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- Zombie Cow Studios
- Zombie Cow Studios
- Zombie Cow Studios
- Zombie Cow Studios
Ben There, Dan That!
Released On: Jul 14, 2008
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6.2
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6.2
23% Positive
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17% Negative
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User Score
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Based on 30 User Ratings
6.2
23% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
60% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
17% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
A small but perfectly formed adventure game for less than the cost of a pint; Ben There, Dan That is a bargain and well worth a look for fans of the genre.
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I have bought "Ben There, Dan That!" & "Time Gentlemen, Please!" bundle on a Steam sale, not really expecting much. Much to my surprise both games happened to be LOTS of fun, especially "Time Gentlemen, Please!". This is a must-have for old-school gamers who value good story over graphics, for those who remember text adventure games and know what rubber-chickens-with-pulleys-in-the-middle are good for :)
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Two absolute bare bones point-and-click adventures. If you aren't into British humor, it is probably going to be painful to read through the game dialog. But if you like Benny Hill / Monty Python type humor, they are bearable. Although separate games, they really should be treated and played as one single long adventure since Time Gentlemen, Please! is an immediate sequel to the much shorter Ben There, Dan That! Combined, these two games hold overwhelming entertainment value for their wild and crazy adventures, completed by truly bizarre and humorous inventory item uses. In comparison Ben There, Dan That! is simply a prototype for the much more refined Time Gentlemen, Please!, but together they complete a highly enjoyable adventure game. They take me back to simpler times when games like Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry were king.
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It's clearly a loving homage to LucasArts adventures, but it really pales in comparison to what it's imitating. It's too slow-paced, the puzzles aren't that interesting, and the humor is self-serving bro banter that relies on the idea that other people find these two twenty-something white guys as funny as they do themselves while constantly taking stabs at people who aren't like them. The dialogue is boring to read through (yes "read" because there are no voices and few sound effects).
I did appreciate the part where they make fun of the US, because it's always fun to see what other countries think of us.
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Point and click adventures I'm totally down with, especially the old lucasarts/lucasfilm adventures which this is clearly a loveletter to, but I just... I just wish this was as funny as it thinks it is... Sad really. I mean, it looks pretty awful but you can get past that if it's a good enough **** writing is utterly paramount in a game like this and this is where it doesn't work for me. I'm British so the "don't like British humour" excuse won't work on me, I just didn't think the writing was very funny. Sorry.
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Summary Ben There, Dan That! is a freeware comedy adventure game by Zombie Cow Studios, written by and somewhat-narcissistically starring the eponymous Dan and Ben, a couple of layabout geeks who always seem to find themselves knee-deep in high-adventure. Through an improbable series of events, our heroes find themselves aboard an alien spacesh...
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jul 14, 2008
Developer:
- Zombie Cow Studios
Publisher: Zombie Cow Studios
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