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===Case 6 - Scourge Of The Sea People=== | ===Case 6 - Scourge Of The Sea People=== | ||
Recently, when Francisco Gonzalez updated the Grundislav Games site, he added that the next Ben Jordan game would be called Scourge of The Sea People | Recently, when Francisco Gonzalez updated the Grundislav Games site, he added that the next Ben Jordan game would be called Scourge of The Sea People. Little else is known, but it is probable that the story arc will become more clear in this episode, as well as in the following conclusive installments. | ||
== Characters == | ==Characters== | ||
The Ben Jordan games have been praised for having strong character development, even in the earlier, shorter episodes. As of the third and fourth games, there have been several characters who have become important to the series. | |||
The Ben Jordan games | The Ben Jordan series is one of the relatively few AGS games that uses Sierra-style speech (speech includes close-up portraits of the characters faces), compared to the majority of AGS games that use LucasArts-style speech (text above characters). Most of the characters portraits used for dialog were redrawn in Case 5 to have a more serious disposition and will presumably be used in all games following it. | ||
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===Ben Jordan=== | |||
[[Image:Ben.gif|left|thumb||Ben Jordan as drawn in Case 5 and onwards]] | |||
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Ben Jordan is the main character of the series, a young man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in his early twenties who has recently graduated college with a degree in International Relations. However, his dream is to be a paranormal investigator. Ben is curious, brave, and altogether likeable, but unfortunately for him, seems to suffer from the bad luck of losing people he becomes close to. As a result, he has become wary of getting too attached to people, and becomes angry more easily than before. | Ben Jordan is the main character of the series, a young man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in his early twenties who has recently graduated college with a degree in International Relations. However, his dream is to be a paranormal investigator. Ben is curious, brave, and altogether likeable, but unfortunately for him, seems to suffer from the bad luck of losing people he becomes close to. As a result, he has become wary of getting too attached to people, and becomes angry more easily than before. | ||
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===Percival Quentin Jones=== | |||
[[Image:Percy.gif]] | [[Image:Percy.gif|left|thumb||Percival Quentin Jones as drawn in Case 6(?) onwards.]] | ||
A professor of Criminology at Oxford, Percival Quentin Jones met Ben Jordan in Smailholm, where he was investigating the murder of the two children there. At the time he was rude and condescending towards Ben, but his attitude quickly changed after the case was solved, and he was quite helpful during Ben's investigation of the Horror at Number 50. Not much is known about Percy, but his final comment at the end of Case 4 would suggest that there is more to him than he lets on... | A professor of Criminology at Oxford, Percival Quentin Jones met Ben Jordan in Smailholm, where he was investigating the murder of the two children there. At the time he was rude and condescending towards Ben, but his attitude quickly changed after the case was solved, and he was quite helpful during Ben's investigation of the Horror at Number 50. Not much is known about Percy, but his final comment at the end of Case 4 would suggest that there is more to him than he lets on... | ||
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===Mary Blaine=== | |||
[[Image:Mary.gif]] | [[Image:Mary.gif|left|thumb||Mary Blaine as drawn in Case 5]] | ||
A young Scottish lady, living in the village of Smailholm. Ben met her while she was in jail on the accusation of being a witch and having murdered the two McBee children. In reality, this was all an elaborate setup by the entire village who were witches, and wanted to lure Ben in to be their sacrifice. Following the "good" ending of Case 3 as canon, Mary found herself falling in love with Ben because of the kindness and compassion he showed her, and Ben fell for her as well. Unfortunately, she was killed by Zortherus, which upset Ben greatly. | A young Scottish lady, living in the village of Smailholm. Ben met her while she was in jail on the accusation of being a witch and having murdered the two McBee children. In reality, this was all an elaborate setup by the entire village who were witches, and wanted to lure Ben in to be their sacrifice. Following the "good" ending of Case 3 as canon, Mary found herself falling in love with Ben because of the kindness and compassion he showed her, and Ben fell for her as well. Unfortunately, she was killed by Zortherus, which upset Ben greatly. | ||
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===Simon Booth=== | |||
[[Image:Simon.gif]] | [[Image:Simon.gif|left|thumb||Simon Booth as drawn in Case 5 and onwards]] | ||
An English ghost hunter from Birmingham, Simon is an outgoing, likeable guy. He and Ben met outside Number 50, Berkeley Square, and the two quickly became friends. | An English ghost hunter from Birmingham, Simon is an outgoing, likeable guy. He and Ben met outside Number 50, Berkeley Square, and the two quickly became friends. | ||
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===Alice Wilkins=== | |||
[[Image:Alice.gif]] | [[Image:Alice.gif|left|thumb||Alice Wilkins]] | ||
A young lady from Sacramento, California, studying parapsychology at Harvard. Alice was also present at Number 50, and took a liking to both Ben and Simon. Although she and Ben share much in common, Ben seems reluctant to become romantically attached to her. Whether or not this will change in future episodes remains to be seen... | A young lady from Sacramento, California, studying parapsychology at Harvard. Alice was also present at Number 50, and took a liking to both Ben and Simon. Although she and Ben share much in common, Ben seems reluctant to become romantically attached to her. Whether or not this will change in future episodes remains to be seen... | ||
== Trivia == | ==Trivia== | ||
* Certain aspects of Simon Booth and Otto Schneider are in part based on the author's former roommates. | * Certain aspects of Simon Booth and Otto Schneider are in part based on the author's former roommates. | ||
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* Case 3 contains several Easter Eggs. One involves the gnarled old tree outside the village, and the other requires your computer's date to be set to a particularly "silly" day of the year. | * Case 3 contains several Easter Eggs. One involves the gnarled old tree outside the village, and the other requires your computer's date to be set to a particularly "silly" day of the year. | ||
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== External links == | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.grundislavgames.com/bj/ Official Website] | *[http://www.grundislavgames.com/bj/ Official Website] | ||
[[Category:AGS_games]] | [[Category:AGS_games]] | ||