Yeah, it is quite dark; I was surprised a few times at just how dark it is. But it's a great game, anyway.
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Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
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Yeah, it is quite dark; I was surprised a few times at just how dark it is. But it's a great game, anyway.
I bought it the day it released, but I've been so busy with animation work that I didn't fire it up until last night. And I'm so totally in love.
My only gripe is that I wish they would've stuck with the same voice actor that Phoenix had in Dual Destinies, I think it fit him more, but so far I'm still loving it.
I also haven't ever played a Layton game all the way through - I only dabbled with the original for a little while, so I'm being introduced to his world for pretty much the first time. It's such a beautiful game, and I'm still in the very beginning.
My only gripe is that I wish they would've stuck with the same voice actor that Phoenix had in Dual Destinies, I think it fit him more, but so far I'm still loving it.
I also haven't ever played a Layton game all the way through - I only dabbled with the original for a little while, so I'm being introduced to his world for pretty much the first time. It's such a beautiful game, and I'm still in the very beginning.
I just finished Chapter 2 in Azran Legacy. I'm so slow with certain games lately. x_x
Haha, I'm taking my time. It's just that I'm playing this game in French (instead of English or Dutch), so I'm being slower than usual (well, that's my excuse for this game, anyway
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This is probably my biggest issue with the game. They didn't use her voice for the movie either. From what I heard, both were done by a different company than usual or something (probably due to one being a movie and the other being a crossover) which is why it didn't get redubbed. I could ignore it for the movie since Luke is only like... 10 and a half for that, but he just sounds too young to me in this game.
But yes, moving on... I loved the game a lot. I think the crossover was amazing (and I usually can't stand crossovers beyond fighting games) and I would love to see more crossovers between the two games. Definitely darker than I expected at points (despite how dark the games can get) and finished it within 2 days as usual for Professor Layton and Ace Attorney games for me. This was actually a pretty special thing for me too since both of these series were recommendations from the same friend of mine.
RisingStar
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So I got this game once it came out, being a huge fan of Professor Layton and all, I've gotten to... I think about Chapter 3 in it until I took a break from it??
It took me by surprise so much, first of all some voice actors, like Luke's sounded much different to me, so I assumed he had a new voice and all, something I could get over, and then just
All the dark stuff in it. I couldn't believe it, I thought I was gonna cry because of how dark some of the things in the game were so far.
And then all the parts where you play Phoenix's parts, I've never played a Phoenix Wright game until this game and like, it's difficult for me to get used to, I honestly don't think I'd be able to play a Phoenix Wright game if that's all you do in it ;-;
It took me by surprise so much, first of all some voice actors, like Luke's sounded much different to me, so I assumed he had a new voice and all, something I could get over, and then just
All the dark stuff in it. I couldn't believe it, I thought I was gonna cry because of how dark some of the things in the game were so far.
And then all the parts where you play Phoenix's parts, I've never played a Phoenix Wright game until this game and like, it's difficult for me to get used to, I honestly don't think I'd be able to play a Phoenix Wright game if that's all you do in it ;-;
unravel
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Tom_Nooks_Party_Pants
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I have to ask but what parts of the Phoenix Wright portion are you finding difficult to get into?
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Bcat
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I just got this game last night! I've never played Phoenix Wright before, but I've been a fan of Layton ever since the Curious Village, and I've waited for and played them all! It's so nice to see him and Luke back in action again! I mean, the Mystery room is fun and all but... Professaaahhhh! 
Well, if you have the possibility to do so, then I'd suggest downloading the demo for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies. It's a Phoenix Wright game and the demo should give you a good idea of what the game is like and whether you'll like it or not. There are no demo's for Professor Layton but if you like puzzles and riddles, then you might like those games.
As for this one, if you've never played either series, then I'm not going to say "Buy it, you won't regret it!" Thing is that you might not like Professor Layton's gameplay, or you might not like Phoenix Wright's gameplay, or... you might like both, but not the combination of the two.
I'm aware that's not exactly helpful, but I just mean that it's kinda hard to say whether you should get it or not. I talked to a friend about this game who absolutely adores the Professor Layton games, but Phoenix Wright just isn't her cup of tea, so to speak.
Also, you should know that this game is quite dark. If you're familiar with Phoenix Wright, then that won't surprise you all that much. But if you're only familiar with Professor Layton, then it might not be what you're expecting. In your case, however, it'll depend on whether this would bother you or not. But don't worry; there's also a lot of humor, though, so it's not only and always dark!
So, in short; try the demo if you can and I'm sure other people will give advice as well, so you should have some more info soon. ^_^
Bcat
👻Spoopy all season long👻
I'm actually really pleasantly surprised that it's Maria Darling and not Lani. I think that Maria does a better job at acting. When playing through the US version I would sometimes literally cringe from how bad Luke's voice acting was. I mean, don't get me wrong Lani can do the job very well and I also like how she sounds deeper which I think is more appropriate for the original trilogy when he's older, but sometimes I think her acting sounds a little... clunky. Take this for example. When Maria does it I think her delivery and overall acting is better and I feel genuinely bad for Luke when he starts crying. But when Lani does it the first time I saw it I actually laughed. Which kind of took me out of the mood of the scene.
Whew, Sorry I just assaulted you with a wall of text but that's my 2-cents.
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Jaebeommie
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Has anyone else noticed that with the NA version of the game, there are certain words in the dialogue that still have European spellings? Like why did Nintendo give us such a big delay if they weren't even going to change the words and keep the British voice actors. :|
Needless to say I'm not that far into the game, but I'm absolutely loving it so far.
Needless to say I'm not that far into the game, but I'm absolutely loving it so far.
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