This is another great game in this series of games.

I am not caring enough to consider doing things in the order that is numerically ruled upon to maximize my understanding of storylines, and figure that I would rather be confused and amused and oblivious than bored. Knowledge may be power but knowing everything like I do on a daily basis (thats a dry joke) can underuse the brain maybe. So this is the first BJordan Ive played.

If you are inconsiderate and want to do Ben Jordan Adventures out of order, I am sure he will not appreciate me saying this, but its just as bada** as doing it all proper as so. I loved it.

I did not mind the beginning's Looksee of two unrelated items to begin the adventure, Im a Walksee person, so I just Googled and found a no-spoilers walkthrough so I did not get in that irritated 'I hate life right now' state of mind against amazing games-games that may falter with 3% of the gameplay and it unintentionally ends up impacting the gamer 300% without a unspoilt walkthrough on getting through the game.

Cant wait to play the 3rd, then 1st, then the final game of the Ben Jordans. Good

I am not caring enough to consider doing things in the order that is numerically ruled upon to maximize my understanding of storylines, and figure that I would rather be confused and amused and oblivious than bored. Knowledge may be power but knowing everything like I do on a daily basis (thats a dry joke) can underuse the brain maybe. So this is the first BJordan Ive played.

If you are inconsiderate and want to do Ben Jordan Adventures out of order, I am sure he will not appreciate me saying this, but its just as bada** as doing it all proper as so. I loved it.

I did not mind the beginning's Looksee of two unrelated items to begin the adventure, Im a Walksee person, so I just Googled and found a no-spoilers walkthrough so I did not get in that irritated 'I hate life right now' state of mind against amazing games-games that may falter with 3% of the gameplay and it unintentionally ends up impacting the gamer 300% without a unspoilt walkthrough on getting through the game.

Cant wait to play the 3rd, then 1st, then the final game of the Ben Jordans. Good.

An immensely enjoyable game, much better than number 6 and easily in par with my two favourite games in the series so far, 3 and 4. Francisco finally gave Ben a new outfit! This is when the Ben Jordan series starts to become far more professional thanks to surprisingly great voice work; excellent music; much more serious in tone story; the overlaying arc Francisco has been promising is finally on show here. The puzzles are also cool, though there were a couple of moments that I thought degraded the experience by only a little. At the beginning of the game in order to trigger an event you have to examine two completely unrelated items in Ben's room. And perhaps my biggest gripe with the game is the box puzzle and its buttons. I did manage to figure it out, it was perhaps a little more troublesome then it should have been. But overall though, this is a well made game that has been made with care and attention. The commentary is also insightful and worth playing through the game a 2nd time to listen to. Comes highly recommended

An immensely enjoyable game, much better than number 6 and easily in par with my two favourite games in the series so far, 3 and 4. Francisco finally gave Ben a new outfit! This is when the Ben Jordan series starts to become far more professional thanks to surprisingly great voice work; excellent music; much more serious in tone story; the overlaying arc Francisco has been promising is finally on show here. The puzzles are also cool, though there were a couple of moments that I thought degraded the experience by only a little. At the beginning of the game in order to trigger an event you have to examine two completely unrelated items in Ben's room. And perhaps my biggest gripe with the game is the box puzzle and its buttons. I did manage to figure it out, it was perhaps a little more troublesome then it should have been. But overall though, this is a well made game that has been made with care and attention. The commentary is also insightful and worth playing through the game a 2nd time to listen to. Comes highly recommended.

I liked this game, it felt more complete and serious than any previous BJ game. Soundtrack is amazing and fit corresponding scenes perfectly. Jordan's confession is a sort of little masterpiece ("i keep stealing other people things", "i want to touch other people", "i am standing long time not doing anything" rofl :) ).
However, saying truth, I found the near-final cutscene of murder rather gross.
Also, there were few moments that lack realism. For instance, when BJ is pretending to be a detective with italian name and when he plays plumber he keeps speaking english, which should look weird for people he is trying to fool.
And in general, game created more questions than answers. I am awaiting for continuation :)

I loved this game. It kinda reminded me of the old Gabriel Knight games, honestly. The voice acting was done pretty well and I was rather impressed by the graphics. About the only things I didn't like was there was a little back and forth and one pixel hunt puzzle. Beyond that, though, it was a nice, medium length adventure game.

One of the best parts!

Man, these are some great mystery games. The story has a rounded mix of humor and seriousness... except towards the end, but that is expected.

Things have take a turn for the worse for Ben Jordan, as well as me, I mean--- well not to give anything away to those that haven't played it, I'll shut up now.

Wonderful voice acting, by the way! Tell me there will still be voice acting in the eighth installment. Many would say the game is short, I say that's because you don't waste time with the story. That is to say, you keep it flowing without a hitch.

The player never gets hung up in long drawn out conversations, and the plans of the bad guys don't go on long enough, for the hero of the story to overthrow them.

On top of that, the puzzles are linear to a point where it feels like an interactive movie, which is nice. It allowed me to go through the game at a nice pace, and learn the story without any strange illogical puzzles getting in the way.

Overall, this is the best series of adventure games on this site, keep it up for the last installment!

9/10

Some mild pixel hunting at the beginning as said by others was a little bit on the annoying side. I got stuck at the start

Man, these are some great mystery games. The story has a rounded mix of humor and seriousness... except towards the end, but that is expected.

Things have take a turn for the worse for Ben Jordan, as well as me, I mean--- well not to give anything away to those that haven't played it, I'll shut up now.

Wonderful voice acting, by the way! Tell me there will still be voice acting in the eighth installment. Many would say the game is short, I say that's because you don't waste time with the story. That is to say, you keep it flowing without a hitch.

The player never gets hung up in long drawn out conversations, and the plans of the bad guys don't go on long enough, for the hero of the story to overthrow them.

On top of that, the puzzles are linear to a point where it feels like an interactive movie, which is nice. It allowed me to go through the game at a nice pace, and learn the story without any strange illogical puzzles getting in the way.

Overall, this is the best series of adventure games on this site, keep it up for the last installment!

9/10

Some mild pixel hunting at the beginning as said by others was a little bit on the annoying side. I got stuck at the start!

I've played all of these games so far, and the only problem I have with them is that they suffer from a major lack of originality.

To have Poussin's painting and St Anthony slapping me in the face during this game made me want to switch it off, and load up Gabriel Knight 3 again.

Credit where due. The games are very nicely done with tidy art and production. I'm not sure whether they are meant to be a tongue in cheek homage to Jane Jenson's Gabriel Knight games...or are blatant plagiarism. I suspect something in between

At times it's uncomfortably difficult to guess which is the case.

Whichever reason it is that these games seem awfully familiar..to try and replicate something legendary and as immersing as an adventure game can be. You set yourself up against something very difficult to match, the bar is set incredibly high. Jane Jenson's games - well yes they are old now but will not be forgotten They are also replayed by people because they are classic games.

The whole idea of creating something yourself, is to put your imagination into it, not somebody else's.

In short the Ben Jordan series would be a whole lot better with an original plot and storyline ..to some extent puzzles had not already been done- much better by somebody else long long ago.

If you have played this game and have not played Gabriel Knight, do so. You'll probably enjoy it

The good
If you have a little time to kill these games will give you some amusement- and are nicely done when you bear in mind they're made by an indie developer. It's an amazing effort and result!

The bad
Plenty of other people around here develop games whcih drip with originality..sadly this is not one of them.

Ben Jordan...you are not the Shattenjaeger...sorry

I've played all of these games so far, and the only problem I have with them is that they suffer from a major lack of originality.

To have Poussin's painting and St Anthony slapping me in the face during this game made me want to switch it off, and load up Gabriel Knight 3 again.

Credit where due. The games are very nicely done with tidy art and production. I'm not sure whether they are meant to be a tongue in cheek homage to Jane Jenson's Gabriel Knight games...or are blatant plagiarism. I suspect something in between

At times it's uncomfortably difficult to guess which is the case.

Whichever reason it is that these games seem awfully familiar..to try and replicate something legendary and as immersing as an adventure game can be. You set yourself up against something very difficult to match, the bar is set incredibly high. Jane Jenson's games - well yes they are old now but will not be forgotten They are also replayed by people because they are classic games.

The whole idea of creating something yourself, is to put your imagination into it, not somebody else's.

In short the Ben Jordan series would be a whole lot better with an original plot and storyline ..to some extent puzzles had not already been done- much better by somebody else long long ago.

If you have played this game and have not played Gabriel Knight, do so. You'll probably enjoy it

The good
If you have a little time to kill these games will give you some amusement- and are nicely done when you bear in mind they're made by an indie developer. It's an amazing effort and result!

The bad
Plenty of other people around here develop games whcih drip with originality..sadly this is not one of them.

Ben Jordan...you are not the Shattenjaeger...sorry

Very good game, my favourite of the Ben Jordan series so far, highly recommended. The detective element is very enjoyable, and the puzzles were all good with one exception which isn't to my taste. Great characters, locations and story.

I have played all of the games in this series and have loved every minute of each but this one tops the cake! There is a beautiful flow in the story's plot. Many thank you's from a fan!