First,
he is looking for his
shoes, then his
balls, and now Earl Bobby is back, looking for a loo this time.
Yeah, you heard me right. I’m not kidding. This one is very
simple. You only need to help Earl Bobby find an empty toilet to do
his business.
After playing his game
of golf with his friend Baron Mucki, Earl Bobby is ready to go home.
Unfortunately, he eats too much after the 18th hole and now he needs
to find a loo to do his business. Sound easy? Don’t be so sure
yet, because this “finding toilet” task is very difficult
to do. It’s there within your sight, but somebody’s occupying
it and he does not want to leave. NOT without force, at least.
Am
I enjoying the game? Yes I am, until I meet the dreadful text parser
feature. It’s fun at first, but when you’re stuck for hours just figuring
out what word you should use, the fun disappears quickly. In fact,
I have to type the name of every item on the screen just to figure
out what to do next. Even with my wife helping me find that one word,
it still takes me about 5 hours just to find the God-forsaken word
so I can go to the next step. I might not be that good at text parsing
games, but this one is way too ridiculous for me. You will see what
I mean when you play the game (EVIL LAUGH).
Technically, I don’t think
this game is any longer than the first two Earl Bobby games. It has
approximately the same number of locations to explore. But the text
parser aspect can cause it to become really long. If you are good
at text parser games (like the old Sierra
games), however, you will finish the game in two hours at most.
The
other thing I really hate about this game is the pixel hunting. I
was unable to pick up objects I knew I needed unless I rested the
tip of my pointer on precisely the right spot. This is really frustrating,
as the hand icon appears over all items no matter where the pointer
is placed.
This game has better graphics
compared to the previous two. Too bad there are still many commercial
games out there having much better graphics than this one. Don’t
worry though, I have played many games with worse graphics and still
enjoyed them.
The sound FX and conversations
don’t help to improve the game. The character’s voices are sooo lame
that I turned my speakers off at times just to avoid them.
But
enough already about the bad parts of the game. Now we will talk about
the part that makes this game fun to play: The HUMOR. Most of the
conversations and actions will make you laugh with the satire and
wackiness of Earl Bobby. Some of the puzzle solutions, once you discover
them, are actually brilliant. Of course, sometimes you need to use
more than logic to solve a puzzle. But if Monkey
Island™ can do it, why not this game?
So if you are looking
for a game to fill your spare time, go ahead pick this one. It might
brighten your day with its humor. But if you have a hard time with
games having “non-logical, out-of-the-box” kinds of puzzle
solutions and the dreadful “pixel hunting,” then stay away
from this game because you will lose lots of your hair in the process
of finishing it. I’m not joking, especially with the “additional”
text parser puzzles during conversations. That combination is way
too deadly for me. The choice is yours.
