#its like theyre knights but they dont do knight things but its hotter if you know theyre knights

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Summary: The year is 1459 and the Wars of the Roses are being intermittently fought throughout England. The Lancastrians believe that King Henry VI is the rightful ruler of England, while the Yorkists believe that it should be Richard, Duke of York. King Henry is kinda crazy though, so he is kinda absent either when he's being crazy or when he's being captured and held prisoner by the Duke of York (on-and-off Lord Protector). Because of the constant changing of allegiance, the first cases of espionage and counter-espionage in England begin to show up in historical documents. Agents were placed in noble households to determine where their loyalties lay, and would report back to whomever hired them. Two such agents are sent to meet on a gray day in November...

aftermath/blood below the cut

[pinksweatergettingbetter]

alright mothers an fuckers lets get down to some PL vs AA

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alright so the last person who owned this game has 2 save files, one in the first and one in the third slot, both named chucky. one’s just past the tutorial, the other’s hanging around at some place called ‘knights garrison”

unnerving

i feel like I'm running into a creepy pasta

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a work of fiction eh

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oh fuck

accent guy no

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wee woo wee woo, here come the doll people of Layton Land

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oh shit

it’s fully voice acted. i wasn’t expecting this...

aw. i guess i cant do my voices... that stinks.

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“fuck you let me sleep forever”

i love him he's so grouchy

true wet blankie

voice wise i like Nick’s but I’m not as much a fan of Maya’s

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oh its not fully voiced! great. this is actually kinda nice– i get to do voices, and the dramatic moments have their own dialogue track

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ok now that I'm done laughing about the Puzzle memes being very accurate, it’s time to see if i can solve a fucking puzzle

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ok. im. already totally mystified. welp.

I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN

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once again my inability to parse things renders logic puzzles a bitch

it isn't helpful that they didnt detail the way the witches interact with the paths before submission but

(sigh) i knew the Layton sections would suck

not objectively, just for me because i’m ass at logic puzzles

my expertise lie in point and click adventures

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his name is CAR ACCIDENT

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carmine: I'm probably fucking dead pls help

layton: well i never!!

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layton: it is my belief that you are in quite considerable danger :)

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OH GENTLEMAN

WE GOT ONE FOLKS

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do towns have districts? i thought that was more of a city thing

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THE BOOK

YOU FOOLS

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now, once again, i do know some details about how this game concludes, and i must say I'm really curious about how the fuck this all works if its not actually magic

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EVIL BOOK ADDED TO INVENTORY

ok so this stained-glass window place is kind of like the logic interface? it stores all the things we’re wondering about at present..?

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very howls moving castle-y

also i appreciate the fuck out of these cutscenes

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Layton: ,,,yes, that was careless of us

boy this guy has cucumber coolness out the wazoo

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the Trunk eh

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hint coins are so satisfying to find

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aww moving is so cute

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holy fuck

that was one helluvan accident

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...i really hope they dont count how many tries you do the puzzles

BUT I DID IT

EAT SHIT

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OH OK

JUST SOME FUCKIN CTHULU SHIT

THATS FINE

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boy people sure like hiding money in lamps

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luke!! dont fall into diagon alley!

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Luke: this is bad professor!! theyre getting closer and closer!!

Layton: ...hmm................

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thats a magic cloak right there

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“Isn't this us, Professor?”

“Surely not– my ass is not that flat!”

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BADGERS

OMENS OF DEATH

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oh here we go

prologue to the AA part

ooh haven't heard that theme in a while

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camera: [pans up violently enough to physically ruffle espella’s very short skirt]

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oh thems drugged eyes

its in all the animes

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hmmm. so is this like a dual world thing where we exist both in our world and the world of Laborynthia at the same time or

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ooh english court is pretty

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dghfgsh i love nick’s voice so much

much better than Reigel

he’s just got the general feel of Phoenix down better, i think

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a cargo of badgers huh

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calling it now the badgers are full of jewels

this is straight up The Chipmunk Adventure territory

also i dont blame her for wanting something to cuddle after the shit she’s been through

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eee he’s doing his pick-up-quirks-from-other-people thing

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oh hey the save sound is the exact same sound as the original.

also thats interesting– there’s a hint system in place in the court sections as well

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whoa i wasnt expecting that epic an objection for the first contradiction

also im not sure if i like this remix of nick’s theme. it’s orchestrated but its not quite as crisp as i’d like...

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your chocolate bar sounds like a mouthful of chips mr smiley

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johnny just has a pile of bars behind him with one bite taken out of them

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i love this game but the decision to make the text roll off in this weird, halting way is making it really annoying to read out loud

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OW

MAYA WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FUCKING PIPE

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“I kind of like living, thanks”

its ok baby nothing can kill you

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“in my long, six month career

im crying so many good jokes in this game

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whoa phoenix’s shock animation is a lot more violent this game XD

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“This is my work outfit. It gets very hot in the kitchen, you know”

it’ll be hotter when you spill soup all over your exposed midriff and arms, babe.

...also is it really ok for you to be toting a meat cleaver around in court

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“I may be short, but I’m well-proportioned! And that’s what matters!”

oh maya

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“What does it matter which way she held it?” well for starters it would be impossible for her to hit you with it if she held it the way she did

“So the defendant attacked the witness holding the pipe backhanded...”

no, that just doesn’t work out, especially with her being so short. she’d have to be above Aldente to strike her that way, and even so it’s still an extremely cumbersome way to do that. You can only really hold a knife backhandedly

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wait a minute

they’re 

they’re pointing it out 

they’re saying it IS bullshit, they’re-–

s-something that makes no fucking sense, ACTUALLY makes no fucking sense!

its not a plothole! they’re calling it out!

i... i think I'm in love 

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that poor eel

also phoenix is a sea urchin again teehee

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fuckin’ knew it 

chipmunk adventure. 

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ok so wow. this is really amazing. maybe im being extra-complementary cause i just finished SOJ but... wow. everything from the soft colours and gorgeous lighting to the excellent cinematography to the fluid, interesting character sprites, to the pretty orchestral remixes to the fun and engaging writing, to the spectacular cutscenes... its all just so excellent it feels like a friggin gale of fresh air compared to SOJ

and this game came out in 2012. thats four years before SOJ, and just one before DD, and yet the difference is staggering. i don’t know if its a budget thing, or if its the director’s fault, but theres just something about the animation and camera angles thats so much better. everything is so smooth– no character ever jumps from animation to animation– they slide into it naturally 

and the slow pan-up on Aldente as she got cornered was pretty good at conveying a real sense of anxiety 

plus, the fact that we don’t find out who tried to kill her is genuinely unsettling. PLvAA doesn’t need to be bloody or gorey to convey a sense of uneasiness or fear– just that lingering mystery of a fourth person– and where they disappeared to– is enough to give me the shivers. ...although it is 1 am and I'm prone to being nervey

i have only 2 tiny nitpicks, these being the sequencing of the music (cuts off very abruptly rather than fading away) and the odd way the dialogue halts all over the place for no reason

otherwise, sublime first case

ps- still love nick’s new voice. dreamy, if a little stiff 

pps- espella you cant just leave evil books lying around.