Let's Play: Diceman 2

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu May 02, 2013 5:23 pm

Okay, so the first Diceman story was a certain kind of mad genius, but also deeply flawed as an actual game. Is the second one any better?

Short answer: Yes, with a but.

Long answer: It still suffers from being short, specifically it remains quite railroady. However, it has at least three new things in its favor. First, it does a new thing integrating the graphic element into the gameplay; specifically, there are visual clues to direct choices that would be blind if one only went by the text. Second, it is amazingly similar to the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, despite coming out three years before that movie did, so that's cool.

Third, it includes the finest choice ever provided in all of interactive fiction:

That's it everyone. Art is finished now.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:05 pm

So are you going to start it up, or are you just going to leave us that one choice out of context, and have us make up our own story?

Also, that is amazing. Do all of the Diceman stories have to do with Nazis, even tangentially?

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:13 pm

This is the last Nazi-related story, unfortunately. The rest are about magic mobsters.

First batch of images soon.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:40 pm

The artist for this installment, one John Ridgway, doesn't have too shoddy a resume.

Pay attention to that poem, it's this outing's Grail Diary.

The first die rolls a 2: The Key (again). Stick with it, or roll the second die?

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Thu May 02, 2013 6:44 pm

I suggest we roll again, The Key sucked last time and I can't imagine the powers of persuasion would be particularly useful against Nazi zombies.

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Thu May 02, 2013 9:24 pm

yeah, roll again.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu May 02, 2013 9:39 pm

The second roll is 5: The Lightning. In the last adventure, that got you Astragal as if you'd rolled The Guardian. In this one...?

From now on, all choice prompts will be in the images.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Thu May 02, 2013 10:22 pm

Let's be a wise-ass to Himmler; call him a crapshooter.

angelfromanotherpin · Fri May 03, 2013 12:53 pm

3, 17 Physical remaining.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri May 03, 2013 1:32 pm

In the last book, dissing the BBEG worked really well for some reason.

But apparently Himmler is savvier than that.

Eh, fuck it, I want to hear the exposition; ask Killjoy why she joined the Nazis.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sat May 04, 2013 3:06 am

Hm, looks like it's just you and me, Darthy.

Die roll 6, 11 Physical remaining. Looks like you just have to pick the right person to taunt for mixed benefit. Also, the lower right panel which I (mostly) redacted has two interactions with other panels - Killjoy's baton goes into it, and Himmler's hat which you can still see the top of comes out of it. It's a comics technique with several uses, though I'm not sure exactly what the artist was going for in this case.

Well, that escalated quickly.

There it is!

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Sat May 04, 2013 3:12 am

If Captain America taught me anything, it's that you punch Nazis in the face.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat May 04, 2013 3:24 am

Go for the face.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Sat May 04, 2013 6:49 am

But he has glasses...

What am I saying, of course the face!

CapnTthePirateG · Post by **CapnTthePirateG** » Sat May 04, 2013 1:34 pm

Punch Himmler in the FACE

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sat May 04, 2013 1:51 pm

That's actually a pretty sweet punch.

Dire roll is a 1 (woot!), 10 physical remaining.

I left the result of the stomach kick in for the curious. Yes, breaking his glasses is the way to go.

Foxwarrior · Post by **Foxwarrior** » Sat May 04, 2013 5:35 pm

Well, the tunnel on the left might have Himmler's hand in it, so go right.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun May 05, 2013 3:43 am

Yeah, go right; I don't trust the vine thingies in the left tunnel.

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Sun May 05, 2013 3:48 am

Looks like an ambush on the left, let's go right.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sun May 05, 2013 4:14 am

Die roll 3, 7 Physical remaining.
So, one of the things they did to save space was just shift some events to little bits of text like this. A bit cheap, but it does seem to have kept several choices from being 'forward, or death?' like in the last story.

What the previous choice didn't communicate that it should have, is that once we enter the cave, we are now supposed to be following clues from the poem. The roots were the sign of the oak that we were supposed to follow. So check the poem out (second spoiler, post 4 of this thread) before choosing what to do here.
Also, this section is apparently not multiple choice, but short answer.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Sun May 05, 2013 7:05 am

Well, if those with "shining steel" will "instead of going into combat" be "solidified into stalagmites", we should probably ditch the gun...

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun May 05, 2013 11:28 am

Yeah, drop our weapon.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sun May 05, 2013 1:33 pm

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Sun May 05, 2013 1:59 pm

Middle path. Moonlight and runes.

ishy · Post by **ishy** » Sun May 05, 2013 2:05 pm

Middle path, anything in the late 70s is bad.