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Boric: Breakfast of Champions!

Layton down, Lost Odyssey to go

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Boric
, 02-18-2008 at 05:10 PM (622 Views)
So I completed Professor Layton on schedule Saturday morning. It took about 12 hours (and 3 battery recharges) to complete all 135 puzzles and the story. I found the game quite enjoyable and am already looking forward to the sequel. Definitely worth a pickup in my opinion if you're a fan of logic puzzles and the like.

I got in 3 hours of Lost Odyssey on Saturday night... then Sunday was stuck on the couch sick all day, so I went from 3pm - midnight playing more of it. So I'm now 12 hours in, and just hit the end of disc 1.

The music is amazing and graphics for the most part are awesome. However, the faces get dangerously close to the uncanny valley for my tastes. But the story has been very intriguing, and I've loved the Dream Sequences (the sections you may have heard of which are like reading a short book). I like just about all of the characters, and they all have very well defined personalities. Each character does a good job of evoking different emotions from you. And this game has definitely pulled my emotions in various ways, and I'm excited to see where else it takes me as I hear it only gets better.

The battles are nothing special as jRPGs go. The addition of a Back Row "Guard" meter is about it. More complex spells take longer to cast and sometimes will take longer than one round (and it can be pushed back further if the caster is struck repeatedly). The skill system in this game is very intriguing also. The methods of learning skills from other party members and equipment aren't anything entirely new, but I'm a sucker for trying to get every skill possible in this sort of thing.

Anyhow, I suppose I'll post more thoughts about Lost Odyssey once I've gotten further in the game

Also of note... I think I'll be picking up another 2 games this week on Wednesday. Definitely Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, and possibly Dragon Quest Swords for the Wii.

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  1. 's Avatar
    i keep hearing about that prof game. what the heck is it? pq? crush? and just to be clear its on ds only and soon to be on the wii right?
  2. Boric's Avatar
    Nab: As far as I know, the Professor Layton games will only be appearing on DS. The sequel has already come out in Japan in fact. And as for gameplay, it's like a mystery adventure point-and-click style game. But progressing through means solving some sort of logic puzzle at every turn. Like to get a clue you'll have to rearrange matchsticks, or get a ball from one side of a maze to another, or setup chess pieces following certain rules. There's a very wide variety of puzzles in the game, and I thought it was good fun. It's not the sorta thing like Brain Age where you'd play the same puzzles over again, but you're actually advancing towards the end of a story in this one.

    Trickman: For me, an RPG experience is usually like experiencing an interactive book. If the story is good, I can plod through gameplay excited about the next chunk of story. Conversely, even when the story is dull, sometimes the intricate skill or levelling systems combined with the thinking required in battles keeps me interested. So far this one seems to do both well. So definitely give it a shot and see if the story piques your interest
  3. 's Avatar
    cool man, thanks for the info.
  4. ksq's Avatar
    i heard this game is like 40 hrs. i have been afraid of buying games for my 360 after i had to request the last coffin for it. after hearing all the good comments from people i might have to play russian rullet and buy it. thanks for the info.