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I’ve reached the Ground Level!

Died once, but again it was deliberate (I willingly opened the doors of the radiation chamber).

My favourite moment was Joey using “the subtle approach” to get past the hologram.
Yelling them into submission always works.
[spoiler]He might have been right too. As long as we don’t find anything out about this Overmann, there’s still a chance we’re Overmann. Or at least our mom was, which could be why they’re looking for us.[/spoiler]

Theory time:
We’re related to Overmann. Linc wants us alive (Linc killed Reich for that reason) because Linc needs our DNA to unlock a part of it / make it all-powerful.
Basically the plot to the Eagle Eye movie.

I’m really getting discouraged.  When I climbed the stairs after exiting the furnace room, I found myself on a different level than Hobbins’ workshop.  There’s no way back there until I fix the elevator, and it seems I can’t fix the elevator without the wrench to give Joey a new shell.  I went back to my save on Hobbins’ level, but when I set the elevator alarm off, I can’t get back to the cabinet to retrieve the wrench in time.  After about 10 tries, I’m ready to punch something.

Lady Kestrel - 14 April 2019 04:13 PM

I found myself on a different level than Hobbins’ workshop.

You’re not. Access is possible from that level.
I’m just not sure at which point the guard in front of the recycling plant’s door leaves and you can get back in again, but you can.

And like chrissie says, you should have enough time. I got it on my second attempt, when I was fully prepared.

Phew!  I finally finished the first section.  My right hand has a tremor when I try to do something precisely and quickly, like clicking on a pixel in a short amount of time.  Often I can do it with just a little rehearsal of the movements, but sometimes it takes many tries to get it right, especially with overuse or if I’m tired.  It took me walking away for a while to ease some of the tension and then several more tries, but I finally managed to grab the wrench.  Since I didn’t realize the guard across from the power plant was going to move, I had gone back to a save, and it was only later that I saw he was gone.

Sam and Norville in the security area made me laugh, as did the guard by the downed helicopter and the guy with the clipboard when he patted down Foster.  I also like the banter between fiesty Joey and Foster

I guess if you’ve played the game before, that would probably be an option.  However, the adventure gamer in me always tells me to explore the whole area before attempting to go to another.  Besides that, talking to Hobbins the first time gave me some useful information (and some smiles).

I’m on the ground level. Enjoying Joey’s company a lot, other characters are mostly one-dimensional and their only purpose is to create a puzzle or a comic relief. The gameworld is cool, or at least the idea behind it, although it feels a bit underdeveloped and empty and not too exciting to explore. Some highlights like the virtual reality seem right at home, others, like the whole mad doctor sequence, are fun, but would be more suitable for a straight-up comedy game. At least Revolution created a unique cyberpun (he-he) experience. And they found the right balance between comedy and drama in later Broken Sword series.

chrissie - 16 April 2019 08:58 AM

Tim, did you not decrypt the documents while in LINC-space to later read them uncoded in one of the terminals?  or have I misunderstood? 

You got me there. I have decrypted the documents, but I have not yet read them uncoded in one of the terminals.
I reached the stopping point immediately after the LINC-space sequence, and I didn’t really tie up any loose ends, leaving them for the next section.

Is my theory already shot to pieces?

Don’t answer that. I’ll find out next week.

I am at the next stopping point in the game. So far, so good. Fun old school adventure game. It also reminds me of Technobabylon a little bit.