Professor Layton's BIZARRE Prequel - Last Specter/ Spectre's Call Retrospective

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  @DearestHershel · 2 years ago

  "World renowned good samaritan and winner of best facial hair in the UK six years in a row, DearestHershel"  Gonna be putting that one on the resume.  <3

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  @wizwitch5318 · 2 years ago

  What's funny is to explain to people how weird this series' plot twists are, i tend to say that the most reasonable plot twist is "no, it's not a specter attacking the town, no, don't be silly... It's actually a dinosaur fighting and excavation machine"

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  @Quetzal00358 · 2 years ago

  Does your back hurt for being one of the YouTube channels carrying the Professor Layton fanbase?

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• MO

  @monsterkind9831 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I LOVE this game so much actually, it's maybe even my favorite Layton game. The way I absolutely BAWL out my eyes when Loosha passes... and the whole story with the children being the ravens is sooo amazing imo

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• BA

  @baileybob03 · 2 years ago

  I love the atmosphere of Misthallery so much. They nailed the dreary 70’s rural engish vibe.

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• SO

  @solas-5176 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I feel like Loosha's desperation and eventual sacrifice would've been a bit more impactful if Arianna had actually shown any symptoms of being sick at all.

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  @stinos24 · 2 years ago

  To this day I'm still surprised they translated this series into Dutch (my first language) after the second game, even to the point of Dutch voice-actors. Even the legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom still has English voices and just uses subtitles. The fact they went this out of their way for a, relatively, niche market makes the Layton-series one of my all-time favourites.

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  @agcaoimhin · 2 years ago

  I've always felt like this one was underrated, it was definitely strange jumping into spectres call after unwound future but there's just something about the atmosphere of this game and the fact it's Luke and Layton's origin story that just made it so likeable for me, wouldn't be my number one overall but it's probably my favourite of the prequel series

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  @milesprowerradiohour · 2 years ago

  This has always been my favorite game in the series. I enjoy the lower stakes and slightly more fantasy-ish vibes and of course Misthallery has such an incredible atmosphere. More than anything else though the thing that has always felt so wonderful about Last Specter to me is that it&apos;s the first time in the series that the main location feels like a real place with real people and even like mundane small town politics (and well, I guess it&apos;s essentially the first time that the main location <b>is</b> a real place). Also something really charming about the fact that with Luke being our guide around town we mostly get to see the children of the town more than the adults.

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  @dommitchell4319 · 2 years ago (edited)

  i don&apos;t care if london life has &quot;nothing to do in it&quot; 13 year old me still played it enough to get all the expensive golden clothes

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• AR

  @arthyem21 · 2 years ago

  I discovered Specter&apos;s Call rather lately (three years ago) and while it isn&apos;t quite my favorite, I gotta admit the ambiance and dark themes of death, loneliness survival and disease around children (that be Luke, the Bard siblings or the Black Raven kids) really touched my heart. Also, the backstory side about how did Luke met Layton was really well done and the introduction to Emmy and Descole as well. <br><br>Although Descole&apos;s English VA is nowhere near the charisma and chills that emanes from the French one (I recommend you check it out, he sounds so much more mysterious)

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  @aviserig · 2 years ago (edited)

  Bro said its more unbelievable that a giant seal exists than that people were so stoned they hallucinated an entire town.

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