Professor Layton and the Last Specter: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Professor Layton and the Last Specter (2009) is a point-and-click, puzzle, visual novel video game developed by LEVEL-5, available on NDS. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 80/100 on IGDB.

What is Professor Layton and the Last Specter about?

Last Specter is the fourth game in the Professor Layton series, and is a prequel that takes place three years before the first trilogy, detailing how Professor Layton met his apprentice, Luke Triton. The game includes over 170 puzzles. Professor Layton and the Last Specter also includes an additional role-playing game entitled Professor Layton's London Life, available from the start of the game. London Life, in which players interact with various characters from the series in a town called "Little London", was advertised to contain over 100 hours of content. London Life was removed from the European versions of the game in order to prevent a significant delay of the game's release for translation.

Key details

Professor Layton and the Last Specter was released in 2009 and supports single player. Platforms: NDS. Developer: LEVEL-5.

Should you play Professor Layton and the Last Specter?

A solid 80/100 aggregate score makes Professor Layton and the Last Specter a safe pick for fans of point-and-click, puzzle, visual novel.