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So there are some puzzles in Layton and the Diabolical Box about making Tea for people.

I love the game, but these puzzles are kind of bullshit.

The majority of the puzzles in Layton normally have a trick. Many of them can be solved through old school trial and error, but there’s normally something you can find, some trick where you can figure it out without a lot of math or whatever. They’re neat that way. Either way, you feel good when you solve it.

But these Tea puzzles… they aren’t so much Tea puzzles, but trial and error. The people tell you what kind of qualities they want in their tea. If you’re lucky, you have the ingredients that equal what they’re wanting, so you try to make it, and hopefully you get it right. Maybe.
If you get it wrong? Well, then you have to wait an unknown amount of time for them to get thirsty before you can try it again.

Basically, if you know the Tea recipes, then you can match the teas to the people really easily. But to find the recipes, you have to just try things at random. Mix and match. Granted, the dialog that happens when you find a new blend is entertaining, but goodness. You have to go through all this dialog that’s entertaining the first time but a pain the 7th time every time you fail. And again, maybe you don’t even have the right ingredients yet.

I dunno, the game is so classy and good. I’ll gladly tell you how classy it is later. But this particular overarching puzzle is kind of bullshit. I wonder if its reward is actually worth it. I ended up looking up all the blends on GameFAQs so I wouldn’t have to trial and error them anymore.