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Customer Reviews of Delaware St. John Volume 2: The Town with No Name

Even shorter than the first, pretty disappointing.
I finished this game from install to final credit roll in about 3 hours 45 min. And that isn't counting 3 leave-the-computer interruptions, 1 stroll to pick up the mail, 1 bathroom break, and fixing lunch. If I had to guess, I would say I put in 2 hours of game play, including install & reading credits, and I'm not a particularly fast player. At $20 a pop, this is disgustingly short for a game. I'm really feeling as if I've been ripped off. The company should put both 1&2 together for that price. This is why I gave the game an overall 3 star rating. If it was of decent length, it would get a 5, even without 3D super spectacular animation because the story is so good, and I like ghost hunting. <
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>The interface is exactly like the first, point & click, inventory, Voice Imagery Control (which allows you to take pictures, record, and communicate with Kelly, you partner), and 2D scenes with very limited animation and no mouth movement. The scenes themselves are much more detailed and better looking than the first game, which is to be expected. <
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>Voice acting is convincingly done by the same actors as from the first game. The music is appropriately creepy and does enhance the scary atmosphere of the game without becoming distracting. This game seemed to have less puzzle solving than the first. Mostly, you just follow the directions of the ghosts who are helping you or follow clues. A couple of times I just wandered around without direction until I came across another cut scene where a ghost directed me. <
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>The strength of this game lies in the story itself. It's an engaging story, the core of which is continued from the first part. This alone really makes this series one of the few that are truly memorable and enjoyable. But, as much as I like discovering the story with my character, I would really like more to do. For the most part, all you do is wander around finding objects the ghosts lost and returning it to them, thereby "releasing" them from this plane, or reading books for story progression. There is very little problem solving or exploration and releasing ghosts is just getting boring without anything to break that monotony. The title implies you will be in the town, but in reality, you only explore the movie theater, and then the orphanage, and you don't go outside once you are in. <
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>The smart cursor doesn't seem as particular as the first, either because I've gotten used to it or it's been improved. I did have one instance where I'm looking over a room without any change in the cursor. It turns out there was a large cabinet with a drawer I needed to open. Because I was looking at an overall image of the room, I had no idea that this tiny drawer near the bottom was clickable, even with my cursor on the cabinet itself.I had to put my cursor just exactly on the right spot to activate the change in the icon. Most games would make the whole cabinet clickable, then give you a close up where you can then find the appropriate drawer to click. Another issue is with the movement icons and clickable areas of the doors. The handles are in the same area as the about-face icon, so that you need to be ON the handle when clicking. More than once I accidentally activated the about-face move when trying to open a door. Please note, I consider this to be nit-picking, but new players should keep this in mind if they find themselves stuck. It may just be you need to pixel hunt a little. <
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>Overall, I really do like this game, and it's predecessor. I like the premise, I like the interface, and I like how the puzzles, for the most part, do fit the story itself. It's a laid back game, with less scares than the first. But I can't really recommend it for the price, it just isn't worth even $10, let alone $15-20. A real shame because I do like this series so far, a lot.

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Good but not Great
Delaware St. John Volume 2 was a solid game that was fun with good graphics, but not exciting. The puzzles were incredibly easy and the game play simplistic. While I enjoyed the story and the acting, I was expecting a game that would take me a little longer than 3 hours total to play.

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A wonderful mystery with scares, not gore
There are two games in the Delaware series, the first game is The Curse of Midnight Manor and it's a creepy tale of a building with a dark history of violence and murder. I played that game when it came out last year and I liked it. <
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>I just finished playing the second game, The Town With No Name and now I am really a fan of this series! This game was everything I enjoyed about the first game and more! I was creeped out with the environment noises and the ghosts were very menacing! (Especially a certain evil nun). <
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>While I was scared at times there is no foul language or gore in the game which made it perfect for me to enjoy with my 11 year old niece! I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys games with great stories and isn't afraid to go exploring in a haunted town!