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'''''Layton Brothers: Mystery Room'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Reiton Burazāzu Misuterī Rūmu'''''|レイトンブラザーズ・ミステリールーム|}}<!-- See [[WP:JFN]] -->}}<ref name="l5v2011recap">{{cite web |url=http://level5ia.com/news/level5-vision-2011-recap/ |title=Level-5 Vision 2011 Recap |publisher=Level-5 America |date=October 15, 2011 |accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="lbmrofficialsite">{{cite web |url=http://www.layton.jp/mysteryroom/ |title=Layton Brothers Mystery Room |language=Japanese |publisher=Level-5 |accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref> is a [[puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[adventure game|adventure]] [[video game]] for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]],<ref name="android"/> published by [[Level-5 (video game company)|Level-5]].<ref name="lbmrv2011" /> It is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of the ''[[Professor Layton]]'' series, starring rookie investigator Lucy Baker, who works with genius investigator Alfendi Layton, son of [[Professor Hershel Layton|Hershel Layton]], in the [[Scotland Yard]]'s top investigation unit, the "Mystery Room".<ref name="lbmrv2011" /> The game was released in Japan on September 21, 2012,<ref>{{cite web |author=Ishaan |date=October 15, 2011 |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/15/professor-layton-has-a-son-starring-in-his-own-new-game/ |title=Professor Layton Has A Son Starring In His Own New Game |publisher=[[Siliconera]] |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}</ref> and in English on June 27, 2013. An Android version was released on September 5, 2013.<ref name="android"/>
'''''Layton Brothers: Mystery Room'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Reiton Burazāzu Misuterī Rūmu'''''|レイトンブラザーズ・ミステリールーム|}}<!-- See [[WP:JFN]] -->}}<ref name="l5v2011recap">{{cite web |url=http://level5ia.com/news/level5-vision-2011-recap/ |title=Level-5 Vision 2011 Recap |publisher=Level-5 America |date=October 15, 2011 |accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="lbmrofficialsite">{{cite web |url=http://www.layton.jp/mysteryroom/ |title=Layton Brothers Mystery Room |language=Japanese |publisher=Level-5 |accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref> is a [[puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[adventure game|adventure]] [[video game]] for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]],<ref name="android"/> published by [[Level-5 (video game company)|Level-5]].<ref name="lbmrv2011" /> It is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of the ''[[Professor Layton]]'' series, starring rookie investigator Lucy Baker, who works with genius investigator Alfendi Layton, son of [[Professor Hershel Layton|Hershel Layton]], in the [[Scotland Yard]]'s top investigation unit, the "Mystery Room".<ref name="lbmrv2011" /> The game was released in Japan on September 21, 2012,<ref>{{cite web |author=Ishaan |date=October 15, 2011 |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/15/professor-layton-has-a-son-starring-in-his-own-new-game/ |title=Professor Layton Has A Son Starring In His Own New Game |publisher=[[Siliconera]] |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}</ref> and in English on June 27, 2013. An Android version was released on September 5, 2013.<ref name="android"/>


==Gameplay==
== Premise ==
The game is told from the perspective of [[detective constable]] Lucy Baker who just recently passed the entrance exam. She arrives at her new job at New Scotland Yard's "Mystery Room", a department of the Serious Crime Division that solves the cases no one else can, where she begins working with Alfendi Layton, a brilliant, yet seemingly "unstable", investigator. There the two of them begin to solve multiple cases together. It is shown throughout the cases that Alfendi has [[dissociative identity disorder]]. His alternative personality, which Lucy nicknames "Potty Prof", is a [[Psychopathy|psychopath]] who admirers criminals and sees murder "beautiful", and he have no control over when this personality appears, or when his "normal" personality returns. Although the game features individual cases, the overarching narrative focuses on the events of the "Jigsaw Puzzle Killings", a [[Serial killer|serial killing]] from the past with connections to many of the main cast, including Alfendi, and explores the origin of Alfendi's split personality..

=== Gameplay ===
The game is split between two distinct portions: investigation sections, and interrogations. Most of the cases follow the same routine, in which the player is given the basic facts of the case by Alfendi Layton, then must investigate the crime scene using the Mystery Room's crime scene recreation device. At the start of the case, the player is typically given a set amount of time to do a cursory sweep of the crime scene, and then must say who they think the murderer is based on their first impressions. Following this, the investigation proper commences, with further time spent examining the circumstances surrounding the crime (such as the means, motive, or certain puzzling aspects of the murder itself), finding evidence to back up points, and answering certain multiple choice questions. Once all the points of the investigation have been cleared up, the player then is able to interrogate the main suspect. During interrogations, a suspect's defense against accusations is represented by a casing around a beating heart. As the player presents the correct evidence to back up their accusations and prove the suspect's guilt, the casing slowly breaks apart. When the suspect's exposed heart turns to stone and breaks in two, the player has beaten the suspect, although on some occasions the casing reforms (entirely or partially) after it has broken when the suspect has something to say that (seemingly) contradicts or refutes the given evidence, only to break again when they have been proven wrong.
The game is split between two distinct portions: investigation sections, and interrogations. Most of the cases follow the same routine, in which the player is given the basic facts of the case by Alfendi Layton, then must investigate the crime scene using the Mystery Room's crime scene recreation device. At the start of the case, the player is typically given a set amount of time to do a cursory sweep of the crime scene, and then must say who they think the murderer is based on their first impressions. Following this, the investigation proper commences, with further time spent examining the circumstances surrounding the crime (such as the means, motive, or certain puzzling aspects of the murder itself), finding evidence to back up points, and answering certain multiple choice questions. Once all the points of the investigation have been cleared up, the player then is able to interrogate the main suspect. During interrogations, a suspect's defense against accusations is represented by a casing around a beating heart. As the player presents the correct evidence to back up their accusations and prove the suspect's guilt, the casing slowly breaks apart. When the suspect's exposed heart turns to stone and breaks in two, the player has beaten the suspect, although on some occasions the casing reforms (entirely or partially) after it has broken when the suspect has something to say that (seemingly) contradicts or refutes the given evidence, only to break again when they have been proven wrong.


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Layton Brothers: Mystery Room
English logotype
Developer(s)Matrix Software
Publisher(s)Level-5
Director(s)Tatsuya Shinkai
Producer(s)Akihiro Hino
Composer(s)Yuzo Koshiro[2]
Takeshi Yanagawa[3]
SeriesProfessor Layton
Platform(s)iOS,[4] Android[5]
ReleaseiOS
  • JP: September 21, 2012[1]
  • NA: June 27, 2013
  • EU: June 27, 2013
Android
  • WW: September 9, 2013
Genre(s)Adventure, Puzzles
Mode(s)Single-player

Layton Brothers: Mystery Room[a][6][7] is a puzzle adventure video game for iOS and Android,[5] published by Level-5.[4] It is a spin-off of the Professor Layton series, starring rookie investigator Lucy Baker, who works with genius investigator Alfendi Layton, son of Hershel Layton, in the Scotland Yard's top investigation unit, the "Mystery Room".[4] The game was released in Japan on September 21, 2012,[8] and in English on June 27, 2013. An Android version was released on September 5, 2013.[5]

Premise

The game is told from the perspective of detective constable Lucy Baker who just recently passed the entrance exam. She arrives at her new job at New Scotland Yard's "Mystery Room", a department of the Serious Crime Division that solves the cases no one else can, where she begins working with Alfendi Layton, a brilliant, yet seemingly "unstable", investigator. There the two of them begin to solve multiple cases together. It is shown throughout the cases that Alfendi has dissociative identity disorder. His alternative personality, which Lucy nicknames "Potty Prof", is a psychopath who admirers criminals and sees murder "beautiful", and he have no control over when this personality appears, or when his "normal" personality returns. Although the game features individual cases, the overarching narrative focuses on the events of the "Jigsaw Puzzle Killings", a serial killing from the past with connections to many of the main cast, including Alfendi, and explores the origin of Alfendi's split personality..

Gameplay

The game is split between two distinct portions: investigation sections, and interrogations. Most of the cases follow the same routine, in which the player is given the basic facts of the case by Alfendi Layton, then must investigate the crime scene using the Mystery Room's crime scene recreation device. At the start of the case, the player is typically given a set amount of time to do a cursory sweep of the crime scene, and then must say who they think the murderer is based on their first impressions. Following this, the investigation proper commences, with further time spent examining the circumstances surrounding the crime (such as the means, motive, or certain puzzling aspects of the murder itself), finding evidence to back up points, and answering certain multiple choice questions. Once all the points of the investigation have been cleared up, the player then is able to interrogate the main suspect. During interrogations, a suspect's defense against accusations is represented by a casing around a beating heart. As the player presents the correct evidence to back up their accusations and prove the suspect's guilt, the casing slowly breaks apart. When the suspect's exposed heart turns to stone and breaks in two, the player has beaten the suspect, although on some occasions the casing reforms (entirely or partially) after it has broken when the suspect has something to say that (seemingly) contradicts or refutes the given evidence, only to break again when they have been proven wrong.

Development

The main protagonists of Layton Brothers: Mystery Room. Lucy Baker is on the left, Alfendi Layton on the right.

Layton Brothers: Mystery Room was announced at Level-5 Vision 2009 as Mystery Room, the first entirely original title in Level-5's Atamania series.[9] In Mystery Room, the players would team up with detectives Poccho and Sly to solve crimes.[9] A player could select which crime they would like to investigate from a list of crime reports. The game was originally designed for the Nintendo DS and was planned to be released in 2010.[9] Level-5 had originally scheduled to show the game at the 2010 Tokyo Game Show but removed it from their schedule soon before the conference, throwing the game's fate into question.[2] In May 2010, the developer published an update on the game's progress and announced that the game would be delayed until Spring 2011.[2] Finally on October 15, 2011, the title resurfaced at Level-5 World 2011 as an iOS game titled Layton Brothers: Mystery Room. Though the game has been rebranded as a Professor Layton title, many of its original elements have remained intact, including the focus on solving mysteries.[4]

Reception

The iOS version received "generally favorable reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Reiton Burazāzu Misuterī Rūmu (レイトンブラザーズ・ミステリールーム)

References

  1. ^ "Tokyo Game Show 2012". Level-5. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Gantayat, Anoop (October 20, 2010). "Level-5's Mystery Room Resurfaces". Andriasang. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Works of Takeshi". Ancient Inc. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Gantayat, Anoop (October 15, 2011). "Level-5's Mystery Room Reborn as a Layton Title for iPhone". Andriasang. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c LEVEL5_IA (September 5, 2013). "LEVEL5_IA: LAYTON BROTHERS: MYSTERY ROOM ..." Twitter. Retrieved September 5, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Level-5 Vision 2011 Recap". Level-5 America. October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  7. ^ "Layton Brothers Mystery Room" (in Japanese). Level-5. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  8. ^ Ishaan (October 15, 2011). "Professor Layton Has A Son Starring In His Own New Game". Siliconera. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  9. ^ a b c Gantayat, Anoop (August 26, 2009). "Level-5 Continues with Brain Teasing Atamania Games". Andriasang. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Layton Brothers: Mystery Room for iOS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  11. ^ Medina, Claudio (August 19, 2013). "Layton Brothers: Mystery Room review". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  12. ^ Ponce, Tony (August 19, 2013). "Review: Layton Brothers: Mystery Room". Destructoid. Retrieved April 13, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Edge staff (July 2, 2013). "Layton Brothers: Mystery Room". Edge.
  14. ^ Juba, Joe (July 11, 2013). "Layton Brothers Mystery Room: Not Following In Daddy's Footsteps". Game Informer. Retrieved April 12, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Layton Brothers: Mystery Room". GamesMaster: 79. October 2013.
  16. ^ "Layton Brothers: Mystery Room". Hyper: 83. September 2013.
  17. ^ Miller, Simon (July 2, 2013). "Layton Brothers: Mystery Room Review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  18. ^ Nichols, Scott (July 2, 2013). "Mobile reviews: 'Layton Brothers', 'Colin McRae Rally', more". Digital Spy. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
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