The big Honkin 203 Discussion thread (thoughts? favorite quotes? etc.)
well.. its episode time again, and this time i am actually very happy about this episode, from what i hear 203 was written mostly by purcell, and it really shows... the episode has a lot of zaney things that happen in it, espically in the second half of the episode (ill refrain from listing the specifics at this time)
while it can mostly be broken into 2 halves, there are inddeed 3 acts this time, plus a finale... each with a plot toist that makes the story seem like its moving along and not too short by the time it ends
i also like how in this episode some of the puzzles are not very obvious that there is a puzzle at all, and i was scratching my head at multiple points in the game, but once you figure out the puzzles... they all have logical solutions (even if some are far out there) and the cool thing is how you solve some puzzles without knowing what solving them is going to do... walking around without an endgame plan is so much cooler, and adds to the "we're screwed" ambience of the episode
the break down of the episode is 9 puzzles (as usual).. a teaser and 1st act puzzle to get to and into the castle, a second act containing 3 puzzles of cascading difficulites and a 3rd act containing 3 main multistage puzzles and of course a finale puzzle, this finale was kinda on the simple side... but that fact is overruled by just how damn funny and enjoyable playing that act is, which... makes it my favorite act of the entire episode (enough said there, hope i was vague enough for the moment
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the difficulty curve is nominal for the most part... the 1st act is much easier than the second 2 acts, but there is not much more difficulty to the third act and finale from the second.. (although i am sure some others may disagree, but thats my opinion at least) but the comedy associated with solving most of the puzzles in the episode guarantees a good laugh (something which cannot be said with most of the other season 2 puzzles, in the others you just solve... and move on to the next one without much of a giggle)
as for funny lines... ah, so many... my favorte laugh was the one time when sam said goodbye to max, and they both grunted at each other like zombies, and also... shooting all the zombies around the game
Sam: where did you file our last case max?
Max: under waste of our lives, comma, a freaking huge
Max: shoot em in the head its the only way they'll stay down!
Sam: Quiet knuckle head, with our aim were lucky to hit them at all
Max: finally enemies we can shoot and it doesnt do anything!
Sam: its like were being tortured by the almighty
(i have a bunch of others... but the lines are spoilery, so i am not going to quote them now)
i only had one peeve with the entire episode... and even though it is a major spoiler, i have to get this out now
anyways... time dig in, what does everyone else think of 203: night of the raving dead?
P.S. if anyone sees nick on this thread... shoot him
while it can mostly be broken into 2 halves, there are inddeed 3 acts this time, plus a finale... each with a plot toist that makes the story seem like its moving along and not too short by the time it ends
i also like how in this episode some of the puzzles are not very obvious that there is a puzzle at all, and i was scratching my head at multiple points in the game, but once you figure out the puzzles... they all have logical solutions (even if some are far out there) and the cool thing is how you solve some puzzles without knowing what solving them is going to do... walking around without an endgame plan is so much cooler, and adds to the "we're screwed" ambience of the episode
the break down of the episode is 9 puzzles (as usual).. a teaser and 1st act puzzle to get to and into the castle, a second act containing 3 puzzles of cascading difficulites and a 3rd act containing 3 main multistage puzzles and of course a finale puzzle, this finale was kinda on the simple side... but that fact is overruled by just how damn funny and enjoyable playing that act is, which... makes it my favorite act of the entire episode (enough said there, hope i was vague enough for the moment
)the difficulty curve is nominal for the most part... the 1st act is much easier than the second 2 acts, but there is not much more difficulty to the third act and finale from the second.. (although i am sure some others may disagree, but thats my opinion at least) but the comedy associated with solving most of the puzzles in the episode guarantees a good laugh (something which cannot be said with most of the other season 2 puzzles, in the others you just solve... and move on to the next one without much of a giggle)
as for funny lines... ah, so many... my favorte laugh was the one time when sam said goodbye to max, and they both grunted at each other like zombies, and also... shooting all the zombies around the game
Sam: where did you file our last case max?
Max: under waste of our lives, comma, a freaking huge
Max: shoot em in the head its the only way they'll stay down!
Sam: Quiet knuckle head, with our aim were lucky to hit them at all
Max: finally enemies we can shoot and it doesnt do anything!
Sam: its like were being tortured by the almighty
(i have a bunch of others... but the lines are spoilery, so i am not going to quote them now)
i only had one peeve with the entire episode... and even though it is a major spoiler, i have to get this out now
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOOT ZOMBIE MAX!!!!!
you guys really missed some comedy gold with that oneanyways... time dig in, what does everyone else think of 203: night of the raving dead?
P.S. if anyone sees nick on this thread... shoot him
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Glad you liked the episode!
But my absolute favorite part was
cause I'm a zombie....?
that was in my environment! i did that! thanks for the sweet feedback
"You mean a factory that comes to life after it has been shut down. Cranking out products in a hideous parody of actual production, destroying other factories it comes into contact with."
i dunno... i was just saying to shoot him cause he needed shooting.... but thinking on it, he does mindlessly shamble around this forum like a zombie, looking for brains... :rolleyes:
Dur....
Any solution?
P.S. Best episode yet!:D
Sorry, I meant the scene where... ermmm... what scenes didn't you do? Yeah, one of those...
This was by far my favorite episode in the series... the dialog was some of the best I have heard, clicking on objects to hear random banter became fun again, and there were a few epic gaming moments where I had to run smiling into my roommates room (which caused him to slowly reach for a can of bear spray, but anyway). My only issue is that the end seemed to drag on a bit... which forces me to say, GASP, that the game was actually too long! I never thought I would ever find myself saying such a thing.
Overall, on a scale of 1 to 100, I would give this episode a 94%... this is one I will probably play again.
He definitely didn't do Stinky's.
Which is probably why it turned out so great.
Does this have any bearing on the plot? I have no idea. But it's an interesting detail.
Oh wait, he did do Stinky's.
Anyway, to take the focus off of Nick for a bit, one of my favorite moments was Bloodlust-Cam.
Damnit, I did it again!
Also, anyone who has siblings or long-time friends knows exactly what this moment is about:
SAM: Look, Max!
MAX: Geez, Sam. I saw it open. I'm not an idiot.
i love a random mel brooks reference! Awesome game guys!
my post would be usually longer but this time i cant nitpick about it.
this episode had alot more "stuff" going on, just when i thought things would soon wrap up, it just kept going. it seemed to have more cutscenes that gave it a better flowing experience of more things happening. once again, the music was probably one of its biggest strengths.
the only thing that was a downfall was the floating bottle bug.
Haha... somehow I missed that when I first played through. I was replaying the other day while working on the walkthrough and busted out laughing when I heard that. Poor Sam, he was so excited.
I'd love to see a whole game done in the style of the first half of the trailer too, but I doubt that's ever going to happen.
Harry: Get away from that you filthy discusting creature!
Sam: so do you come here often?
Zombie: *Grunt*
Max: ooo, tough break, next time try.. "i think my package is the bomb"
Sam: max's desk... puny... infintile
Sam: MY desk... Big... Manly
Zombie sam: *Grunt*
Rat Bouncer: Rats only!
Zombie max: hey sam, are zombies alowed to drive?
Zombie sam: i dont see why not, my licence is just as expired now as it was when i was alive
Zombie sam: so what are you going to do when you get your soul back max?
Zombie max: im gonna watch hours of reality tv just to show it whos boss
and i caught this last one while in debug.. its a deleted conversation you have with max while in the monster during the finale...
Sam: i cant stand your voice in my head
Max: once you get used to the 15 others its not so bad
Sam: so are you going to help me defeat jergen or what?
Max: you can handle him, im still trying to figure out how to work this guys bladder
haha why would this conversation be deleted??
The only thing I don't really understand is the choice for the castle's location in Stuttgart... If I can choose, the localisation for the vampires is much better in Eastern Europe, like Romania and Balkans Country (or in Sunnydale, CA)... But it's a nice reference for german players...
What's next for location ? France ? It could be nice !
Great job !
Might be a coincidence, though.
I imagined that they were just traveling somewhere drawn without reference material, as usual.