Ben Jordan Case 2 Deluxe

GarageGothic · Sat 27/03/2010 00:15:06

Quote from: tzachs on Fri 26/03/2010 20:44:30Oh man, I finished it with 81 points too!
Where oh where was that lost point?

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Did you return the silver bowl?

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Excellent remake, Grundislav. I especially liked the second half of the game - brand new gameplay and some great character. The graphics were basic but a vast improvement on the original and the voice acting was the best in the series so far.

Tom S. Fox · Sat 27/03/2010 00:28:23

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Did you return the silver bowl?

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Grundislav, you magnificent bastard!

Tom S. Fox · Sat 27/03/2010 00:49:17

Is it just me or does the game crash after the extended ending?

sergiocornaga · Sat 27/03/2010 01:55:13

Quote from: GarageGothic on Sat 27/03/2010 00:15:06
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Did you return the silver bowl?
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I tried to, in fact I was pretty convinved that was what I had to do. But I thought I'd get an opportunity to at the end of the game, and I didn't. Time to restart!

EDIT: Well, I just played through the entirety of the game again. Gotta say, for anyone in the same situation I was, it's not really worth it!

PuNKKoMmANDO77 · Sat 27/03/2010 11:27:51

good job Francisco

xenogia · Sat 27/03/2010 13:07:37

I just finished, but realised I forgot to give the bowl back to the wife. Going to have to start again to do just that to get the extended ending.. haha.. Playing it made me redownload all the old episodes. Slowly playing them all again

Kweepa · Sat 27/03/2010 18:16:48

Thanks Grundy!
I didn't finish the non-deluxe version, but this kept me entertained for an hour to the (non-extended) end.

Wesray · Sat 27/03/2010 19:05:25

Sooo, I managed to finish the game yesterday night after all. Who needs sleep when a new Ben Jordan is out?

Really liked the game, especially the brand new puzzles once you got to the Salton Sea. The metaphor puzzle was particularily great. I also appreciated the subtle references to the other games, e.g. the Italian tourist that was mentioned or the hole in the mine.

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I also forgot to return the bowl! Seems I have to play the game again.

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Hammerite · Sat 27/03/2010 19:23:35

Grande!
Something to play over the Easter holidaysh!

Stupot · Sat 27/03/2010 23:11:12

Finished. And I didded the doodah to get all 82 points.
Good job Grundy. Had some genuine laugh-out-loud moments.
Is that poor mullet guy based on Randall Flagg?

Also... The British tourist is based on me, right?

Also, good to hear that Charlie Feathers track again :-) Classic Ben Jordan!

markbilly · Sat 27/03/2010 23:46:44

All round brilliant. Really loved the art and animation. All the characters were interesting and unique, too.

Laughed out load when

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Mama carried the Mullet Guy off!

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LRH · Sun 28/03/2010 00:55:30

Quote from: markbilly on Sat 27/03/2010 23:46:44
All round brilliant. Really loved the art and animation. All the characters were interesting and unique, too.

Laughed out load when
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Mama carried the Mullet Guy off!
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I was playing through with my GF and she laughed for quite a while at that one as well.

All around fantastic job, Grundi!
Much better than the original, I'd say

GarageGothic · Sun 28/03/2010 03:17:16

One thing I found absolutely hilarious:

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The animation of Ben bouncing off the wall and landing on his feet when you try to pick up the ghost's treasure! I kept clicking on the gold just to see it happen again.

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Shadow1000 · Sun 28/03/2010 07:54:44

An excellent remake! I'm a Ben Jordan fan so I couldn't miss this one.

Here are my comments:

- I don't know if anyone else had this but I had to fiddle with the settings to get the game to run on my computer. I've never had this with an AGS game.

- The puzzles were just hard enough to keep me thinking but not hard enough to frustrate or make me want to stop the game. That's probably the most important way I'd rate a game.

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- I thought the song-writing puzzle was brilliant. I've never seen anything like that in AGS and that type of originality makes the series stand out from the crowd.
- I hope I'm not being overly critical, but I think that proportionately, the moonshine quest occupies too much of the game. I think that almost half the points in the game are earned before going to Bombay Beach but if you consider that the moonshine quest is really peripheral to the main theme, I'd recommend either extending the essential quests (perhaps while on the ship there should be some items to collect before releasing George or capturing the ghost) or minimizing the moonshine quest.
- The way that elements from earlier in the game are used or tie into later parts of the game (such as the coffee and moonshine) show some really good planning that enhances the game
- I don't know if this is a bug but when you finish the Bombay Beach quests, they remain on your to-do list.

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I could go on about how much I enjoyed the game but this will suffice.

Many thanks for an outstanding series.

Paul

Sam. · Mon 29/03/2010 15:51:51

Lovely job, played it in one nice, funny chunk.

Out of interest, what is taking priority? Remakes or the next game? Or subtly undermining Starbucks?

Captain Ricco · Mon 29/03/2010 23:30:02

What i dont get yet is why they left the treasure behind?

Cogliostro · Tue 30/03/2010 04:09:18

The original Case 2 was good, this version was great. If your artistic vision for Case 8 continues to prove elusive... a remake of Case 3 & 4 would be AWESOME!!!!!

- Cogliostro

Grundislav · Tue 30/03/2010 04:17:42

I'm (mostly) happy with Cases 3 and 4, so full dedication to Case 8 from here on out.

CaptainD · Tue 30/03/2010 15:45:52

Looking good so far

Though I liked Case 1 anyway, I have to say that Case 2 is a massive improvement.

xenogia · Tue 30/03/2010 21:49:30

I do like the fact it takes you about a year to release an episode, as this gives enough anticipation for the next episode