Bone: The Great Cow Race

Fun if a little short.

Was stuck mopping the floor for 20 minutes before I Alt-F4'd.

I have a few things to say about this game and the previous game, Bone : Out from Boneville.

So first of all, it has been brought to my attention people have been giving this game POSITIVE REVIEWS, and I know that it was one of their first games and their team probably wasn't experienced, and I'm not expecting a miracle out of a new company, because I have a brain. But this game is so exceedingly bad, even for a company that just is starting out, and I'm gonna say why, especially since this game isn't available anymore.

First, there's the graphics. This game is garbage looking, and there's no doubt, I mean this game came out the same year as Resident Evil 4, which is amazing for its time, sure, but if you compare the graphics that was what was capable in 2005, in fact resident evil CAME FIRST, and I know its a cartoon style, but its just bad, and it hurts my eyes. The color palette is toilet, its just a lot of brown and red and white and grey, that's not even a joke, that's the best way I can describe it, it's really that bad. The animations are just as bad, the mouths move like the worst lipsync in the world, I honestly got a good laugh out of that. Overall though it's really just ugly, and is an aspect that makes this game awful.

The gameplay is just so bad. It's a story-based game right, so it's not supposed to be super duper fun, but most RPG story games have the minigames or QTE's or something, but oh boy bone is something else. The games have strange mechanic where you have to figure out some bull method of winning like a puzzle, but it's a minigame? I actually don't get it, like in the first game you had to figure out this hide and seek game that took about an hour for me to realize that saying warmer and colder moves them in the direction (spoiler alert lol). Another amazing thing, although I enjoy Fone crip walking everywhere, it's so damn slow, and it takes ages to go everywhere, and I'm not joking about the crip walk, buying the game just for that is reasonable.

Finally, I will talk about the best part of the game, the dialogue. Now it's a story-based RPG, so the dialogue should be pretty good, and it's fine for the most part since it's ripped from the book, but first the voice acting is wooden most of the time and is god awful in general. The thing about the dialogue is that some of it is written by the game writers or whatever, and you can tell which are ripped from the book because the lines written by the programmers or whatever is so bad, you can tell it apart easily. It's not completely bad, but wow is it far off from the normal game writing.

Now this is written with a ton of hyperbole, and I actually enjoyed playing this game with friends since it's so funny and we just laughed for hours about some of the dumb things in this game, but that doesn't change that I still did technically enjoy it. And like I said, this game came out when Telltale was still a fresh company, so you can't judge this too harshly or use this to define the company.

In conclusion, play these games, you will hate them and yourself, but you will laugh your ass off.
But actually don't get these, these are better lost to time.

No point in writing this review since the game isn't available on Steam anymore. This is pre-Walking-Dead Telltale, a very good and actually funny couple of episodes based on the Bone graphic novels. They are a little easy and the mini-games aren't great, but it's still a shame they never got the full treatment like Telltale's Sam and Max games.

I WANT A REFUND IT NEVER STARTS AND THE SCREEN IS ALWAYS BLACK

One of the things that was great about Simon The Sorcerer and Monkey Island was that they got you laughing, and the presentation was beautiful, with highly detailed environments, and some of the best pixel art around. This game lacks on both those fronts. I don't mind them being in 3-D or even necesarrily that it's low poly, it just looks bad. Un-inspired and un-inspiring.

pros: good book
cons: i cant read
all i can say is i would bone the bone out of bone

A fun adaption of the second Bone graphic novel, would suggest if you wanna try a telltale classic from back in the day.

Very good i have enjoy the game, have played the first chapter and waiting the 3rd part of the game hope to see it soon.

If you liked the first one, may as well play this one. More solid puzzles and treats for fans of the comic. Only negative is the abrupt ending. Wish they woul've made more of these.

Bone: The Great Cow Race is the sequal to Bone: From Out of Boneville game by Telltale Games. Based on the second volume of the said title, the game picks up where the last one left off. The Bone cousins are adjusting to their current lives in the valley they all ended up in after being chased down by the swarm of locusts. They have resided at the cottage that's occupied by a kind elderly woman named Grandma Ben & her gorgous granddaughter Thorn. A spring fair was being held in the valley where the villagers and travellers from abroad gather together for import goods, carnival stands, and the yearly "Great Cow Race". Fone Bone who has a secret crush on Thorn will use the spring fair as an oppurtunity to express his love to Thorn. This attempt came to a halt when Thorn develops a relationship with a traveling beekeeper. Will Fone Bone be able to show Thorn how much she means to him is yet to be seen. Meanwhile Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone who are trying to pay their debt at the local pub run by the no-nonsense Lucius are crafting a scheme to get both of them out of debt. Phoney views the cow race as the oppurtunity to strike it rich and become the new owner of Lucius's pub in two swoops. Because Grandma Ben who is the only human contestant who par takes in the all bovine race is the popular choice to bet on. Phoney spreads rumors about Grandma Ben's health and claims to have a cow who is the fastest piece of beef in the whole valley. He goes all the way by making Grandma Ben appear to be ill and getting Smiley Bone to pose as a cow. Is this scam going to help Phoney's ambitions, or will it be as much of a failure as his Boneville election? This game is much more lengthy than the previous game as you play as all three Bone cousins each having a different story path that leads to one finale. There is the option to switch between the Bones in case you want to focus on a different cousin or if you feel stuck. The extra fair contenders weren't from the original comic volume, but they do feel like they originated from the Bone comics and helped made the game slightly longer than the predessor did. Keep in mind that this game wasn't intended as the last Bone game as it was open for a third game that was going to be based on the third volume "Eye of the Storm". The game in question never went into development and Telltale never went on record for the reason. Either due to low sales on the game or a falling out with Bone's creator Jeff Smith. But 10 years since this game's release, Telltale never went back to the Bone series for more games. A real shame too cause the good stuff in the comic series happens in volume 3, as it further develops the relationship between Fone Bone & Thorn, many secrets are revealed including the identity of the mysterious Hooded One of the Locusts. I can totally see all of the Bone comic volumes as episodic adventure games. But with the unlikelihood of more Bone games all we have is the anticipated animated film trilogy that's been in development for years. If it does officially get off the ground, I can see it being on par with the two Bone games which is all we have for now as a Bone related media. So if you have finished this game and are craving to know the rest of the story, read the comic series. It is a creative and wonderful comic series that will delight generations of readers to come. It will be the comic series I will read to my future kids some day as well.

As the game series is discontinued I recommend this as a set and only on a discount. The games combined are adorable in my opinion but warning the fun is short lived and they are definitely designed for younger audeinces in mind. Still I found the voice acting, characters and tale entertaining and Im quite sad there will not be more of these. It was still fun while it lasted and it will keep my daughter amused at least for a little while.

Played March 2016. 4 hours, but I accidentily left it running on pause awhile. It is probably only 2 hours of gameplay. This game has a similar glitch that prevents running on Windows 10, but search the community board and you can find the workaround, and it is similar to the workaround for the first Bone game. (Delete a file, start the game, change settings, restart the game).

Do you like Bone? Do you like Telltale style games?

This game is far better than the first one. It's bigger, with more difficult puzzles (compared to ones in the first game), and has some fascinating missions. I really love the voice acting and the dialogues. Still, I love the Bone games, mostly because I love the Bone comics too. I feel like I forced myself to like these games. So, I'm not sure if everyone is going to love these games. Sadly, Telltale Games abandoned the Bone game series and they are left without a third game, so they're incomplete. With their current experience, Telltale Games would make an excellent third Bone game, so I really hope they will consider it.

If you read any of the "Bone" books by Jeff Smith, this is the game for you! I enjoyed the second one more than the first because it follows the hilarious "Great Cow Race" plotline.

It's a shame that this series was discontinued but at least we got two great games to play. Besides with the superb animations and voice acting, it could also double as a "Bone" cartoon...

Bone: The Great Cow Race is the sequel to Bone Out from Boneville and follows on Phone Bone and the gang as theyre being hunted by the Locust yet again but will this sequel top the first one or will you want to skip it ? This time you play as all three cousins instead of the two you played in the first one. The game picks up a little before the first episode ends where we find out how the guys ended up in the city. After escaping from the locust we find out that Grandma Ben's farm house has been destroyed they set onto compete in the Great cow race. While Phone bone tries to impress Thorn. Phoney and Smiley hatched a plan to win the Race for themselfs and take the bet winnings while we find out that the locust are still trying to catch and kill Phone Bone. So how is the sequel ? Overall i liked this more than the first act since i liked the puzzles more in this one cause they were a bit tougher to figure out. The gameplay is still the same as the first one but this time you can switch to witch charecter you want to play on the fly. The script is funny and the game is very fun. But there are a few problems with the game. Its quite short and the biggest turn off for some people im gonna try to avoid spoiling it here but the game ends on a cliffhanger which is never resolved (unless youve read the comic books) Overall this is a very fun adventure game. Definetly get both episodes of Bone cause its really fun. I give Bone: The Great Cow Race a 8/10

The story of the cow race comes to a conclusion, but there isn't a major resolution to the main story of the hooded figure and them finding their way back home. Since this is the last in the series, I cannot recommend a game that doesn't resolve itself. I felt the conversation puzzles were arbitrary and they felt way more tedious/grindy than the first chapter, Out of Boneville. I'm a huge fan of other Telltale games, but this isn't that great and definitely aimed at a younger audience in my opinion. Skip it.

The Great Cow Race offers the same fun than the original game in the series. This a short, cute, and easy adventure game for you and the kids to enjoy. This is Telltale Games, you just can't go wrong.

The sequel to "Bone: Out from Boneville"...?
I say this in confusion because the first game ended with the Cow Race beginning, and this game starts with the characters not knowing anything from the first game except the cow race. There's continuity errors all over this plot.
The dialogue is even slower then the first, and the "mini-games" get you stuck it sucks so much a*s it made be quit.
Would not bother with this crap.

0/10

Being a fan of the book series by Jeff Smith and the first game of the series (Bone: Out From Boneville) I definitely liked the second one better. If you would like to see my review of the first one, go check the store and my review is there somewhere. This one is more difficult than the first one. Now, I cheated in this one. I used the help button throughout, making it only take me three hours to beat. Now, if yoiu don't use it, and have never played it, it should take you longer to beat it than the first one. Unlike the first one, this one has more difficulty and problem-solving skills. It even has the possibility of playing as Smiley Bone, as well as Fone Bone and Phoney Bone. In the first game, you couldn't switch between characters whenever you wanted to and you couldn't play as Smiley Bone. The thing about this is that every character you play as is connected in some way. So, when you do a certain thing with one character, it makes it help one of the other characters. When you are finished doing everything possible with one character, you are unable to use that character anymore, so that it makes it simpler for you to know what to do next. The mini games are minimal in this game, unlike the first one, and concentrates more on problem solving. It is much more entertaining than the first one, much more difficult, and much longer (if you don't use the help button). I recommend this game and I give it 9 out of 10.
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Bone: The Great Cow Race is the followup to the Telltale game Bone: Out From Boneville. The game can be played as a stand alone story without any prior knowledge of the Bone comic strip, or the pevious episode, but background knowledge is of course only beneficial. As with the previous iteration, there is alcohol and tobacco use, as well as some cartoonish slapstick humor. There are no bonus features, so the story plays out in a very linear manner. Overall, the story is more humorous than the previous episode, and about double the length as well. If you enjoyed the first episode, you owe it to yourself to try this one too.