Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon

Goblin series are one of my favorites! They are funny, witty and cruel in a Tom&Jerry fashion (and we all love them, don't we?). Playing this game is tremendously entertaining. You will probably find yourself clicking on various objects, and forgeting about completing the puzzle, just so that you can see what will happen to your character when he interacts with it. The game starts with 2 goblins, and along the way you will gain control over some other ones too. Each of them will interact with objects in different ways. Completing levels will not be an easy task as it will require a lot of imagination, tenacity and patience. However, you will love this game no matter what. The graphics are superb. You will barely believe your eyes. Sound effects are also great. I have no objections to gameplay either. I think this is more than enough for a mark of 5! Try it out, you won't be sorry!

This game is a real corker. The graphics are superb and the background music no worse than anything else. This is the stuff of adventure puzzlers' dreams, and rightly so. I must say though that it is unbelievably hard. Maybe I'm just stupid but there you are. A fabulous adventure with plenty of thought-provoking puzzles to make sure the chilly wintry hours go by. Just make sure you pack a few extra brains with your sandwiches and you will probably be alright on the night.

The game's funny to watch and play but there's always the fear of getting terminally stuck somewhere. Top drawer stuff but difficult ride alright.

Likevel, uansett hvordan man snur og vender på det, så er Gobliins 2 en fantastisk oppfølger til 1991s banebrytende hjernetrimmer, Gobliiins. Grafikken er noe bedre, har flere innslag av den gode tegneseriefølelsen, og bakgrunnsmusikk har endelig blitt lagt til. Om du liker eventyr med en god dose hodetrim, er dette akkurat din type kake.

There's something a little lacklustre about this sequel. While the idea is similar and works quite nicely, in practise the puzzles are a little less obvious than in Gobliiins. This leads to frustration of the negative sort. Still, the game is beautifully presented, with lots of humourous touches. Just prepare for your patience to be well and truly tried, that's all.

On the presentation front you cannot fault it. Gobliins 2 has a sense of fun about it that makes it enjoyable to just run the little guys around, with lively performances from the supporting cast as well as Fingus and Winkle. Downers are involved with gameplay. Getting the goblins perform simultaneous actions can be difficult and tiresome. A trial and error method will get you through many of the problems, some of which seemed too contrived. A flawed diamond of a game, the visuals and soundtrack making it worthy of its own TV slot. However the linear problem solving and gameplay glitches can often make playing it less enjoyable than watching a friend have a go.

Einsteiger sind wegen des unterm Strich milderen Schwierigkeitsgrads mit dem ersten Gobliins-Titel besser bedient; Teil 2 ist ein Fall für Fortgeschrittene. Beide Titel haben einen fulminaten Fun-Faktor; dank des Spielwitzes sieht man gerne über einige Nachlässigkeiten bei der Logik hinweg.

Für mich hat dieser zweite Teil der Saga dem Vorgängerspiel einiges voraus. Erstens: Es gibt kein „Game Over"! Zweitens: Eine wesentlich interessantere Story, die durch ihren Witz und ganz eigenen Charme zu bezaubern weiß. Einige Koordinationsrätsel können einem schon den letzten Nerv rauben, sodass ich des Öfteren auch einfach mal abschalten und mein Glück an einem anderen Tag erneut versuchen musste. Daher ist das Spiel Genre-Neulingen auch nur bedingt zu empfehlen. Alten Hasen, die dieses witzige Adventure noch nicht kennen, kann ich es nur wärmstens empfehlen. 15 bis 20 Stunden solltet Ihr schon dafür brauchen, selbst wenn ihr keine Probleme mit der Koordination habt. Bei Ebay ist das Game momentan in der OVP für um die 30 Euro. Allerdings gibt es auch eine abgespeckte Sierra Originals Version. Bei dieser Version ist auch Gobliiins enthalten und sie kostet so um die 5 - 10 Euro.

Tja, alles in allem wieder eine abenteuerliche Knobelei die sich wegen ihres völligen Gewaltverzichts auch hervorragend für jüngere Geistesheroen eignet. Oder anders gesagt: So ziemlich das genaue Gegenteil von den müden Softsex-Puzzeleien, die uns Designerin Muriel Tramis üblicherweise unterjubelt...

There's more (good) slapstick and graphics are a little better than in the first part, too. The 'flattened' gameplay (which is still good, just.... inferior in comparison) is unfortunately too noticable, especially since the player even gets not-so-subtle hints like "we have to get those men laughing" all the time. Not a game to last forever, but still a distraction to waste a few hours with.

There's more (good) slapstick and graphics are a little better than in the first part, too. The 'flattened' gameplay (which is still good, just.... inferior in comparison) is unfortunately too noticeable, especially since the player even gets not-so-subtle hints like "we have to get those men laughing" all the time. Not a game to last forever, but still a distraction to waste a few hours with.

Very few of the game's puzzles follow any sort of logic, and this can be incredibly frustrating. If I hadn't been given a player's guide to help me get onto some of the later levels, I'd probably still be tearing my hair out. There are a few on screen prompts that offer small clues about what to do, but they're just not enough. I mean, how was I to know that the chicken had to be over the head with a sausage and half-tickled to death before it would produce the egg that I needed for later on in the game? With such pathetic logic, the game is reduced to a plodding exercise of trial and error. And they expect us to pay 30 quid for this? That's about the only laugh I get out of the entire game. Avoid.