Layton's Mystery Journey

Professor Layton's video game series continues in Layton's Mystery Journey, a title for Android starred by the daughter of the professor, Katrielle.

Professor Layton's daughter brings us more puzzles

This game invites us to accompany Katrielle, Professor Layton's daughter, in her first cases as a private detective. The story begins when she has just opened her agency and meets a talking dog who no longer remembers who he is or how to speak. Howerd Phanon, the girl's assistant, is the other member of the team, a very clumsy child who is in love with Katrielle and whose presence is sometimes unbearable for the player. The trio will solve cases as they unravel the mystery of Sherl the dog, seek out Professor Layton and almost inadvertently discover the Millionaires' Conspiracy.

Face hundreds of new puzzles

This game follows in the footsteps of its predecessors but lacks the charm of its original protagonists. While Sherl provides the comic counterpoint, Howerd brings the component that makes you cringe. And Katrielle is... Katrielle. She is a girl who loves herself very much and solves the mysteries more through luck and coincidence than through scientific analysis and reasoning like her father. At times it even seems like she has the power of divination, which takes away some of the game's grace.

how to play

As in the rest of the titles in the series, we'll have to investigate scenarios while touching the screen in search of clues, coins and puzzles. This time the adventure takes place in London again, where we will visit symbolic places of the city like Big Ben.

Besides the hundreds of new puzzles, there are also twelve cases where we will meet seven billionaires. On the other hand, the additional incentive they created for the occasion is the possibility to change the decoration of the agency and Kat's outfits, although you have to buy most of them with real money.

A well used saga

Professor Hershel Layton seemed to settle into Nintendo's handheld gaming consoles until he made the jump to smartphones. The same has happened to the title with his daughter Katrielle, although this game no longer has the same charisma and dynamic as his father's. However, Layton's Mystery Journey continues to bring us a fun adventure and, most importantly, a lot of new puzzles. If you want to try it, this free version includes the first case. And if it confuses you, you know what to expect.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 4.4.
• The app offers in-app purchases.