Bone: The Great Cow Race

Point-n-Click, Adventure/Children

April 2006

Third Person

"Bone 2: The Great Cow Race finds Fone Bone and his cousins reunited and preparing for the Barrelhaven county fair. It’s the eve of the annual cow race, and each one of them has a role to play in upcoming events. As you might expect, Phoney is devising a scheme to part the townsfolk with what passes for money, and Smiley is going along for the ride. Fone Bone is busy mooning over Thorn, looking for a way to wrench her attention from a shirtless honey salesman, and all the while the rat creatures are still making their dastardly plans...Throughout the game, you’ll switch between playing Fone, Phoney, and Smiley to help each of them complete their assigned tasks.

"...[T]he graphics are stunning, with beautifully detailed backgrounds rendered in classic cartoon style. The characters look great and move realistically, and the voice acting is superb. It’s obvious that a lot of talent is behind the Bone series.

"The puzzles in Bone 2: The Great Cow Race are also very well done, with each of them integrating with the game and storyline. Most of this game flowed flawlessly, but there was one sticking point I have to mention: the load time between scenes was agonizingly slow.

"...I highly recommend this game to anyone looking for a lighthearted adventure whether they’re fans of the Bone books or not. And while growing old between scene changes was a very real possibility, I’m only docking the game half a grade, since the rest of it was just so well done. That leaves me with a final grade of: A-."

Ed. note: Bone: The Great Cow Race is available as both a download and packaged CD-ROM from Telltale Games. This game is also known as Bone Act Two: The Great Cow Race, which follows Bone: Out From Boneville (also known as Bone Act One: Out From Boneville).

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Troubleshooting FAQs
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Demo (PC)
Soundtrack (free download)
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Trailers
Bone author Jeff Smith interview movie
Designer Diary
Concept Art
Cast
Game manual (PDF)
Interview with Telltale CEO Dan Connors
More Info (latest news)

PC REQUIREMENTS:

Windows® 2000/XP
DirectX® 8.1
140MB Free Drive Space
Newer 3D Accelerated Video Cards: T&L-capable with minimum 32 MB video RAM:
800 MHz P3 processor (or better)
Older 3D Accelerated Video Cards: Non-T&L-capable: 1.5 GHz processor (or better)

CD-ROM

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	Point-n-Click, Adventure/Children
	April 2006
	Telltale Games Telltale Games
	*Third Person* "Bone 2: The Great Cow Race finds Fone Bone and his cousins reunited and preparing for the Barrelhaven county fair. It’s the eve of the annual cow race, and each one of them has a role to play in upcoming events. As you might expect, Phoney is devising a scheme to part the townsfolk with what passes for money, and Smiley is going along for the ride. Fone Bone is busy mooning over Thorn, looking for a way to wrench her attention from a shirtless honey salesman, and all the while the rat creatures are still making their dastardly plans...Throughout the game, you’ll switch between playing Fone, Phoney, and Smiley to help each of them complete their assigned tasks. "...[T]he graphics are stunning, with beautifully detailed backgrounds rendered in classic cartoon style. The characters look great and move realistically, and the voice acting is superb. It’s obvious that a lot of talent is behind the Bone series. "The puzzles in Bone 2: The Great Cow Race are also very well done, with each of them integrating with the game and storyline. Most of this game flowed flawlessly, but there was one sticking point I have to mention: the load time between scenes was agonizingly slow. "...I highly recommend this game to anyone looking for a lighthearted adventure whether they’re fans of the Bone books or not. And while growing old between scene changes was a very real possibility, I’m only docking the game half a grade, since the rest of it was just so well done. That leaves me with a final grade of: A-." - Ed. note: Bone: The Great Cow Race is available as both a download and packaged CD-ROM from Telltale Games. This game is also known as Bone Act Two: The Great Cow Race, which follows Bone: Out From Boneville (also known as Bone Act One: Out From Boneville).
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	Support via email Troubleshooting FAQs Support Forum Demo (PC) Soundtrack (free download) Videos Trailers Bone author Jeff Smith interview movie Designer Diary Concept Art Cast Game manual (PDF) Interview with Telltale CEO Dan Connors More Info (latest news)

	*PC REQUIREMENTS:* Windows® 2000/XP DirectX® 8.1 140MB Free Drive Space Newer 3D Accelerated Video Cards: T&L-capable with minimum 32 MB video RAM: 800 MHz P3 processor (or better) Older 3D Accelerated Video Cards: Non-T&L-capable: 1.5 GHz processor (or better)
	CD-ROM