Last Specter is a puzzle-adventure game and prequel to the original Professor Layton trilogy, set three years before the first entry. You play as Professor Layton investigating a mystery in Misthallery while the story reveals how he first met Luke Triton, who becomes his apprentice. The game presents over 170 logic puzzles—ranging from math riddles to spatial challenges—that you solve to progress through the narrative. Dialogue scenes and exploration segments connect the puzzles into a cohesive mystery plot. The North American release includes London Life, a separate role-playing mode where you interact with series characters in a town called Little London. This bonus mode was advertised as containing over 100 hours of content but was cut from European versions to avoid translation delays. If you want puzzles wrapped in story rather than pure challenge gauntlets, this fits.
