Little Big Adventure 2

About Little Big Adventure 2

Little Big Adventure 2 (1997), released in North America as Twinsen's Odyssey, is Adeline Software's 3D action-adventure in which Twinsen uncovers an alien plot to kidnap the children and wizards of his planet.

Little Big Adventure 2 in Depth

Years after Twinsen defeated Dr. FunFrock, a storm over Citadel Island strikes his Dino-Fly from the sky. Once the weather wizard calms the storm, aliens called the Esmers land on Twinsun under a diplomatic guise, secretly kidnapping the wizards' children and inviting the wizards themselves to their home planet, Zeelich, as a trap. Newly graduated as a wizard, Twinsen accepts the invitation, is arrested on arrival, escapes, and returns to find Twinsun under Esmer martial law. Armed with a hovering prototype jetpack left by his friend Baldino, he travels between Twinsun, the Emerald Moon and the two-layered planet Zeelich.

Indoor scenes use an isometric 3D view like the first game, while outdoors switches to a 3D perspective view, and all characters and vehicles are polygon models that can turn and move freely. It is a real-time adventure mixing arcade-style sequences with role-playing elements, and once islands are unlocked they can be roamed freely, with many optional and non-linear tasks. Every line of text is spoken, nearly every character responds when Twinsen talks to them, and enemies go about tasks while the world is active. The world was considered extremely large and varied for its time, and completed tasks are rewarded with full-motion video, set to CD-quality music by Philippe Vachey.

Making Little Big Adventure 2

Adeline Software International made it as the sequel to Little Big Adventure, revisiting only Citadel Island and Desert Island from the first game before moving most of the story to Zeelich. It sold more than 300,000 copies by August 1999, but GameSpot noted that weak sales of the first game had left Twinsen obscure in the United States, where it failed commercially, unlike France, and some English voice acting was criticised as corny next to the French. Computer Gaming World's Robert Coffey praised its unparalleled sense of marvel and imagination and its blend of action and adventure, GameSpot gave it 8.1 out of 10 and Next Generation four stars. It was runner-up for Computer Gaming World's 1997 Adventure Game of the Year, which went to The Curse of Monkey Island.