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Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

レイトン教授と悪魔の箱

Developer / Publisher: Level-5
29 November 2007
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#25 for 2007
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Logic puzzle#17 Mystery#65 ADV#22 Gothic#24
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Steampunk Low fantasy Point-and-click adventure Brain game
Professor Layton's mentor has come across the Elysian Box, rumored to kill those who open it. When Layton finds his mentor dead and the box missing, he travels to the town of Folsense, where the box is said to have originated, in order to solve its mysteries.
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レイトン教授と悪魔の箱
2007 • Level-5  
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JP 4 571237 660023 NTR-YLTJ-JPN
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
2009 • Level-5 Nintendo  
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XNA 0 45496 74039 9 NTR-YLTE-USA
Professor Layton and Pandora's Box
2009 • Level-5 Nintendo  
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XEU 0 45496 74039 9 NTR-YLTP-EUR
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The second in the Professor Layton series, and it does exactly what a sequel should do. It takes what works from the first (which is most of it!) and continues the formula with a few improvements here and there - for example the puzzles are definitely more integrated into the story, and the presence of small QoL features, e.g. Memo, Diary etc. are extremely welcomed.

The story itself is a lot more ambitious, complex and involves multiple locations (The Molentary Express, Dropstone and Folsense) which is certainly welcome, and some of the locations, namely Dropstone were extremely enjoyable to explore. Despite this ambition, I did find the progression between different locations to be a little disjointed at times? The great plot-twist reveal at the end is also unfortunately a little underwhelming.

We also see further emphasis of little mini-games as begun in Curious Village (although there wasn't all that much there), which are fun but do feel a little tacked on - and I appear to be in the minority in finding the Tea Set minigame annoying to complete.

A small, solid improvement from Curious Village.
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Jackrb 2022-11-02T18:42:06Z
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Better Than Curious Village
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is far better than Curious Village in every way in my opinion. I was hooked from the first game, so my excitement for Diabolical Box was immeasurable. And I have to say, it exceeded my expectations.

Diabolical Box takes place right after the events of Professor Layton and the Curious Village. After hearing of a mystical and cursed box, Professor Hershel Layton and his assistant, Luke, set out on the Molentary Express to find this box. The story (In my opinion) is so much better than Curious Village in almost every way. The characters are once again, incredible.

The art style is really great and I love the music even more in this one. There are 138 puzzles in the main game, with 15 bonus puzzles. Making a total of 153 puzzles. Once again, I did all of them almost by accident just due to how addicting the puzzles were and how great the story is. The puzzle system isn't much different from the first but I'd say the Picarat score is more balanced this time

The variety of the puzzles are great too and I did enjoy playing most of them. Except maybe the sliding puzzles because I have no patience. I did find the puzzles a bit more repetitive this time around which I hope is fixed in Unwound Future

I can't express how much I recommend this game. Incredible story, incredible ending, incredible puzzles, incredible music, incredible presentation.

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is a must-play. Play Curious Village first. To avoid confusion. Great Game!
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anonymoususer4291 レイトン教授と悪魔の箱 2024-04-12T21:59:18Z
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sonyatheotter レイトン教授と悪魔の箱 2024-04-07T07:48:17Z
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caprisunnie25 レイトン教授と悪魔の箱 2024-03-19T19:28:06Z
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alexgm3107 レイトン教授と悪魔の箱 2024-02-21T01:26:56Z
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  • sunnymuffins 2019-03-15 17:04:32.253805+00
    Playing this again, it's weird to me how it's rated essentially the same as Curious Village. To be fair, I also initially remembered this as being the weakest Prof. Layton game, but I'm convinced now that's Curious Village. Diabolical Box is an improvement in so many ways, especially in the pacing and complexity of the story. And having the memo function is a big improvement for on-the-go play. I imagine Unwound Future will be even better.
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    • the_lockpick 2020-11-30 16:09:49.474903+00
      I think most people agree that it plays better and builds intrigue/suspense better than Curious Village but the payoff for the story and the conclusion in general is really below par.
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  • Freedom25 2021-02-25 00:40:24.897431+00
    Haven't played the 3ds games nor finished Last Specter, but this definitely felt like the plot with the highest stakes. The Folsense theme might be the best song made for the series also.
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    • batubalci 2021-06-12 09:24:08.102134+00
      since layton's theme
    • Freedom25 2023-03-02 00:49:42.429642+00
      You're right, that's what got me interested in it the first time.
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  • TheRingshifter 2021-07-21 18:22:23.478253+00
    I think the puzzles are a bit weaker than in Curious Village.
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  • Szkieleton 2022-11-10 10:57:18.83873+00
    the best layton tbh, bit lacking in the intrigue departament but more than makes up for it in atmosphere
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  • Bskeezer 2023-03-18 07:50:25.478365+00
    Dumbest. Twist. Ever.
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