I realize that this kinda defeats the point, but...

[Petike]

That information, combined with certain things I heard at the end of the game (Alas, poor Red. I actually didn't know him very well, Horatio.) has more or less killed my desire to buy the sequel.

It's been fun, but I hope never to play a game like this again. I'm going back to isometric RPG games...

Don't worry !
Because there are no weapons in BP (except your ever trusted hands for throwing objects), the enemies are also few and far between...
Many gamers on this forum already said, that the encounters with monsters in BP were a lot more predictable and less scary than in Overture.