Brain Hotel: Remodeled

Fun, silly adventure game. Some voices were changed from the original, which is a shame, but still great fun. Ran well on Linux.

The original Brain Hotel was the first Pinhead Games flash game I played back on their site over 13 or more years ago. I was excited to see it was getting a remake and really kick myself for never hearing about it's Kickstarter last year so I could pledge. That being said, I'd recommend this but with a heavy asterisk: "This game is essentially like the original. Save for a new NPC, some new voicelines and a puzzle or two that have been altered; you'll be doing the same stuff as the older flash game." Some oddities: Some VO is recycled from the original while others are redubbed. This is a bit more miss than hit. Ed's new VO sounds alright for doing some more extended lines here and there so I get why they recast him but why Impo? His new voice sounds like the dude did everything in one take compared to the different inflections the VO from the original did. Not to mention, it still uses his old voice for the elevator exit gags. Why not just use the old lines? There's nothing new that would call for a redub as far as I can tell. There's also no graphical settings you can tweak unless there's a launcher in the game dir. Had to play the game in like 640x480 fullscreened or something. I'd recommend this if you liked the original, want to support the creators of the original and can't be assed to find a way to play the old flash version.

这个游戏我花了一个小时通关，原版Brain Hotel里面有一瓶钚，把Botsmith撕下来的放射标签给酒保就能拿到钚，这一版使用标签是无法操作的，和酒保对话索要钚，没有原版的“So what am I allowed to have?”这一个选项，机器人要求5样东西，还少一样东西，就是钚，提交两次手机就可以凑齐机器人需要的东西 电梯旁边柜子拿毛巾→把毛巾给游泳池的女人→把女人给的硬币给Impo→把Impo给的手机交给机器人，这个流程重复两遍就可以提交两次手机 有一个机制原版做的比较好，就是点人可以自动对话，这个版本需要点“TALK”再点人才能对话，有点麻烦 整体体验感觉不错，结尾还有讲述Ed Arnold怎么把Judge Mental拿游泳池水兑氨放倒的，并且介绍科学常识这一点是原版没有的 I spent an hour completing this game. In the original Brain Hotel, there was a plutonium vial - you could obtain it by giving the radioactive label torn from Botsmith to the bartender. However, in this version, the label isn't interactive. When trying to request plutonium through dialogue with the bartender, the original "So what am I allowed to have?" option is missing. The Robot 6 requires five items, with plutonium being the missing one. Submitting the phone twice completes the robot's requirements. Walkthrough: Take towel from elevator cabinet → Give towel to pool woman → Give received coin to Impo → Submit phone from Impo to Robot 6. Repeat this process twice for dual submissions. One mechanic better implemented in the original was automatic dialogue initiation by clicking characters, whereas this version requires clicking "TALK" then selecting characters, which feels cumbersome. Overall experience was good. The ending notably expands on how Ed Arnold defeated Judge Mental using pool water mixed with ammonia, including scientific explanations absent in the original.