Recommend Prof Layton Games

Beefjerky

My girlfriend is interested in the professor layton series of games. I have zero experience with them so would like to hear some input. She likes puzzle type games but not if they are too easy so the main concern is if the puzzles are too easy/childish.

Also it would be good to know what games in the series are best of if there are any that she should start with.

Thanks

Kirbith

Well the story is set up so that the games should be played chronologically. I would say all the games are pretty solid games, have good puzzles and a good story. So start with Professor Layton and the Curious Village and if she enjoys that, move on to Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box.

Jam Warrior

The Laytons are all very similiar in gameplay and the puzzle are solid so just get them in order.

Curious Village
Diabolical Box
Unwound Future
Last Spectre

SunDragon

I've been picking up and putting down Unwound Future for a couple months now. I bought it for a long plane trip and commandeered my kids DS to play it. The puzzles are certainly not to childish or easy(they vary in difficulty quite a bit from one to the next). I do find the dialogue a bit childish and long winded though.

CptKemzik

I would definitely get at least the Curious Village and Diabolical Box. The latter incorporated enough changes where it didn't just feel like a new pack of puzzles to play through. I haven't played the other two (yet), but I have heard from others that they can get tiring if you're playing through the series marathon-style.

Janson

The games and the puzzles in the games are all so similar that you may as well start with the first game (Curious Village).

If your girlfriend is experienced with puzzles, she'll probably find around half easy and around 1 in 10 a bit of a stumper. It's hard to really quantify ease, though; a few of the puzzles only have 3 or so possible solutions, so trial and error will get you there in no time even if you don't immediately see the logic behind the answer. I found overall the games took between 8 and 13 hours to complete, and, despite the ease of some of the puzzles, I still found all the games to be an overall fun experience. I'd definitely recommend at least testing one out!

Taya

The puzzles in Layton are generally not too easy. Start with Curious Village because it's the first one in the series. Personally I enjoyed Unwound Future the most out of the four games, but I wouldn't recommend starting with it.

illirica

I would also say start with "Curious Village," it's a great introduction to the series. For me I did find the games to be fairly similar, so I prefer to space them out a bit. I played "Diabolical Box" just after finishing "Curious Village" and it was just too soon, I felt as if I had just finished that game, so I put it down and came back to it much later and enjoyed it a lot more after having a few months off. I probably intend to finish the series at some point, but am putting some time between each game so that it's more "new" when I get to it.

Beefjerky

Awesome! Thanks so much for the advice and quick replies. I'll start with curious village and see how it goes from there.