Lots of fun brain teasers mixed together with a charming little story. They don't do an amazing job with fitting the puzzles into the story (not that I'd expect them to) but they do have a few moments where it either ties in to what's happening, or a character has a personality based around puzzle types that can be pretty fun. There is a heavy reuse of puzzle types the further you get though. Even most of the bonus puzzles you can unlock are just the same ones you've done before but on "hard mode".

There's probably some kind of analysis that could be done on people based on what puzzles they find easy or struggle with.

I liked that some puzzles gave you items which were used for other puzzles. The room one was a fun way to show off character personalities, albeit one where the "rules" didn't seem consistent. The gizmo also had a neat little effect when it was completed.

Reviewed on Mar 15, 2023


2 Comments


1 year ago

A lot of Professor Layton's puzzle structure starts to make more sense when you realize it was made by the Brain Training people to "tie the puzzles with a larger plot"

1 year ago

That makes sense.