{"id":828,"date":"2012-08-31T13:34:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2012-08-31T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T13:34:28","slug":"my-top-100-96-professor-layton-and-the-curious-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #96 – Professor Layton and the Curious Village"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2008 – Nintendo DS (Level-5)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Once again, a game on my countdown makes an appearance simply because it is the first in its series and best of its kind.<\/p>\n

In any case, Professor Layton and the Curious Village<\/em> isn’t just a ton of puzzles thrown together without reason – it’s a ton of puzzles all wrapped up in one fancy little package with a\u00a0great presentation\u00a0that’ll have you hooked before you know it.<\/p>\n

After borrowing the game from a friend of hers, my wife is actually the one who played this game first and then suggested it to me.\u00a0 We were in the back seat of my sister’s car,\u00a0leaving the Hollywood Casino in Bangor, ME, when I decided to see what it was all about.\u00a0 After all, I was on a lengthy road trip to Connecticut, which (to me) is a prime time to occupy the mind with puzzles.<\/p>\n

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Moments before taking the DS from my wife to play Layton, I snapped this picture of a sign in Bangor. I imagine a machine that prints bacon. I’d be down with that!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Professor Layton and his trusty young assistant Luke travel to the town of St. Mystere , where quirky characters\u00a0they meet along the way seem to have nothing better to do than to present them with various puzzles.\u00a0 The stories behind the puzzles\u00a0all relate to\u00a0the characters somehow,\u00a0and the challenge ramps up with every\u00a0one you complete.\u00a0 You can look around the map and find Hint Coins to use if you really\u00a0get stumped, but I\u00a0did my best\u00a0to save them all for the latter parts of the game when it gets pretty tough.<\/p>\n

The animated cutscenes are great, and there are plenty of secrets to those who look thoroughly enough.\u00a0 For that reason, Professor Layton and the Curious Village <\/em>separates itself from the rest of the puzzle pack enough to get the only spot for such a game on my countdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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