As long as the original English VA for Layton is back i'll be happy. We need more ports for the 7 Layton games though. The other 4 on mobile and all on the switch in a bundle please.
@m.l.7558 Same. I hope they find a good enough replacement but even then, as someone who started with Pandora Box, he *was* Layton for me, incredibly iconic on the role. It really won't be the same.
The 3D model styles are fantastic. After pausing, looking away then back the initial glance really makes them look like their 2D counterpart from back in the day. It's rare to see games that look exactly like their artwork.
It was announced there will be. Personally I'm a little bummed out that it won't be in Dutch, but the first one wasn't either, so I guess we just go back to English.
@@rutgerniemeijer For real? I hadn't seen that announcement! I'm glad about the English. It's unfortunate they're not doing other languages, though. This seems like a good time for them to go all out and grab as many new players as possible.
@@rutgerniemeijerserieus? :( Van de ene kant wel echt balen, maar van de andere kant zit er als ik mijn nostalgiebril afzet wel wat gaar acteerwerk in de oude spellen 😂
@@Crab380Yeah, it's probably because we dutchies have great listening/reading comprehension in English. Personally I'm more bummed out by the fact that I'll have to get used to new voices as I'm used to the Dutch ones.
I'm excited as hell for this game, but I'm still not over the fact that we have gotten basically every ace attorney game on PC now but level 5 is still not porting any Layton games
Tbf, the Ace Attorney and the Layton games are fairly different The Ace Attorney games are far easier to make a port to PC than the Layton ones A LOT of the Layton puzzles use the touch screen, so they'd have to adapt all of them to make it work on PC + the games in general use a lot of the touch screen, another thing they'd have to adapt
@@guisilva409 on PC you have a mouse, it's not that big of a difference, I've played through every Layton game both on original console and on PC using emulation, the experience wasn't perfect on PC but it was more than good enough and way better than not being able to play the games at all. I'm also pretty sure Kat Layton on switch let's you play the entire game using only a controller if you want, so there are definitely options.
This really looks good! i got some thoughts though, it's sad we probably won't get any 2d animated cutscenes, the city looks much more fantasy and less realistic than the past games, but it still looks good, the only thing that perplexed me is this mixed 3d/2d style, while the 2d parts of the maps seem pretty fine the 3d parts really look low poly and kinda in a more sketchy style, which to me ruins a bit the beauty of layton maps, but we'll see, either the'll fix it or it will grow on me, i'm trusting the vision!!
I thought the same as you, but given this is an early play, I'm pretty hopeful they'll fix or improve it soon. They still have some time, as they didn't exactly state when in 2025 NWS will release.
Thanks so much for sharing footage of the demo for us who can't attend TGS! I'm realling digging it so far and it truly brings me back to the charm of the first trilogy. I'm excited for its release and hopefully there's English dub available.
Thanks for sharing this! Not really sure I like the art direction they've gone with, though maybe that's just down to the funky shading - perhaps it'll get polished a little more by the release? 01:11 makes Layton and Luke stand out so much against the background, like they're over-saturated, and Layton's nose is completely lost in the rest of his face. The vibe seems a little more like LMJ than any of the earlier Layton games, and it'd be a real shame if we lost the 2D cutscenes that gave the games their charm. I do really like the world map though! It seems very similar to the early demo maps in Lost Future. Here's hoping there's much more to see in the final version!
The shadings not that bad at all dude. It's on par with what we've seen with the series since the series give 3D with Miracle Mask. It's basically an natural evolution to that when it comes to fully bringing this series to having legit HD console quality visuals at long last.
I'm already in love with this game! Only thing I would have done differently are putting the tick sounds (at 5:11) when you give the solution like in the past games. Still it is amazing!
He has returned! Despte having never played his games, his absence felt wrong. Glad to see he’s back! Hopefully this means we get Y School Heroes and YW4
Disappointed that it looks like they’re not doing 2D cutscenes anymore, but from an art direction perspective, I get not wanting to switch between two different art styles. And the models are a significant upgrade from the 3DS; for the first time, the 3D style looks genuinely good on its own, rather than just a stand-in for the 2D Style for the gameplay sections. I don’t think the character designs will ever look as good in 3D as they do in 2D, but I’m still very impressed by the 3D models here.
Already imagining me moving the cursor every millimeter and spamming A per millimeter just to get ALL the hint coins on the map like how I keep tapping on my DS touchscreen 😂 Now I have a puzzle game to let my mother play. She had a hard time with the small screen of the DS (and 3DS XL) due to her eyes getting strained.
I don't like being negative, but I really hope this isn't the final soundtrack. I really enjoyed the instrumentation of the DS series, so this feels so wrong. I'm still excited for it, though.
Yeah, that’s what happened with me, too. The time limit didn’t help either. lol! I should have just spammed the hints earlier so I could have seen more from the demo. - Danny
Ojalá el juego tenga el espectacular doblaje al español que siempre lo ha caracterizado🥹.Aunque el actor de doblaje del profesor al castellano ya no esté entre nosotros 😢
Espero que sí. Empecé con la Caja de Pandora así que ya estoy acostumbrado al buen doblaje. Aunque será una pena lo de Layton, era parte del personaje para mí.
I really liked the wire puzzle, it's very satisfying how it just logically solves once you see the trick to it. But that just makes me feel like that first hint was pretty bad honestly. Rather than guiding you to think about the right things to move forward, it was just "here's half the solution" and it's trivial from there. And on the first hint too! I hope this is just a demo thing… not like I plan to use hints a lot, but I hope they'll still be able to convey the main points of the puzzle. This one definitely didn't.
It was an interesting puzzle, for sure. I usually suck at this kind of thing (snd sucked at this one, too!) and the wording and time limit made it kind of stressful! lol! - Danny
Can we talk about how Layton literally stood against a "ghost" pointing a gun at him, and his concern was to protect Luke and stand his ground??? Hes such a boss
It looks absolutely GORGEOUS ! And I litterally cannot wait for the French trailer and hearing again Layton in french 🥹 (his voice actor, Martial Le Minoux is extremely talented). The town looks amazing, lots of artistry inspiration etc, love that 😭🤌🏻. The ONLY downside I see really is the absence of 2d animation for the cutscenes / cinematics. To me that was one of the fundamentals of the Layton games, with the puzzles of course. To me, Layton is 4-5 things: - A puzzle game : And a good one ! Hard one sometimes ! Made for adults as much as for the kids ! - ✨️Good characters : with a backstory, a charm, and characters that you remember. And why do you remember them ? Because ⤵️ - ✨️A good scenario : Layton Games to me are like movies or series in terms of scenario. There's a case to resolve, you have plot-twists, some emotions, drama etc. Usually you like Layton or for the Puzzle concept, or for the scenario / plot. Personnally I love Layton mostly for the plot side. AND SO this scenario aspect is enhanced by... ⤵️ - ✨️Amazing visuals, especially 2D animated cutscenes : Of a quality that I rarely saw somewhere else, with a true Level 5 dna, very fluid, god you had some cinema scenes in your DS, right in the palm of your hands ! I mean, We got a FILM out of the Layton universe, it means something ! The 2D animations are a PILLAR of Layton to me. And it was extremely unique amongst all the other video games ! And to complete this cinema-esque aspect ⤵️ - ✨️Absolutely stunning musics and OST that honestly, I think are amongst the best video games OST ever created. This is "real music", orchestral, a LOT of different tracks, for EACH game. They suit the game ambiance, and Layton musics are clearly underrated in the gaming community. They are film soundtracks for real. => Layton games are an a cinematic adventure. (I could talk about this for hours I swear) So yeah, not seeing my 2d cutscenes... that is THE disappointment for me. But you know what, as much as I'm super sad about this fact, I am almost equally pleased by the 3d animation style of the cutscenes. Yep, I prefer 100% the 2d animation, but if we get 3d animation, "at least" these 3d animations are wonderful. Very laytonesque, detailed (except maybe the characters face, but it's a demo), has this Level 5 dna, unique artstyle still (the 3d almost has a "2d hand drawing" texture to it ♡) And I litterally cannot wait to see them in my French dub version. And you know what ?! Who knows! Maybe we will have some 2d animated cutscenes, that they don't show and that we will discover with such a wonderful surprise ! I keep hoping 🤗 and above everything, I cannot describe how much I WAIT for this game 🥹🧡🎩
Wow this Layton games looks awesome i really hope we get English voice acting i like the Japanese voice actors but generally i do want to see eome English Voices
It wasn't available in the demo. Maybe they're still working on it? Or maybe it wasn't a priority to put in the demo since the majority of people playing were Japanese. - Danny
I hope we get Layton games forever
We NEED indeed
Best comment ever 🎉
As long as the original English VA for Layton is back i'll be happy. We need more ports for the 7 Layton games though. The other 4 on mobile and all on the switch in a bundle please.
I'm Spanish and the Spanish VA is dead and he was excellent...will miss him
Professor layton would work so well with a mouse aswell i wish we would get PC ports.
@@m.l.7558 Jordi Varela :(....
@@m.l.7558layton is not gonna be the same without him 😔
@m.l.7558 Same. I hope they find a good enough replacement but even then, as someone who started with Pandora Box, he *was* Layton for me, incredibly iconic on the role. It really won't be the same.
The 3D model styles are fantastic. After pausing, looking away then back the initial glance really makes them look like their 2D counterpart from back in the day. It's rare to see games that look exactly like their artwork.
MY HUSBAND HE HAS RETURNED FROM THE WAR!
The JP VAs are great, but I still hope we get an English dub. It just won't be the same without Layton's British accent.
It was announced there will be. Personally I'm a little bummed out that it won't be in Dutch, but the first one wasn't either, so I guess we just go back to English.
@@rutgerniemeijer For real? I hadn't seen that announcement! I'm glad about the English. It's unfortunate they're not doing other languages, though. This seems like a good time for them to go all out and grab as many new players as possible.
@@rutgerniemeijerserieus? :( Van de ene kant wel echt balen, maar van de andere kant zit er als ik mijn nostalgiebril afzet wel wat gaar acteerwerk in de oude spellen 😂
@@koelkastridder3388Ja, ze waren ook niet altijd even goed, maar je went toch aan bepaalde stemmen.
@@Crab380Yeah, it's probably because we dutchies have great listening/reading comprehension in English.
Personally I'm more bummed out by the fact that I'll have to get used to new voices as I'm used to the Dutch ones.
This makes me want to have the old games remade in this modern style more than anything else
It feels so... Nice. Very laytonesque, It's in line with the other games, I love it!
Thanks for the gameplay!
Wow. The world feels so... Alive.
This is nice, though I still hope they still make the cozy, quaint-styled games from the past.
I'm excited as hell for this game, but I'm still not over the fact that we have gotten basically every ace attorney game on PC now but level 5 is still not porting any Layton games
Tbf, the Ace Attorney and the Layton games are fairly different
The Ace Attorney games are far easier to make a port to PC than the Layton ones
A LOT of the Layton puzzles use the touch screen, so they'd have to adapt all of them to make it work on PC + the games in general use a lot of the touch screen, another thing they'd have to adapt
@@guisilva409 on PC you have a mouse, it's not that big of a difference, I've played through every Layton game both on original console and on PC using emulation, the experience wasn't perfect on PC but it was more than good enough and way better than not being able to play the games at all. I'm also pretty sure Kat Layton on switch let's you play the entire game using only a controller if you want, so there are definitely options.
the first three layton games are available on ios and google play store
@@guisilva409 if the remake them for ios and google play store, when its easy for pc too
@@Cenimeeyeah but they’re all in portrait mode only last I checked.
This really looks good! i got some thoughts though, it's sad we probably won't get any 2d animated cutscenes, the city looks much more fantasy and less realistic than the past games, but it still looks good, the only thing that perplexed me is this mixed 3d/2d style, while the 2d parts of the maps seem pretty fine the 3d parts really look low poly and kinda in a more sketchy style, which to me ruins a bit the beauty of layton maps, but we'll see, either the'll fix it or it will grow on me, i'm trusting the vision!!
I thought the same as you, but given this is an early play, I'm pretty hopeful they'll fix or improve it soon. They still have some time, as they didn't exactly state when in 2025 NWS will release.
God the title screen, the puzzle intro, theme, and solving animation, the character design, just seeing Layton and Luke together again, we are SO back
Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for checking it out! - Danny
Thanks so much for sharing footage of the demo for us who can't attend TGS! I'm realling digging it so far and it truly brings me back to the charm of the first trilogy. I'm excited for its release and hopefully there's English dub available.
Thanks for sharing this! Not really sure I like the art direction they've gone with, though maybe that's just down to the funky shading - perhaps it'll get polished a little more by the release? 01:11 makes Layton and Luke stand out so much against the background, like they're over-saturated, and Layton's nose is completely lost in the rest of his face. The vibe seems a little more like LMJ than any of the earlier Layton games, and it'd be a real shame if we lost the 2D cutscenes that gave the games their charm. I do really like the world map though! It seems very similar to the early demo maps in Lost Future. Here's hoping there's much more to see in the final version!
The world map is incredible !
The shadings not that bad at all dude. It's on par with what we've seen with the series since the series give 3D with Miracle Mask. It's basically an natural evolution to that when it comes to fully bringing this series to having legit HD console quality visuals at long last.
I’m really enjoying what we’re seeing! The shading is a little wonky it seems but I bet they’ll fix it eventually:]
I'm already in love with this game!
Only thing I would have done differently are putting the tick sounds (at 5:11) when you give the solution like in the past games. Still it is amazing!
I loved every second of this demo❤
He has returned! Despte having never played his games, his absence felt wrong. Glad to see he’s back!
Hopefully this means we get Y School Heroes and YW4
Words cannot express how excited I am for this game. Currently replaying all the Layton games just cuz I’m so hyped!
OK fine, I'll start a new Layton marathon as well, as soon as I come back home in 2 days, thanks for the reminder! 😌🤗🧡🎩
such a shame they didn't do 2d cutscenes for it. Feels like a lot of the charm of the orignals is gone
Hard agree
Literally what I was thinking ☹️ the 2d animated cutscenes were one of my favorite parts
literally! I’m so sad abt that :((
there won't be 2d scenes? :(
Can't wait for the released of it, my inner child is healing
The demo timer Being always up there is kinda funny. 😂 Useful, though! More demos should show the timer, when present
Looks nice enough.
I'm hoping this game does well on Steam, and opens the door to other games from PL to be on Steam, and also the PL vs PW game to be on Steam also!
Thank you for posting 10 minutes of this demo!! It's a shame that it has a strict 10 minute timer, but I hope y'all are having fun in Tokyo!
Can't wait for this for Nintendo Switch. Love the Layton games ❤
So long as puzzles abound there will be no end😊
Bigout better be in this game
I can't believe Tiny layton is real
This shit's gonna be my drug next year, I am so ready for this.
I LOVE YOU COINDAR!!!!! 😍I can't wait for the game to come out!!! Thanks for sharing the demo with us!
Disappointed that it looks like they’re not doing 2D cutscenes anymore, but from an art direction perspective, I get not wanting to switch between two different art styles. And the models are a significant upgrade from the 3DS; for the first time, the 3D style looks genuinely good on its own, rather than just a stand-in for the 2D Style for the gameplay sections. I don’t think the character designs will ever look as good in 3D as they do in 2D, but I’m still very impressed by the 3D models here.
this looks so good i can’t wait!! 😭
Looks great, fab soundtrack so far, can't wait for the game!!
thank you so much!!!
I dig the artstyle
Already imagining me moving the cursor every millimeter and spamming A per millimeter just to get ALL the hint coins on the map like how I keep tapping on my DS touchscreen 😂
Now I have a puzzle game to let my mother play. She had a hard time with the small screen of the DS (and 3DS XL) due to her eyes getting strained.
i've been waiting for the announcement since 2023.
I don't like being negative, but I really hope this isn't the final soundtrack. I really enjoyed the instrumentation of the DS series, so this feels so wrong.
I'm still excited for it, though.
4:22
“Each wire must intersect with another wire”
*proceeds to put two wires on edge where no intersection can occur
Bro 😂😂😂
I completely misread it and thought they couldn't intersect for some reason XD
Yeah, that’s what happened with me, too. The time limit didn’t help either. lol! I should have just spammed the hints earlier so I could have seen more from the demo. - Danny
@@TheFamicast that’s fair ^^
Hold on, five hint coins at once?! holy shit
Yes, yes, and also... yes.
If we can play this also in Korea…
The game looks awesome. I hope we get Spanish Castillian dub :)
7:29 Layton stepping in front of Luke to protect him like always 🥲🥲
Ojalá el juego tenga el espectacular doblaje al español que siempre lo ha caracterizado🥹.Aunque el actor de doblaje del profesor al castellano ya no esté entre nosotros 😢
Espero que sí. Empecé con la Caja de Pandora así que ya estoy acostumbrado al buen doblaje. Aunque será una pena lo de Layton, era parte del personaje para mí.
Trying not to cry of emotions
I really liked the wire puzzle, it's very satisfying how it just logically solves once you see the trick to it. But that just makes me feel like that first hint was pretty bad honestly. Rather than guiding you to think about the right things to move forward, it was just "here's half the solution" and it's trivial from there. And on the first hint too! I hope this is just a demo thing… not like I plan to use hints a lot, but I hope they'll still be able to convey the main points of the puzzle. This one definitely didn't.
It was an interesting puzzle, for sure. I usually suck at this kind of thing (snd sucked at this one, too!) and the wording and time limit made it kind of stressful! lol! - Danny
Seems obvious but would be cool if the steam bison citizens had American accents, don’t think we’ve had that yet in a Layton game
Can we talk about how Layton literally stood against a "ghost" pointing a gun at him, and his concern was to protect Luke and stand his ground??? Hes such a boss
Alpha Layton
He did get turned into a statue, and knows how to sword-fight. He's basically British Indiana Jones. A measly gun won't faze him.
It looks absolutely GORGEOUS ! And I litterally cannot wait for the French trailer and hearing again Layton in french 🥹 (his voice actor, Martial Le Minoux is extremely talented). The town looks amazing, lots of artistry inspiration etc, love that 😭🤌🏻.
The ONLY downside I see really is the absence of 2d animation for the cutscenes / cinematics. To me that was one of the fundamentals of the Layton games, with the puzzles of course.
To me, Layton is 4-5 things:
- A puzzle game : And a good one ! Hard one sometimes ! Made for adults as much as for the kids !
- ✨️Good characters : with a backstory, a charm, and characters that you remember. And why do you remember them ? Because ⤵️
- ✨️A good scenario : Layton Games to me are like movies or series in terms of scenario. There's a case to resolve, you have plot-twists, some emotions, drama etc. Usually you like Layton or for the Puzzle concept, or for the scenario / plot. Personnally I love Layton mostly for the plot side. AND SO this scenario aspect is enhanced by... ⤵️
- ✨️Amazing visuals, especially 2D animated cutscenes : Of a quality that I rarely saw somewhere else, with a true Level 5 dna, very fluid, god you had some cinema scenes in your DS, right in the palm of your hands ! I mean, We got a FILM out of the Layton universe, it means something ! The 2D animations are a PILLAR of Layton to me. And it was extremely unique amongst all the other video games !
And to complete this cinema-esque aspect ⤵️
- ✨️Absolutely stunning musics and OST that honestly, I think are amongst the best video games OST ever created. This is "real music", orchestral, a LOT of different tracks, for EACH game. They suit the game ambiance, and Layton musics are clearly underrated in the gaming community. They are film soundtracks for real.
=> Layton games are an a cinematic adventure. (I could talk about this for hours I swear)
So yeah, not seeing my 2d cutscenes... that is THE disappointment for me.
But you know what, as much as I'm super sad about this fact, I am almost equally pleased by the 3d animation style of the cutscenes. Yep, I prefer 100% the 2d animation, but if we get 3d animation, "at least" these 3d animations are wonderful. Very laytonesque, detailed (except maybe the characters face, but it's a demo), has this Level 5 dna, unique artstyle still (the 3d almost has a "2d hand drawing" texture to it ♡) And I litterally cannot wait to see them in my French dub version.
And you know what ?! Who knows! Maybe we will have some 2d animated cutscenes, that they don't show and that we will discover with such a wonderful surprise ! I keep hoping 🤗 and above everything, I cannot describe how much I WAIT for this game 🥹🧡🎩
And, they removed Flora again .w.
Im still hoping they'd bring back old characters, even as cameos because i really missed them lmao
how about Layton Legacy collection
Wow this Layton games looks awesome i really hope we get English voice acting i like the Japanese voice actors but generally i do want to see eome English Voices
YEES
Please Level 5 release Layton series, Yokai Watch series, Fantasy Life series, on Steam, than i can play on belove Steamdeck...
The game looks great. Only thing that threw me off is Sensei Layton instead of Professor lol
I have a big problem with the noses.
Hint coins yee
Where's the English dub?
It wasn't available in the demo. Maybe they're still working on it? Or maybe it wasn't a priority to put in the demo since the majority of people playing were Japanese. - Danny
Hopefully they’ll keep the same voice actor for Luke in the UK/US release and have the citizens of steam bison voiced by American voice actors.
cutscenes :(
Is the NPC Majima from Like a Dragon?
Man i wish this game wouldn't be switch exclusive (unless i got something wrong)
They used AI for this game and it seriously makes me sad