I wouldn't say iOS is "way more expensive" the us price translates to about £15 when you include VAT. However the android price being that much higher is bullshit.
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Laytons Mystery Journey |OT| iOS/Android now, 3DS JP only until Fall
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I wouldn't say iOS is "way more expensive" the us price translates to about £15 when you include VAT. However the android price being that much higher is bullshit.
The Gaming Gamer
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I have a cheap android phone (ZTE Obsidian), will I be able to run this game? The only game I really played on my phone was Brave Exvius and it ran fine.
The Google play store should tell you if it's compatible with your device.
mickagau33
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My phone is not compatible so if I search the game on the store, it doesn't appear. If I use a direct link, I can acess the page but it says the app is not compatible with my phone. Actually it is the first time it happens for me, this game seems quite demanding.
toythatkills
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Blimey, those are some expensive costumes then, who'd buy that!
Apple changed their pricing after Brexit. Would have been around £11.99 on iOS prior to that.
Yeah, the whole package is more expensive than the game itself lol. I won't buy it, tbh.
ryanfadholi
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Ookay, finally bite the bullet and bought the game, but I can't install it :/ I use Android, and the play store only says "Cannot download..... Error Code: 495"
Anyone got the error?
I tried googling the problem and the first few results said to delete play store services data or logging out my Google account from device. I'm too lazy to log out, and in my experience clearing data/cache tend to bring more headache later down the road especially with Google apps :/
(Using OnePlus 3 with official ROM, 7.1.1)
Anyone got the error?
I tried googling the problem and the first few results said to delete play store services data or logging out my Google account from device. I'm too lazy to log out, and in my experience clearing data/cache tend to bring more headache later down the road especially with Google apps :/
(Using OnePlus 3 with official ROM, 7.1.1)
Yeah, I've not bought it cos of it. Not paying some stupid Android tax.
I think it's possible, yes. It all depends on the performance of this one. Btw I agree with you, I can't go back to the old ones anymore. It works great on a smartphone, and I'm one of those people that hate smartphone games
It's my first mobile game purchase, and the 3 hours i've put in is actually longer than i've played every other free game i've tried combined.
I might have to check out the Phoenix Wright mobile games now!
Cleared half the game so far. About 15+ hours in. The episodic style of the narrative is both hit and miss. I appreciate the variety in the stories and the different settings, but it does feel less satisfying because of the way each case forces you into fixed areas of the map. The stories are kinda silly too. While they have been building up the Seven Dragons in the background through the individual cases, the larger picture is moving so slowly it barely inches forward at all. I'm guessing it'll start to move faster after clearing all the individual cases each Dragon has for you.
This definitely scratches the Layton itch though. It's perfect for phones and it captures most of the things I like about Layton.
I doubt this will happen simply because Nintendo handled the localization and publishing for all the previous games outside of Japan. Unfortunately.
This definitely scratches the Layton itch though. It's perfect for phones and it captures most of the things I like about Layton.
I doubt this will happen simply because Nintendo handled the localization and publishing for all the previous games outside of Japan. Unfortunately.
The description on the Android store states
So if you're assuming the "bonus daily puzzles" statement is separate from the "largest collection of puzzles" statement, then LMJ single player campaign should have more than 155 puzzles, which Last Spectre had and is the largest so far.
http://layton.wikia.com/wiki/Puzzles
Oh Shit, this is good, very good! Spending those 18 Bucks just became a lot more likely!
I've completed the first 6 Cases, and I've gotten all the puzzles in every Case. The Puzzle Index is showing 83 so far. Since there are 12 Cases in total, it's tracking towards 160+ puzzles.
Does it get better puzzles later in the game? The first ones are rather........simple?
Simplicity isn't really the problem with the puzzles here. It's very much down to design. Akira Tago (RIP) is clearly far more experienced and talented at coming up with satisfying puzzles than his new guy. The puzzles aren't awful, and there are some pretty nice ones here and there (usually the optional hidden ones) but I feel that a lot of them fall into very similar tricks that get old after awhile.
Another thing that doesn't work as well is that I think there's too much of an attempt to be "clever" with how puzzles are presented, and they actually feel stupid sometimes because of that. There's a much more disciplined design methodology in the previous Layton games, where there are puzzle "series" within the game and you encounter progressively more challenging versions of those types of puzzles as you progress. There doesn't seem to be the same concept here in the main story, but that's sort of how the Daily Puzzles are designed. Odd decision imo.
I noticed that! I hope they can recover for the sequel. Losing a legend like Akira Tago clearly hurt the series.
sackboy2197
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Yeah, until now I found more puzzles than I would have liked where the answer boiled down to "0/None, there was a trick". It's fine every now and then, but it seems to be the answer most of the times.
JeTmAn81
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I've been hating the trick question ones because so much of the time those boil down to semantics and how much you think the game is going to lean on that for this particular puzzle.
I think this series has always done that, but it was always exceptions. This time it seems to be more of a rule
Trick questions in Layton games are like mimics in Souls games. I love it when they show up occasionally and actually manage to surprise you. But if they show up too frequently, your first instinct will be to approach every puzzle/chest like it could be a trick question/mimic and they lose what makes them so effective.
I LOLed on this one. Shouldn't be a second puzzle at all lol
The series has always had trick questions, but the trick questions used to have answers which you actually had to think in a unique way to get. Here the pattern is that if you are getting trolled, the answer is usually the ultimate minimum - either 0 or 1 or whatever literal minimum in the logic. It's a lazy way of trolling people and doesn't feel satisfying imo.
It should be all of Europe unfortunately. There are 4 versions of the game on the Play Store: LaytonMJ, LaytonMJNA, LaytonMJEU, and LaytonMJKR. Each should have a proper counter for ever purchase of that version.
It would probably have been higher had they not priced it a) more expensive than the $ value, and b) hadn't priced it higher than the iOS version
sackboy2197
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I mean, most people wouldn't even know about the price of the other platform. I think it's merely a question of price and marketing (which is pretty much absent)-
more reviews are out, MC stands at 73 right now
Metro UK 7/10
EGM 6.5/10
Trusted Reviews 3.5/5
DualShockers 7.5/10
Metro UK 7/10
EGM 6.5/10
Trusted Reviews 3.5/5
DualShockers 7.5/10
Puzzle 101 has a real garbage text explanation. It's misleading and not in a tricky way, more like a bad use of English way.
Yupp, same bullshit in the German version. How can they even write that second hint without realizing they contradict themselves?
Haunted
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I think the puzzle quality isn't all that in this one. So many trick questions that just completely circumvent the original question.
I also agree with that review saying it doesn't have the same adventurous spirit and enigmatic core of other Layton games, which are kinda key to the experience for me.
I must say, even if it's a competently produced game (music, presentation, UI, etc), so far it's a bit of a disappointment.
I also agree with that review saying it doesn't have the same adventurous spirit and enigmatic core of other Layton games, which are kinda key to the experience for me.
I must say, even if it's a competently produced game (music, presentation, UI, etc), so far it's a bit of a disappointment.
HashtagLapsed
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I am disappointed with the puzzles too. They are too simple and too semantics based. The daily puzzles seem very simple so far too.
sackboy2197
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the hint is actually wrong.
It says that it get to the ladder from the right, but that's not true.
the first one with the password said that it had 2 As, 2 Bs, 2 Cs, but that wasn't true.
Yeah, I share those frustrations. The more I play it the less I like it. Puzzle design is mediocre - there are quite a few bad puzzles but in comparison not many standouts - and while I liked the idea of small, mostly self-contained cases the execution isn't as good as I hoped for. The mysteries behind the cases aren't terribly intriguing and their flow isn't really satisfying. It feels like the cases are solved by lucky coincidences instead of any real detective work by Layton. Solving cases based on intuition is apparently supposed to be her shtick, but that doesn't make for a very compelling story.
Did anyone buy the Japanese version and try the language options?
Does it have audio japanese / text english?
I'll need this info before pulling the purchase trigger.
Edit: The EU iOS store version shows english, spanish, dutch, italian, japanese, korean, french, german as language options.
Does it have audio japanese / text english?
I'll need this info before pulling the purchase trigger.
Edit: The EU iOS store version shows english, spanish, dutch, italian, japanese, korean, french, german as language options.
I finished 8 cases and unlocked the 9th case. I have some very serious thematic complaints about the way the story is written in every case so far, but I'll finish the game before commenting on it, in case there is some sort of subversion down the line (doubt it).
The language setting in the game is a single toggle, so even if the Japanese version supports English, there won't be an option for Japanese voices and English text.
The language setting in the game is a single toggle, so even if the Japanese version supports English, there won't be an option for Japanese voices and English text.
Hmmm, I guess I will still opt for the Japanese version to get both. Thank you very much for the info.
I said "even if" because I didn't know if it did. I just checked and....
The Japanese version on Android ONLY supports Japanese and no other languages.
But...
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id1242757451
The iOS version seems to have all languages.
Was that the "how many times do you have to touch the clock" puzzle?
I'm so upset that I got tricked by that one.
I liked the second one, but it's a damn shame to hear the trick questions are all essentially the same and the quality of the puzzles is otherwise fairly low too, at least compared to earlier games.
Maybe I should just dump the DS entries and play them on an emulator whenever I feel like doing some puzzle solving during break time at work or something.
Maybe I should just dump the DS entries and play them on an emulator whenever I feel like doing some puzzle solving during break time at work or something.