That Ending...
Well, I finished Case 12. Thoughts below, with a more comprehensive review to come.
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Yeah, I’m with you about the twist.
I was actually genuinely shocked when Ernest turned out to be Adamas—that part was good! But the whole backstory of it fell flat. STOP INTRODUCING FEMALE CHARACTERS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF KILLING THEM, LEVEL-5. And you’re right, Miles and Ernest did feel like two different people. Plus, for all the talk about a conspiracy, we really didn’t get any build-up for it before case 12. But we got a separate case for each of the Seven Dragons—there was ample opportunity.
You know what else I found weird? Ernest had been working with Kat for weeks, but when he sent out invites for his puzzle party, he still invited the professor instead of Kat. He sent the invitation to the detective agency, but addressed to the professor. Why? He’s obviously willing to let Kat fill the role he had in mind, he idolizes her to frankly annoying lengths, and he of all people was in a position to notice that Professor Layton hadn’t been around lately—even if Kat hasn’t yet told him her father’s gone missing. (Which he knows, by the way, as of the last cutscene. That’s the only time in the game Kat, Sherl, and Ernest have a conversation about Layton’s disappearance, interestingly enough.)
They got a lot of things right with this game—Emiliana and Kat are a freaking amazing combo, and we’re finally getting some more diversity, and heck, sometimes it’s nice to have an adventure that’s not quite so heavy. (Kat and Emiliana’s friend/rival/allyship development was one of my favorite things about the game. Not least because it did develop, and noticeably so. I like the sort of character dynamic they’ve got going.)
What’s bugging me—and what I hope they address in future games—is that they’ve opened the door to a lot of questions and not answered any of them. And that, I think, is why the plot feels a bit thin.
I am completely down for adopted!Kat, however.
