If solving puzzles isn’t your thing, Professor Layton and the Last Specter has you covered. In addition to the robust adventure filled with puzzles and intrigue provided by Level-5, there is also a full-fledged RPG called London Life by Brownie Brown.

Actually, RPG isn’t exactly the right word for it. Yes, there are plenty of RPG elements like a slew of quests, plenty of NPCs, a town to explore, happiness to maintain and money to earn, but it’s really more of a life sim. Players who jump in get to create their own avatar who lives in a miniature version of the London that Professor Layton and other famous characters from the series inhabit…

There’s been a recent trend, where successful RPGs tend to spawn sequels. In an attempt to freshen things up, these sequels end up belonging to a different genre than the original game. Blue Dragon Plus is following in the footsteps of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings – it’s a portable, real-time strategic rpg sequel to a console RPG.

Thankfully, like Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Blue Dragon Plus is successful in it’s endeavor. It manages to continue the story in an engaging fashion and may give players a greater appreciation for the original game. I know that after playing Blue Dragon Plus for the past four days, I find myself wanting to pick up the original game.

If you haven’t played the original Blue Dragon, you still should be okay to jump into Blue Dragon Plus. All you need to remember is that a boy named Shu and his friends saved the world after gaining the power of sentient shadows. Now, the main villain of the original game, Nene, is back, and the heroes have to save the world again…