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I think it’s just a great deal easier to organise puzzles in a more linear fashion. It’s always a sticking point with modern adventures, but provided the puzzles that are there engage me, I genuinely tend not to notice.

The most annoying scene in the BS5 for me was the one with childish
radio-rhyming talk between Kat and Pearl.
Anyone else feels the same way about those two hens?

I noticed in the GOG site an “update” to BS5 next to “My Games” files. It’s not an update file but the whole installing file was updated. I did not see any difference in the files but, after installing the new installer, I noticed a 50MB increase in the size. Does any one know what is that about? And what does the new installer change/improve in the game? If any?

diego - 25 April 2014 04:42 PM

DarkEye - 25 April 2014 04:26 PM

The most annoying scene in the BS5 for me was the one with childish
radio-rhyming talk between Kat and Pearl.
Anyone else feels the same way about those two hens?

It was ok until George and Nico decided to dance along with it.

Actually, I found the whole thing very weird, but it cracked me up when they decided to dance, that is why I overall loved it

I just finished Episode 2! I would’ve enjoyed it more if there were no “episodes” at all, but I’ve harped on about that enough already.

I really enjoyed the game from start to finish, almost. My complaints about Episode 1—empty environments, meandering story—were completely addressed. The more secluded areas in Episode 2 were more appealing and the environments looked outright incredible. Once again, George and Nico were fantastic together, even if their team-work was a bit of a missed opportunity.

I admit that by the final goat puzzle, I was ready for Shears to light those henchmen up so I could move on. I wasn’t in the mood for another elaborate puzzle—I was a bit grumpy after decoding the Tabula. I didn’t think that puzzle was very clear at all. I thought each “element” of a symbol corresponded to a word, but then some symbols apparently indicated directions…didn’t make sense to me, or it wasn’t well explained.

Regardless, it’s definitely up there with the first 2 games—it may even be better than BS2, but I’d need to replay it to cement my opinion.

A lot has been said about the story, especially in Rock Paper Shotgun’s scathing review. I thought it was fine, if a little anti-climactic. You never feel [spoiler]the severity of Langham’s plan because the power of the Tabula is never demonstrated, and his motivations are sketchy at best. He wants to raise Lucifer because...? Because it was the will of his ancestor? What will actually happen anyway?[/spoiler] It’s all very ambiguous, which is totally fine by me, but it’s not the best story motivation.

On the more negative side, walking is still achingly slow, pauses between dialogue have been sped up but are still too slow, my game crashed 2 or 3 times near the end, and there were a few pathing issues where George would walk on top of the scenery, breaking the illusion of depth. Still, a very good game that I’d recommend to anyone who enjoys adventure games.

I’m really surprised by the overwhelmingly positive reception here. Sure, it’s a good game but better than BS2? Hell it’s not even as good as BS3.

While playing Episode 1 I was surprised how much a good time I was having, but by the end of Episode 2 I realized that was because we have been starved of these kinds of games since the 90s.

I do hope BS5 helps spark a revival, if only because the competition might bump up the standard to the point where any new traditional-styled game with great graphics isn’t praised for being, well, traditional with great graphics.

At the moment I feel like Adventure Games are still cycling in phases - one year it’s retro-pixel, the next it’s QTE interactive fiction which is the flavor of the month. Meanwhile the 1st person solitary exploration games that were coming out by the dozens a few years ago have all but vanished. Bringing back a degree of diversity would be very good for the whole scene.

Zifnab - 02 May 2014 11:20 PM

I’m really surprised by the overwhelmingly positive reception here. Sure, it’s a good game but better than BS2? Hell it’s not even as good as BS3.

While playing Episode 1 I was surprised how much a good time I was having, but by the end of Episode 2 I realized that was because we have been starved of these kinds of games since the 90s.

I do hope BS5 helps spark a revival, if only because the competition might bump up the standard to the point where any new traditional-styled game with great graphics isn’t praised for being, well, traditional with great graphics.

At the moment I feel like Adventure Games are still cycling in phases - one year it’s retro-pixel, the next it’s QTE interactive fiction which is the flavor of the month. Meanwhile the 1st person solitary exploration games that were coming out by the dozens a few years ago have all but vanished. Bringing back a degree of diversity would be very good for the whole scene.

There are countless first person exploration type games available for iPad so if you crave those, that’s where they are. Mind you, most of those are pretty awful from my experience but they are being produced like crazy for that platform for some reason.

Speaking of iOS, when is BS5 Episode 2 coming out?

Try this Link to refresh your account. It worked for me:
https://secure.gog.com/en/account/refresh

It worked immediately for me.
I don’t remember well, perhaps you have to install the whole game anew?
How big is the installer?