Jessica Plunkenstein and the Dusseldorf Conspiracy

[ida]

Yip Trish - I did the same things as yourself.

Ive re-started the game twice to no avail and now cannot proceed 

[Potch]

Really nice game.  I enjoyed the humor in it.  I was especially pleased to see the few Mikado references in it.  I was in that show once, and it's really rare to see references to it.

And I don't think Les Mis sucked!  I've seen it twice and it was incredible!

The only thing that I had an issue with playing wise was that it was often difficult to find just where to click to go through a door.  Other than that, great job!

[ida]

I think this game is very enjoyable to play and has an amusing feel to it.

I too felt that using the walk icon when going through doors could be awkward at times.

Though it is clear a tremendous amount of time and effort have gone into the game.

[ida]

Trish, regarding the book problem...

Spoiler

I tried this order:

1. Dont pick up the book on the mantlepiece.
2. Get Baron water blasted out of way with water.
3. Then pick up the book on the mantlepiece.
4. Then use this book on the book on the table.
5. The Baron still does dialogue with you like he's still there at the table, but it seems to work and you have the 1st Edition in your inventory.

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[Trish]

Thanks!! 

[sunshinegold]

Just finished.

Thank you for a  very enjoyable game.  Love it when we have lots of rooms to play.  Congratulations to all that participate in making this great game.

Hope for a sequel.

[Dave Gilbert]

Just started this game and I'm enjoying it so far.  A shame you had to go and pilfer the RON character archive, though. It sort of took away from the experience.  But, the humor more than made up for it.  the voice acting is also very good.

I'll comment more when I play more.

[lakerz]

This game was great, very challenging at times but fair in the way puzzles were presented.  My only gripe (besides dipping into the RON graphic archive) is how hard it was to enter/exit doorways.  I'm the last person who should be talking about AGS technical stuff, but shouldn't it be possible to make the whole doorway zone active for the function that changes screens?

[MillsJROSS]

This is easily one of the most entertaining and well put together games I've played in a while. I'm glad this came out during the summer, otherwise I might not have had the time to play it.

The cons: As mentioned before some of the hotspots for entering doorways were a little ackward to manipulate. Sometimes the hand icon is better for entering/exiting buidlings. While I appreciated the extra effort to make it so the doors opened and shut, some of it was superfluous, and contributed to the ackwardness that was had when trying to enter/exit buildings. A small complaint was Jessica's speed, which was a little on the slow side. But that's really just a minor complaint. I think my biggest complaint would be the puzzles. While some were quite clever and fed the story well, some of them didn't engage me at all and left me stupified. Which wouldn't be so bad, adventure games are supposed to make you think. It's just that after I found the solution, I didn't feel the warm fuzzy feeling from a good puzzle. None of the puzzles were horrendous, I just didn't enjoy some of them. A good bit of aggresssion goes to the lights out puzzle, which just seemed thrown in there, mostly because how many people use a lights out for a lock? (I ask that with full realization of the silly world that your game takes place in).

The pros: When I downloaded the full thing I was almost horrified to find out it had voice acting, only because most of the time it get's annoying and I turn it off. However, I found most of the voice acting to be quite good. It added to the game, and the voice actor should all be commended for a job well done. While the the graphics weren't flashy, they were consistent. Consistency is more important to me then anything else in graphics. The well written and witty dialog is what really made this game for me. There some very funny moments, while playing and while watching cutscenes. The cutscenes were top notch, too. It seemed a good deal of effort was put into them, and it shows.

It really altogether was an enjoyable game. The only other complaint would be your website, which after having played your game, I know you could improve upon. Thanks for entertaining me.

-MillsJROSS

[greg]

A hint file for the game is now posted at http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/dusseldorf.php.

PS: Check out the New York Times review of the game at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/13/sports/13game.html.