This is my all-time favorite game! I got it shortly after it came out, and my kids played it first. After having won it several times, with alternate endings, I decided to have some REAL fun! I began saying all the WRONG things--you know, just to tick the characters off. There is an amusing scene with Max Sidleman in the very beginning of the game, if you avoid him up on the boat deck (you know, when he calls to you, "Hey--C'Mere!") and DON'T bother going to the wireless room to retrieve that message like Penny told you to. Instead--go down to the promenade on "A" Deck, port side, and you'll run into Max strolling up and down. Get in his way and she what he has to say! (My apologies to all the French people of the world!).
You can't take this defiant act too far throughout the game, or you'll never get past a certain point. But experiment and see what reactions you get from the different characters when you act in an alternate way.
I think one of the most repulsive characters has GOT to be that creepy evangelist or whatever he is, you know, the widower. The tone he uses sounds like Frankenstein and those weird buggy eyes! One time, I avoided running into him and was surprised by him in the corridor on my way down to lower "F" deck. Really freaky. Especially if you're playing late at night and the lights are off! (Shiver here)
Anyway, once you've beaten the game a number of times, its always good to explore the other avenues, not caring for the consequences, of course, sometimes with not-so-nice results. But whenever I get homesick for Titanic, this game is where I come to, to walk those passageways and stroll along her decks. If you haven't tried it yet, go to the "Poop Deck" and click on the railing and then again out to sea. Its especially cool off the very back of the ship. Hmmm....must've been the view that Rose got when she was hanging off the ship!
Cheers!
Jeannine
