Comments on: Wot I Think: Bookworm Adventures 2

By: PaulMorel

PaulMorel — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:58:27 +0000

Question: Can you replay the main campaign?

For me, the most disappointing thing about BA1, was that I couldn’t replay the main campaign on a harder difficulty. I mastered all the minigames in little time, and I wanted a bigger challenge. It doesn’t seem that hard to implement, so I’m surprised that it wasn’t in there.

Also, yeah, multiplayer BA would be the shit.

By: Clovus

Clovus — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:31:34 +0000

PvZ gets repetitive and uninteresting before the campaign’s halfway finished
I have to second this. I nearly gave up from boredom during the fog levels. Every 10 levels you get another weird mini-game, and new zombies/plants are constantly added, but the game really does drag a bit in the middle. I enjoyed the roof levels though, and had lots of fun after finishing the campaign. I’m a sucker for stupid repetive actions, so I actually got my tree to 100 ft. That final bit of advice was a real letdown.

On BWA: I don’t know what to do now. I liked the demo for BWA1, but you tell me to buy 2. But 2 is $20 right now, which is way too much. Should I buy BWA1 now for $9.99 or wait a few months to just get BWA2 for cheap. I don’t want both. Arrrrggh….

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:25:33 +0000

Quite a few words that it wont accept – most of them in British and American dictionaries…

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:16:34 +0000

I was disappointed when the first one didn’t accept “wizardy”. I know it’s not a word but it should be.

By: Carra

Carra — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:46:00 +0000

A bit hard for someone whos native tongue isn’t English. Still, the demo was quite doable with 4-6 character words.

And shoo censorship. It doesn’t accept tits while rapes is fine. And why did it not accept Jews?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:22:13 +0000

I’ll be waiting for the drop in price, loved the demo but PopCap have priced this a bit too high for me.

By: ad_hominem

ad_hominem — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:51:10 +0000

I disliked the first Bookworm Adevntures because it wouldn’t accept ‘Toblerone’ as a word. Otherwise it was great. This second one is too expensive for me at the moment though.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:02:15 +0000

Yeah this was a bit pricey – If I’d had the first I probably wouldn’t have bothered getting it.

Pretty good fun still though. Quite enjoyed spelling the heck out of the mad hatter.

The multiplayer idea would have been great! Then again everyone could just go and play illiterati on yahoo if they wanted to do that ;) (and if that still exists?)

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:37:10 +0000

Bought and finished the first, then bought the second and am playing it now. I should be grumpy because haven’t changed much, but it’s an enjoyable little thing and, as I do when I spend more time playing Scrabble or doing crosswords, am managing to see more decent words now.

“Bequeathing” has been my best so far, I think.

By: Pie21

Pie21 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:02:00 +0000

BA1 was awesome, but there’s no way I’m paying $20 for another one. Multiplayer would make it an insta-buy at $20, otherwise I’ll wait til Steam cuts it to $10.

Since we’re on about record words here, I’ve got PHILANDERERS, BOUNTIFULLY, OCTAHEDRONS (best album), PERNICIOUSLY, RESPLENDENT, TONSILLITIS and GONORRHEAS.

And my longest – killing a Summoned Cerberous with INCREDULOUSLY. Featuring 2 diamonds, no less.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:45:25 +0000

It recognises ‘sluts’, but not ‘shite’. I find this offensive. But yeah, I had a lot of fun with the demo, that was enough for me though I think. Might pick it up down the track if it gets cheap and I’m feeling desperate.

By: madhaha

madhaha — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:24:59 +0000

I am moving house to somewhere where there’s no internet connectivity. My roomate confronted me and took £15 off the bills so I’d buy and download BA2 before we moved. We had 4 minutes left on the trial and she had been saving it for the last week since she couldn’t bare the thought of not being able to play it.