#but again the question is Chelmey or Grosky

[quibbs126]

Who do you like better, Chelmey or Grosky?

#I’m bored #but also curious about this #who do people like better as the inspector? #personally I think I like Grosky more #just because of how animated he is #and it’s fun to say “Grosky of the Yard” #but Chelmey’s cool too #I suppose I could add Inspector Hastings to this too #but tbh I don’t expect a lot of people to choose him #and this is more about the original Layton game cops #also Alfendi isn’t listed here bc I know he would probably win out #and defeat the whole purpose of this question #oh yeah I could add Barton I suppose #but again the question is Chelmey or Grosky #not anyone else #sorry I think I just have to keep telling myself to stay focused on the topic at hand #anyways yeah #professor layton #inspector chelmey #inspector grosky #I dunno what their tags are #questions #random stuff

[tuesdayandtuesday]

Because I finished Katrielle Layton and the Millionaires' Conspiracy last night, it's time for Thoughts™ because holy shit.

THE GOOD

Kat Layton is the cutest detective on the planet and I adore her

I too love solving puzzles and eating lots of good food

THE PUN NAMES HAVE ME CACKLING (Grant Sloanes? Gene Ohm? HONESTLY)

STACHENSCARFEN AND GRANNY R RETURN HALLELUJAH

Kat is just. Completely unfazed by this talking dog on her doorstep. It talks, so what?

Sherl, the dedicated grouchy voice of reason in all circumstances, is a very good dog

The outfit changing thing was so cute (and honestly the cardinal cape coat is my favorite)

I actually liked that the cases ranged from theft to murder and so on without all of them being super grim

The last case had a little of the original Layton flavor to it with the mansion and whatnot

The information about Ernest totally blindsided me and I may have cried a little but it was so good

The name "The Seven Dragons" is just nifty as hell

That scene when Kat and Sherl are on the run from the giant metal ball, Indiana Jones style

The NPCs used for the puzzles were wonderful and I'm always a fan of spotting them over and over again

Benny from San Grio! I wonder how old he is. It seems like he would probably be in his 20s or 30s or so

THAT CLIFFHANGER LMAO HEY LEVEL FIVE HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOE THE NEXT ONE?

THE LESS GOOD

Sometimes the mouth movements and captions didn't match what was being said during cutscenes, which seems a little sloppy compared to the previous games

The non-cutscene dialogue also had typos that couldn't be explained by heavy accents or anything

The episodic nature was fun, but given the opening cutscene implying Kat is searching for the professor, they weren't connected very well

Seriously, I miss the interconnected feeling the previous games have always done so well, and wrapping it up with one stunning post credits cutscene (okay to be fair that cutscene blew me away and I'm so damn hyped) didn't really do it for me

Sherl's case is just. Ignored the whole time pretty much, even though that's what kind of launches the game

The puzzles tend to be mostly really easy, or they're in the same spatial awareness vein as slider puzzles which means I suffer

We didn't see more of Emiliana and her backstory

What is Kat's backstory anyway? Beyond being raised by the professor, what else is there?

Kind of disappointed there weren't more clues about Ernest sooner because that kind of foreshadowing would have had great payoff

THE THEORIES AND BIG QUESTIONS

Didn't Kat write a letter to someone named Lucy at the game's start? If this is Lucy Baker and we get to see her and Alfendi, I'll cry very genuine tears

SHERL IS HERSHEL LAYTON I STAND BY THIS ABSURD DAMN THEORY

Look, he's a talking dog with amnesia, he makes jokes like "if that's true, I'm a professor of archaeology," the local cats say he's a "gentleman- no, gentledog," and Sherl and Hershel use the same letters

How Kat's dad has been turned into a talking dog is absolutely beyond me but DAMMIT I'm clinging to this

Bonus round: Dean Delmona jokes about him returning casually after being wrapped up in a big puzzle and GEE WHAT IS SHERL DOING NOW? HE'S SOLVING PUZZLES INCLUDING HIS OWN HISTORY

Speaking of which, holy shit, I feel like it's completely possible she's actually Luke's daughter and she's been adopted by the professor, given that she's not bothered by a talking dog and she loves puzzles and food and overall justice and kindness, which aren't hereditary necessarily but shhhh this is a game let me have this

But that still leaves a big ??? about why Luke (or whoever her bio parents are) wouldn't be there to raise her

Also there's a ??? about why she seems mostly indifferent about the professor; she says she wants to solve the riddle he left her, but she doesn't seem too choked up about his disappearance

How long has it been since the professor vanished anyways? It seems like it's been at least a couple years

Is Constable Barton the chief super now? Please let him be because that was a delightful detail in Mystery Room

Where are Grosky and Chelmey, just for kicks? I miss those damn inspectors and Hastings isn't the same

Though I hope Hastings is a Poirot joke with all my heart (Poirot's sidekick is Captain Hastings and in the David Suchet tv series, Poirot always talks about using the "little gray cells" so I may be reaching but also it's absolutely there)

#professor layton #katrielle layton #katrielle and the millionaires' conspiracy