Delaware St. John Volume 2: The Town with No Name – Preview

If you’ve been following the Delaware St. John series, you’ll be happy to know that the second installment is here. And if you haven’t been following the series… now might be a good time to begin. The Town With No Name looks to have all of what made the first installment such a great independent game, and even a little bit more.

This story begins with clue-hound clairvoyant Delaware St. John picking up the scent of yet another mysterious trail when he finds a strange map. Delaware takes off to parts unknown—literally—and finds himself in a town that seems to have no past or future, and a pretty sketchy present. Buildings are vacant, cars have simply been abandoned, and not a living soul is in sight. Of course, since this is a Delaware St. John game, the non-living will make plenty of appearances.

As with Midnight Manor, players will use ghost-hunting tools like VIC to keep in touch with the “real world” as they explore the creepy Town With No Name. Most of the controls and graphical interface elements will remain the same, but there will be some important differences between this second game and the first.

For example, the cut scenes that were originally rendered in 2D still frames have now been upgraded to full motion 3D. And where the previous game had two main characters…. Yep, you guessed it. The duo is now a trio. Hmmmm… 3D, trio, coincidence? Yes, probably, but it sounds more dramatic when I put them together that way. In any event, players can now interact with two people in the real world, Kelly and a British bloke named Simon.

All in all it looks as though fans of the first game will find even more to love about the second one, including a larger area to explore, an ever-expanding story line, and better graphics. This looks like another promising installment in the 10-game series, one that ghost-adventure fans won’t want to miss.

Town With No Name ships on November 28th, and you can buy it on the official game site, www.delawarestjohn.com.