Strong Bad's Cool Game 4 Attractive People - Episode 2 is now out with a new story and cartoon featured characters. In "Strong Badia The Free" it`s all about the dispute between Strong Bad and The King of Town who shall be referred only as the "The of Town". If you don't know what this game is about you should read the SBCG4AP - Episode 1 review to get the idea. Strong Bad is the creation of the Chapman brothers, along with every other character that appears in this game and the story for Strong Badia the Free is written by Chuck Jordan, the same person who worked for Sam and Max Episode 2.

The story begins when The King of Town puts a tax on emails. So whenever Strong Bad sends or receives an email he must pay the King of Town one Creamy Ding Snack Cake. As Strong Bad is not willing to pay this tax, he is put on house arrest. After breaking free from his "imprisonment", he starts gathering followers to put an end to the KoT reign. But to get to the King of Town, there is a long way to go.

There are 9 territories in the game, each belonging to specific characters. There is Strong Badia (Strong Bad), The Cheat and Tirerea (The Cheat), Bleak House (Strong Sad), Concessionstan (Bubs), Homesar Reservation (the new character from the game, the floating headless Homesar), Country (Strong Mad), Pompomerania (Pom Pom), Marzistar (Homestar and Marzipan's territory) and The Castle (which belongs to the King of Town of course).

Again, Strong Bad's quest for conquest begins in Strong Badia all the way to The Castle where the score must be settled with The of Town. Episode 2 brings some characters forward like Strong Sad, Strong Mad or The King of Town (who had little or no interaction in the story of Homestar Ruiner - Episode 1) and sends others to the back of the show (Marzipan, Homestar). This point and click adventure is more difficult than its predecessor, with more collectibles and stuff to do.

If you are a fan of Homestar comics, then you should know about the Teen Girl Squad. If not, let me tell you. Teen Girl Squad is a comic book created by Strong Bad that features 4 girls, Cheerleader, So and So, What's her face? and The Ugly One! In this episode, we have Cave Girl Squad which has basically the same idea, meaning you have to get rid of each girl in the funniest way to earn the big points.

The other mini-game is Math Kickers featuring The AlgeBros , another arcade game where two brothers must solve a series of mathematic equations and algorithms in a more brutal way, that is by kicking some ninja but. Along the game, you can find secret moves that will facilitate your way through the game, earning lots of points, this adding to the total awesomeness level.

If you want to complete the game on fast-forward, this can be done in about 5 hours of gameplay. But if you are a perfectionist or really want to enjoy the game, about 7-8 hours should be enough to find all the hidden treasures, flags and achieve best high score in the mini-games.

Episode 2 – Strong Badia the Free didn't fail to entertain, and it's needless to say that Strong Bad's humor is the best I've seen in any game out there. Fans will be pleased once again, and new comers will have a good adventure game in their hands. If you don't have it yet, hurry up and pay the $8.95 for this particular episode or $34.95 for the whole season. Looking forward to get my hands on the next episode. Cheers.

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Gameplay: 89

I don't know why but this episode seems to be played differently from the previous. Maybe it was because of the dialogs, story or the brain storming treasure hunting.

Graphics: 85

Speaking of graphics, there weren't many changes to its quality, but I did noticed there weren't that many glitches or texture bugs.

Sound: 85

Again, Strong Bad does his job, for he's the main character of the game but I didn't feel the same way about some of the other characters of the game. By the way, you should really watch Behind the Bad video. It's a killer.

Multiplayer: N/A

Hardware: 91

The game doesn't really need too much "firepower" and this is a good thing as it can be played on most computers by a wide range of gamers.

The system requirements are as follows: a 1.5 Ghz processor with 512 RAM (recommended) and a 3D accelerated video card with 64 MB. I guess that is clearly a green light for your PC.