Review

Developed by:Straandlooper Published by:Telltale Genre(s):
  • Adventure
  • Platform:
  • Handhelds
  • PC
  • Cost:$9.99 ESRB Rating:RATING PENDING Players:1 Release date:April 27, 2011 Reviewed on:PC Episode Released:August 25, 2011
    5

    Hector: Badge of Carnage Episode 2: Senseless Acts of Justice

    First let me start off by saying that I didn’t know anything about this game before I reviewed it.  I’ve never played Episode 1, so many of the inside jokes and plot points went completely over my head.  Just thought I’d let you know. And now to the review!

    I am a big fan of Telltale games. For only making adventure games they are about as diverse as you can possibly get.  I own almost every game they’ve developed or published; yet for some reason I had a hard time liking Hector Episode 2. I’m not sure if it’s the gross-out humor or the lack of inspiration when it comes to the puzzles, but I just had a hard time sitting through this one.

    In this game you play as Hector the pride Clappers Wreake Police Department, which is sad considering he is a washed up selfish drunkard. You are called in to investigate a series of murders and end up hot on the tail of a gruesome serial killer. I don’t know the specifics, but somehow 27 cops end up dead and Hector is looking for vengeance. And honestly that’s about it. Not much happens story-wise. The game mostly relies on its quirky dialogue based humor and its sick physical humor, which I’ve never been a fan of, but that’s just me.

    You begin the game trapped in a room with a computer controlled sniper rifle staring you in the face. You must escape without getting shot, but the gun is programmed with facial-recognition software and you can’t take even one step in any direction without your life being prematurely ended. All you are given to solve this puzzle is a half-eaten pizza and various other meaningless items. The situation looks dire, however, with a bit of nonsensical problem solving the day can be saved!  Except Hector is never saved.  Somehow he always seems to get himself into more and more trouble.

    As far as the gameplay goes Hector is fairly uninspired. Honestly there is nothing in this game that you can’t find in any other adventure game. You click to move, inspect things, talk to people and interact with objects. You can also combine items. That’s really about all there is.  The mentality behind solving the puzzles is fairly easy to figure out. Items you can pick up are usually the most disgusting thing in the room. The answers to the puzzles take a bit to figure out because they don’t make much sense until you start thinking dirty.

    This game, as I said before, relies on gross-out humor. There are a few jokes throughout that had me chuckling, but mostly I was dreading the next situation Hector would get himself involved in.  I just wanted it to be over. If you are the kind of person that likes this kind of stuff then it probably won’t be a waste of time to check this game out. But if you’re like me then you’ll just end up wishing it was over.

    Gameplay:

    5

    If you’ve played an adventure game before than you’ve seen it all.

    Graphics:

    8

    I did like the art style the character designs. I can’t say it was pretty to look at, but that’s the idea.

    Sound:

    6

    The voice acting was passable, but the music was the bare minimum. It took me half the game to realize it was there.

    What's New:

    3

    Other than this particular kind of humor being in an adventure game there really isn’t anything new.

    Replay Value:

    3

    There isn’t much story to be found, so the only reason you would play this game again is for the jokes.

    Final Score:

    5

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