Right then, you’ve got your Rundown and Turbo Tappin’ up so lets take a look at the premium offering for this act …
Walther Hotenhoffer and Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals
As ever this isn’t exactly a Should I Buy, more like it’s a look at what you get if you decide to spend those Donuts so you can make your own minds up.
Here’s what’s in this post:
• Basic info
• Questline with Dialog
• Permanent tasks
Lets get started then, shall we . . .
Basic info:
Cost: 150 Donuts
● Walther Hotenhoffer (Character)
• Premium: Yes
• Voiced: No
• Questline: Yes
• Animated Job(s): Yes, 4 and 12 hour jobs
Note: Earns event currency for Act 4
Bundled with:
● Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals (Building)
• Built: 6 seconds
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 200 $$s and 22 XP every 8 hours
• Job(s): Yes, Walther Hotenhoffer and Senior Group
Senior Group has a 12 hour job, Participate In Clinical Trials
Questline with Dialog:
Clinical Trials part 1:
Walther Hotenhoffer: …and so Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals has been approved for clinical trials for our new drug, “Senilifix”, and are here asking for volunteers.
Jasper: Last thing I volunteered for was the Army. All I got out of it was trench foot and the clap.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Unfortunate. But those who participate will receive full medical coverage.
Jasper: I’m in!
Old Jewish Man: Me too!
Hans Moleman: Please take me! I’ll do whatever.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Don’t you want to know about possible side effects?
Jasper: If one of them is free medical care, sign us up!
• Make Walther Hotenhoffer Get Mobbed by the Elderly – 4 hours
• Make Retirement Castle Orderly Lead Old Folks Using a Candy Trail – 4 hours
Walther Hotenhoffer: Oh dear. We usually have too few volunteers. This is the opposite. Thank you, err…
Retirement Castle Orderly: It’s Clark, sir. I’ll help wrangle these folks for you.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Bless you…what’s your name?
Retirement Castle Orderly: Clark, sir. And if you want these patients to listen, speak loudly, slowly and have a bag of butterscotch candy.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Thank you, Clark.
Retirement Castle Orderly: If you’ll excuse me, I’ll lead them to the exercise room.
Retirement Castle Orderly: *tossing butterscotch* Come on, folks! Follow the scotch! That’s it…
Clinical Trials part 2:
Walther Hotenhoffer: Thank you for coming in, Mr…
Jasper: Just “Jasper” is fine, sonny.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Thank you, Jasper. First a few questions to ensure that our results are accurate…
Walther Hotenhoffer: Please list for me all of the current medications you’re on.
Jasper: I will, but I hope you cleared your afternoon.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Is it that many?
Jasper: Yes. And I may need a nap sometime in there.
• Make Jasper List All His Medications – 12 hours
• Make Walther Hotenhoffer Run Out of Paper Several Times – 12 hours
Jasper: …and then I like to rub some sleep oil on my toes at night. My doctor says that it doesn’t do anything, but I say it does. It uses up all that dang sleep oil I bought!
Walther Hotenhoffer: Well. This is certainly an exhaustive list of medical conditions and oddities. But I do believe that’s everything we could ever possibly need, so…
Walther Hotenhoffer: *offers pill* Here’s your first dose of “Senilifix” and a call button you can press if you encounter anything out of the ordinary over the next twenty-four hours.
Jasper: *pops the pill*
Jasper: *presses button*
Walther Hotenhoffer: Yes?
Jasper: Nothing. Just feeling lonely. Wanna chat?
Walther Hotenhoffer: Wunderbar.
Clinical Trials part 3:
Old Jewish Man: Hurray! It’s my turn now?
Walther Hotenhoffer: I do apologize for the wait. We’re running behind schedule. We did not expect that we’d need to pry Mr. Moleman out of the wall more than once.
Old Jewish Man: Feh! Moleman is more mole than man, and he’s not much mole either.
Walther Hotenhoffer: All right. I see that you’ve provided us with your very extensive medical history.
Old Jewish Man: My proudest accomplishments.
Walther Hotenhoffer: *offers pill* Well, let’s add to that list. Here you go.
• Make Old Jewish Man Take a Pill – 4 hours
• Make Walther Hotenhoffer Brace for the Worst – 4 hours
Old Jewish Man: *crunch crunch*
Old Jewish Man: Bleh! What’re you trying to do to me?
Walther Hotenhoffer: You’re not supposed to chew. It is to be ingested whole.
Old Jewish Man: Injected in my what?
Grampa: He said “erected in a roll”!
Old Jewish Man: Oi, I haven’t had one of those in years.
Walther Hotenhoffer: One what?
Old Jewish Man: What?
Grampa: Who?!
Walther Hotenhoffer: How are we going to extract data from these people?
Clinical Trials part 4:
Walther Hotenhoffer: Two weeks of testing, and I have only three viable tests subjects to analyze. Oh well, now that we’re done, at least we get to take their buzzers away.
Walther Hotenhoffer: They kept mistaking it for the damn TV remote!
Walther Hotenhoffer: Time to see what our little pill did.
• Make Walther Hotenhoffer Analyze Test Results – 4 hours
Walther Hotenhoffer: So, after two weeks of clinical trials, I am pleased to announce that we can at least state with certainty that “Senilifix” did not worsen your conditions.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Nor was it responsible for any of the emergencies you had this week.
Jasper: Even the buzzing in my head?
Walther Hotenhoffer: We told you. That buzzing was your alarm clock.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Unfortunately the pill seems to have no positive effect either.
Grampa: So it didn’t make me a genius but I just don’t know it?
Walther Hotenhoffer: You are not a genius and we all know it. If you are interested, though, I would like to show you how the data proves that nothing was cognatively altered.
Grampa: *snoring*
Walther Hotenhoffer: Yet more proof.
Clinical Trials part 5:
Walther Hotenhoffer: No improvement in any of the trials, whatsoever. Honestly, it may as well have just been a sugar pill.
Walther Hotenhoffer: …the lot number? Let me check…JA-627-45-B-S.
Walther Hotenhoffer: …It was a sugar pill! And none of you checked before I spent two weeks in this nursing home? Two weeks of jello and Jasper!
Walther Hotenhoffer: Enough! We will discuss this later! For now, I must think. *hangs up*
Walther Hotenhoffer: I now have a multi-week clinical trial which proves that a placebo sugar pill does not cure senility.
Walther Hotenhoffer: What to do now… Perhaps some fresh air. Yes, a stroll…and then a cliff.
• Make Walther Hotenhoffer Take a Thinking Stroll – 4 hours
Jasper: Hey, you! Mister Fancy-Pants Drugs Guy!
Walther Hotenhoffer: Oh, hello Jasper. How can I help you today?
Jasper: I think my lumbago’s been flaring up since that trial. So, I assume it will be covered under trial-related medical expenses.
Walther Hotenhoffer: Er…yes, I suppose that would be the case.
Jasper: Oh swell. Hey, Doc!
Dr Nick: Hello fellow!
Jasper: Cut me open, let’s get that lumbago right out of there!
Dr Nick: Oka-ee dok-ee! And how about I throw in a tummy tuck for summer?
Jasper: What do ya say, Mr. Drug Guy?
Walther Hotenhoffer: Sure.
Walther Hotenhoffer: …next time, I’m sending a research team to perform the trials and not letting them convince me that the “good PR” will be worth it.
Permanent tasks:
• Task: Have Nightmares About Chocolate
• Time: 1 Hour
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 105 $$s, 23 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals
• Task: Analyze Test Results
• Time: 4 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 260 $$s, 70 XP
• Animated: Yes
• Location: Outside – visual
• Task: Promote New Medications
• Time: 8 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 420 $$s, 105 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Springfield General Hospital, Dr Hibbert Family Practice, Calmwood, Lionel Budgie D V M, Animal Hospital, Brown House
• Task: Take a Thinking Stroll
• Time: 12 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 600 $$s, 150 XP
• Animated: Yes
• Location: Outside – visual
• Task: Relax With His Peers
• Time: 24 Hours
• Premium: Yes
• Earns: 1000 $$s, 225 XP
• Animated: No
• Location: Springfield Retirement Castle, Moving On, Golf Courses, assorted Homes
There you have it, over to you. Is this a must-buy, a maybe or a hard-pass?
Your opinions might help any Addict who’s not made up their minds yet so please share your thoughts in the comments.
Back tomorrow with a look at the prizes.
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