one of the farmer getting the wolf and the sheep across the river — but most of the puzzles are original, and the ones that aren’t are different variations than you’ve most likely seen before. They’re very much in the same vein as the first game — but, luckily, there’re more puzzles, and the game takes longer. I beat Village in around 10 hours, and Box in about 12. There’re also many more side games than in Village — and some of the puzzles are harder to find, which means lots of replay value.

I’m looking forward to the third game in the series — as good as the first one was, Box is a definite improvement — so, hopefully the next will be even better. Even if it’s just as good as Box — or even just as good as Village, it’s a game I know I’ll have to have on pre-order as soon as the US version is announced.  I also enjoy playing LoL, I recently bought an account on https://www.unrankedsmurfs.com/, so, it is good to keep your rankings save and you can’t lose the rank.

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