Have made a very brief start on it and it's definitely better so far - there's a slightly better opening cutscene, then you get a nice easy puzzle in the middle of an action scene as an old English priest hiding a manuscript and whatnot, then you get another cutscene as he is killed and we switch to whatserface from the first game. A much better start, even if it is funny to go from W&G's earthy accents to one extremely plummy English accent and another that sounds more like Australian. Anyway, back to thingummy and everything's already slightly worse again! Her puzzles are immediately less exciting and also the combination of her writing, direction and acting comes out as very robotic. I tried to pick up her handbag to which her response was "even a woman should be able to go for five minutes without her handbag", and I can't tell from the delivery whether that was intended to be sarcastic or if the writers genuinely think this is a strong Girl Power stance.
Also, hilarious moment in her introductory cutscene - she's about to board a cruise ship, some guy runs up to her in a panic, says something cryptic to her and then immediately gets killed by a forklift truck, and she just gazes in that direction for a moment then wordlessly turns and boards the ship! Just could not give a shit about this human dying in front of her!
Okay, this is atrocious. Giving up. She sounds like a robot high on weed the whole time, almost ever line is a misread, the puzzles are dire (someone is leaving riddles around the ship for you to follow so you can get your suitcase back, for some weird reason, and the first one is about things that come from the stars which sounds difficult until you come across a big plastic UFO sitting in the reception), and they just made another weird comment about "women's lib". Also, a cruise ship is functionally a hotel, and so many of these games start in hotels, it's so goddamn boring. I never want to press a reception bell again. It was at least very funny to watch someone in skin-tight jeans and a vest top somehow put a six foot oar and a full bucket of soapy water into her inventory.
Rating: Awful
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