Layton’s Mystery Journey Negative Reviews

Layton’s Mystery Journey App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Layton’s Mystery Journey app received 23 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Layton’s Mystery Journey? Can you share your negative thoughts about layton’s mystery journey?

Layton’s Mystery Journey for Negative User Reviews

✓ Fun but flawedPuzzles are mostly fun when you get to them though a couple are kind of strange (“What colour do you see every day?” and “which of these two roads will not be busy if everyone takes this road?”). In general, the value isn’t really here for the money you pay, not least because you have to pay extra for the bonus materials. First, there is way too much time between puzzles and way too much dialogue. The description says it features a “modern” protagonist but she spends the first case ignoring it completely to get some food and go shopping. All in all, it feels like a Nickelodeon version of Layton and a pale comparison to The Curious Village.UsherMochaVersion: 1.0.6

✓ It's a beautiful game but...I'm finding a lot of riddles are either half baked or impossible to answer like "failing scales" answer absolutely makes no sense and it's kinda turning me off despite all the good qualities the game has..Profile #78957Version: 1.0.0

✓ Cute and fun, but rather flatThe game is cute and fun with lots of adorable new characters and interesting puzzles, but I found it to be seriously lacking the usual emotional depth and fascinating plot twists that I've come to expect from the Layton series. The description of the game makes it sound as if it will have an overarching big mystery like the other games, even mentions that the game is about katrielle searching for her father and solving a huge conspiracy. But then the game itself is just a lot of really short cute mysteries and only the final mystery actually has anything to do with the conspiracy, but it was too short to have any interesting build up, so it fell flat. I hope the next katrielle game actually gives us the same intriguing and impossible-to-put-down sort of setup that the main series has always been so great at.Miss WinksVersion: 1.0.0

✓ BugsThe app it great, I bought it right when it came out and had a lot of fun with it. However when I tried to play it again after a break, the app would not open. It would close right away when I would try to close it. I updated and tried to turn off my iPad, etc and nothing. Sadly I did not back up the data and lost everything since I had to delete and reinstall the app. The story is interesting but I am definitely not redoing 20 hours of game from scratch. I wished the support was better as you have to pay for the game, if you buy it for that much then you should be able to play it and not get an app that crashes all the time..Eleonore.Version: 1.0.6

✓ Bien mais quelques problemesJ’ai fait tout les Layton et celui-ci est une suite digne de la série MAIS... - Beaucoup d’énigmes moins cohérentes (peut-être des problèmes de traduction). - mise en veille de l’appareil durant la réflexion sur les énigmes assez genant..La vipère noirVersion: 1.0.5

✓ Name PunsI have always loved Professor Layton and the idea that we would get a new story focusing on the professor’s daughter was tantalizing to say the least. However, this game has a few major snags that make playing the game unenjoyable for both nostalgia and casual players. The first is the story organization itself. I won’t go into detail about the the separate cases, how silly and trivial they seem to the overall plot (lots of people have already said so much better than I could), and how this game looks a lot like The Layton Brothers app (unaffiliated), but I have to talk about the puzzles. Naturally, they would not be up to the caliber of the previous games because we lost a dearly loved and highly-skilled puzzle writer. Having said that, some of the explanations for the puzzles (not the answers) don’t make any sense, and where the previous games had a few puzzles with trick answers, this game has far too many that you end up seconding guessing yourself. But the most heinous and unforgiving crime of all is is the plethora of name puns in this game. You don’t think it will grate on you, but it does, and every time a new character is introduced you wonder what stupid name that somehow relates to their profession or place in the story they will be assigned. It’s unforgivable. I played this game for nostalgia, so I may be a jaded fan, but this game has gone far off of the path of what was good about the original. Genuine mystery that didn’t have to do with finding lost pets or giant clock hands made out of cake. I won’t get over Spector’s Flute and how silly that ending was, but this is ridiculous..StarWord139Version: 1.0.6

✓ Tedious UI and PacingThe user interface is slow and tedious, requiring tons of tapping and switching menus or screens. Much of the dialog is fluff, doled out in single sentences, each requiring two taps to get through, unless you wait for them to be slowly typed out and tap at the end. The first two mysteries are solved merely by tapping through the tedious interface. Most of the puzzles in that time are random rewards for tapping around the screen, with very few puzzles relating to the case in any way. After several hours of play, I just couldn’t be bothered to continue tapping my way through in hopes of finding something fun..OnerousVersion: 1.0.6

✓ Can't access DLCsI've played the game just fine but I've been wanting to get some different outfits for Kat but every time I try to access to buy I sit there staring at the "please wait a moment" screen. Usually I wait for a couple minutes but I waited 30 minutes and I'm still at that please wait screen in downloadable content 🙄.OneNEETOtakuVersion: 1.0.1

✓ Lost All of My Saved ProgressI’ve lost all of my saved progress..Leromano11Version: 1.0.6

✓ :(Takes up too much space!!!.Call_me_cielVersion: 1.0.1

✓ Don't waste your moneyThe puzzles are simplistic and sometimes downright stupid. No creativity shown and certainly not on par with the great DS/3DS Layton games. The characters are good, story is meh, and the execution is top notch. It's a shame that the CORE of the game, the whole reason why you buy a Layton game, is nowhere to be found. Without good puzzles I can't recommend this game, especially at its atypical price for a mobile game..Nash the reviewerVersion: 1.0.1

✓ No Sound!I have game on iPad. There is no sound. Support offers no solution. Latest update did not resolve the issue. I've enjoyed previous Layton games but this one is pretty boring, too much pointless dialogue..KachemakKVersion: 1.0.1

✓ No soundCan’t seem to get the app to have any sound. Sound works in all other apps on my tablet though, just not for this game....GbashiVersion: 1.0.6

✓ Disappointing for old fansI’ve always loved Layton games. I used to always play them back when they were on DS so I was extremely excited when this game came out on the App Store. However, after playing the game for some time I have to say I’m disappointed. The game tries to imitate mystery similar to the original games but in short story’s. The majority of the game is dialogue with no big mystery to solve. Because of the nature of the short stories, there’s not enough time to go in depth and really invest in the storyline. In addition, the story seems to solve itself regardless of my deductions. I miss having to deduce answers and solve puzzles that lead me to the solutions. Puzzles in this game have taken a back seat and seem more random than in the originals. Overall, I’m excited that Layton Mystery games have expanded to the apple platform but feel they could do better by going back to their roots..Clkeys17Version: 1.0.5

✓ No where close to the original stuffThis game is not even a shadow of the original Professor Layton series. I am midway through the game and am tired of reading through all the unnecessary feel good dialogues between the characters. The originals had a minimal number of dialogues that were succinct and to the point. The mysteries themselves are also very childish, and the puzzles are designed to appeal to elementary school children. Please bring the professor and his assistant back..ProgrammingdroneVersion: 1.0.6

✓ Worth a play, but not as fulfillingEnjoyed playing, but the puzzles don’t get difficult enough. And the stories are charming but there is SO MUCH DIALOGUE and the solutions of each case are pretty obvious from the beginning, so it’s a looot of clicking thru talking to find out what you already know. There is also an error on puzzle 101; the solution is the opposite of what is asked for. I thought I was just not getting it but found agreement from everyone online..JmturtonVersion: 1.0.6

✓ So much dialogue. I just wanna solve puzzles!When I first started playing, I read every text bubble, but after awhile I got bored and rapid fire tapped through because there are literally no puzzles to be solved for majority of the stories! Even then, I’m left tapping the screen 10 or 20 times to skip all the filler dialogue!.PluffersVersion: 1.0.6

✓ No iPhone X screen supportThe content is good, but please support the notched displays in iPhone X and iPad Pro..Review345678Version: 1.0.6

✓ Not worth the moneySome people have complained about too much dialogue, but the mundane mysteries are a worse problem. The “crimes” lack excitement, intensity or villains. Each mystery is neatly solved with everyone happy including the miscreant. Motives for any wrongdoing are not particularly interesting (loneliness, for example). Puzzles are OK, ranging from simplistic to interesting to impossible to solve without hints. The characters are cute though. Probably best for preteens..WhopstopVersion: 1.0.6

✓ Excellent. Please optimize for iPhone X!It’s a really stellar game with tons of puzzles to solve, lots of fun. The game really needs iPhone X optimization as it feels boxed in and not modernized on this device. Please also give us the option to select the original Japanese voice cast in languages! It’d be the perfect time as Japan is airing the anime version of the game as we speak..HiroiSekaiVersion: 1.0.6

✓ Sub-Par Puzzles (in my opinion)I was thrilled to have had this game come out, and I don’t regret purchasing it. But I do wish the puzzles didn’t rely so heavily on word play. Seriously, so many were tricks as opposed to puzzles — felt like >20%. I want puzzles! Word play is okay for maybe <5% of puzzles in a Layton game. Still, just my opinion — and still, would buy the game again..GynosphinxVersion: 1.0.6

✓ Good for readingIf you love lots of dialogue to read, being told where to go and what to do with a few puzzles in between then this game is for you. The puzzles are mainly word type ones where you type a number for the answer, the mysteries are solved for you and it tells you where to go and who to talk to so no mystery there. Disappointed for the price, I spend half the time just trying to skip a lot of slow moving dialogue..Lisajanea68Version: 1.0.1

✓ A crushing boreThe dialogue is so long-winded and repetitive I gave up on the game by the middle of the second case! Less talk and more puzzles..BuckwinnVersion: 1.0.1

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