We first met the adorable Pajama Sam when he
was learning to overcome his fear of darkness. In this sequel, Sam tackles another
worry- thunder and lightning. Trying to meet his fear head on, Sam travels to
World Wide Weather headquarters where he meets the not-so-scary characters Thunder
and Lightning.
While in the company's control room, Sam accidentally
pushes a wrong button and messes up the weather machines. His task is to find
four missing machine parts and put the system in order before company president,
Mother Nature, arrives for inspection. This is no easy job, and children must
help Sam find his way in and out of a host of wild contraptions, all while searching
for those missing parts.
Sam picks up useful objects along the way and
uses them to solve all sorts of problems. A crowbar found in one scene, for
instance, comes in handy to open a crate in another scene. When all the weather
machine parts have been put back in their proper places, Sam has saved the day.
Testers loved the program, but found it even
more challenging than the first Pajama Sam. The scenery through which Sam travels
is more complicated, and it seems harder to remember where you are. Despite
the fact that kids got stuck a time or two, they were glued to the screen and
found it helpful to work together to solve the program. The graphics and humor
are terrific, and the logic problems are tricky but doable.
Replay is great as there are six different ways
that the machine parts can be hidden, and each adventure takes an hour or two
to complete. This one is a true winner!