New Professor Layton ripoff from Konami.

His name is Doctor Lautrec.

Looks interesting, to say the least. Hopefully it'll be just as good as the series it's obviously trying way too hard to emulate.

four varying gameplay modes: events, battle, exploration and conversation.

Sounds to me like the gameplay will be different, even if the overall aesthetic is similar.

But I'm fine with that. We need more Gentleman Adventurers. Good show!

edited 16th Dec '10 12:03:17 PM by Deathonabun

It looks like a complete snowclone. It's not even trying to be different. No thanks.

The screensnaps at the link show isometric visuals and an obvious automap. Not something I'd instantly associate with a puzzle collection game.

Looks like it might actually be an RPG of some kind, just with a knicked aesthetic and hat.

It's like what would happen if you took DNA from Professor Layton and Henry Hatsworth and crossed them.

Seperate battle and exploration modes do argue for RPG. Not sure what to make of the event mode, though.

Eh. I'll wait for this to come out before I make my judgement.

I don't see any puzzles there.

I wonder if this will do well or if it will be a forgotten Flavor of the Month like that Animal Crossing clone they made years ago was.

Said clone actually did well enough for itself to get a sequel (coming soon), and to build up a surprising cult fanbase.

It's actually closer to an RPG than it is to Professor Layton, judging by the screenshots and details revealed so far. I might get it if I happen to have the money after buying all the other games I wanna buy.

If it's an RPG with a lot of puzzle-solving, that actually sounds pretty decently awesome.

Instead of Press X to Not Die you'll have Solve Puzzle To Not Die!

...God, that would be horrible. Quickpuzzle sequences in cutscenes? Ugh.

Quick Puzzle Events! Oh no, you're falling into a busy street! Quick, if A B and C are purple, what color is D? OH TOO SLOW YOU GOT HIT BY A CAR.

It turns out D is red. Like your blood that has been splattered so messily over the road.

Try again? (Y/N)

You missed out on 250 Picara XP!

Limit -> Ultimate attack - To use this attack you must move all of the red blocks to the right and all of the blue blocks to the left, in the proper order, within 30 moves.

What about Puzzle Quest? :P

NO WAY. Im sorry, but just NO. Im not buying a ripoff of my game

..sorry if I offended anyone

...Have you read the rest of the topic?

Well. Thank you. Now I want a smart, pornographic puzzle-solving rpg. It will center about Victorian brothels and someone who's going around killing their patrons.

: I'm calling it now: The next Hidden Object Game/visual novel on Big Fish Games will be based on Measure For Measure.

edited 6th Jan '11 12:07:50 PM by FreezairForALimitedTime

Lautrec has a much more interesting design that Layton