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Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
2008 · Puzzle, Visual novel, Point-and-click · Nintendo DS · Nintendo of America
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future is ranked no. 2,157 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,497 and 46% of duels won. Against Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 0 wins to 4 losses in 4 duels. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 42 out of 145 (Puzzle).
World rank
no. 2,157
ELO score
1,497
Wins
46%
Duels played
156
About Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
As with previous Professor Layton games, Unwound Future is an adventure game where the player solves puzzles offered by local citizens to progress the story forward, through dialogue and around 32 minutes of full motion video. The player moves about the game through still images of locations. The player can use the DS touchscreen to tap on non-player characters to start a dialog or to obtain a puzzle, and also can search anywhere on the background for hint coins, with some areas needing to be tapped several times to reveal a secret hint coin or puzzle. Puzzles are brainteasers of many varieties, including visual, math, and logic. There is no time limit to solve puzzles, and the player can get up to 3 hints at a cost of one hint coin each; a new feature in Unwound Future is a "super hint", costing 2 coins, that can only be bought after the other 3 hints have been revealed, but that nearly reveals the puzzle's solution. If the player is correct in solving the puzzle, they gain a number of "Picarats", a form of currency within the game. Guessing the incorrect answer will reduce the number of picarats the player can get on subsequent attempts. Players can visit certain areas in order to play undiscovered or unsolved puzzles that are left behind as the story progresses.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,497 ELO points over the last 215 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All 0% 4 duels played · 93 points behind
- against Your Turn to Die: Death Game by Majority 67% 3 duels played · 112 points ahead
- against Thimbleweed Park 0% 2 duels played · 22 points behind
- against Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box 0% 2 duels played · 5 points behind
- against Emily Is Away Too 0% 2 duels played · 53 points ahead
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Around this spot
The games Professor Layton and the Unwound Future sits between in the world ranking.
- 2,154 Darksiders III 1,497
- 2,155 Marvel Rivals 1,497
- 2,156 Breath of Fire IV 1,497
- 2,157 Professor Layton and the Unwound Future 1,497
- 2,158 Hotel Dusk: Room 215 1,497
- 2,159 Party Animals 1,497
- 2,160 Aliens versus Predator 2 1,497
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The standing
Where Professor Layton and the Unwound Future ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Professor Layton and the Unwound Future stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 42 out of 145 (Puzzle).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 2,157 | 5,110 |
| Puzzle | 42 | 145 |
| 2000s | 588 | 1,304 |
| 2008 | 60 | 150 |
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