I'm 8,5 hours into "Loco Motive" and I'm playing as Diana now!

Third playable character unlocked!

While playing as Arthur Ackerman was okay, I didn't give me the amount of laughs as playing as Herman Merman did! This second part of the game was hilarious and I was finally starting to see why everyone was so hyped up about this game. And now, at the start of chapter 5, I get to play as yet another character, Diana: the secret service agent that was helping out Arthur (or the other way around) in the first parts. It was a brilliant move of the developers to create three playable characters to keep things interesting and new.

Herman Merman and the Slurping Servant

After I reached chapter 3 in my previous playthrough, I got to play as Herman Merman and I had an absolute ball. We returned to a time before the Reuss Express departed, and it was great to see how some things I saw when playing as Arthur actually came to be. While Arthur is pretty much the good guy, just trying to help out, Herman is much more of a rascal, quite full of himself and not scared to bend the rules once in a while to get what he wants.

Herman Merman and the Hurtful Kerfuffle

And his scenes are much more memorable. His kitchen antics, the "Knifey Stab Stab" game, his disguise... This is typical adventure game fare, very close to that Sam & Max humor. I also love the many close-ups of the characters when they do something special.

Herman Merman and the Rehearsing Chanteuse

While I keep spending lots of time walking from one end of the train to the other looking for puzzle solutions, it wasn't as bad this time as with Arthur. I must admit I didn't quite see the answer to puzzles fast enough, which led to me trying out everything, hoping to strike gold, but in hindsight it was always very obvious what the game intended. I was stuck at only one instance because I didn't realize I could use something that I had already concocted earlier, but it did make sense. It is a game where it's best to finish each chapter in one go, though, so everything remains fresh in memory.

I hope the next parts with Diana will be equally fun!

You can find Loco Motive on Steam and on GOG.