With the original, you find yourself going over episodes again and again. You find yourself just wanting to complete the level rather than making a good job of it because there is no incentive this time. You get all the coins in quick succession, you get the gold statue as the neighbour goes crazy.

That has now been replaced with a series of grey circels at the top of the screen, every time you complete a trick, you fill in a space with a gold coin. The main problem I find with it is that they have done away with the ratings scheme which i thought was novel. The animation is much better, its still not a proper 3D environment but you do get a better perception of depth than the original with proper shading this time. The first game was really innovative but they have tried to be too clever with the 2nd one and they just havent made a good enough job of it. Neighbours from Hell 2 is simply what youd expect of a sequel.

All in all this results in more playing time & fun then the first part! I’ve just played the first few episodes, but I can clearly tell you: This is a WINNER!!! Just BUY it (you won’t regret)… :o) now you can really drive the neighbour into madness (some excellent animations on that!), no time limitation (but bonus points if you quickly finish an episode), more music, harder puzzles and so on. They enhanced many features from the first part, e.g.

You’ll make his holiday one he’ll never forget… But this time, there’s a supporting cast of characters to upset and annoy including the neighbours mother, a huge woman called Olga and her son, mothers dog Fifi and many others. As Woody you must once again try to set up booby traps and play pranks on the neighbour. The neighbour has decided to take a vacation for a well earned break. The star of the show, Woody, has to raise the viewer ratings by berating his neighbour. Following the phenomenal success of 'Neighbours from Hell', the first reality TV show for the PC, comes the second series “Neighbours from Hell 2 – On Vacation”.

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