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thepr · Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 20 Location: Romania.

SPOILERS BELOW!

I only got 105/106 points... I wonder why?! And what happens if I get all the points?

Ben Jordan case 7: The Cardinal Sins complete walkthrough.
By The Pirate Reviewer aka thepr

Ben’s room:
In Ben's room - touch the boot behind the crates if you want an extra point. In order to advance in the game, examine the picture on the bookshelf carefully. You have to look at Grandpa Arthur Jordan, at the wound on his neck and at the landscape. Then try and talk to the portrait (the exclamation mark). After you've done all of this, exit from the close-up and the phone rings. Click on the phone (hand icon) to answer it. After Renzi's call ends, click the hand icon on the phone again and call Simon and Alice in any order. After talking to them, you'll be taken to Rome.

Rome - Day 1:
Ben meets Simon at the hotel. Talk to him about everything. Note that when you ask about the Laptop, another topic, Research, appears. That topic will be used to ask him to search names or addresses for you. Ask Simon to do a research on Alessandro Renzi...
After talking to Simon about everything, leave the room. Go to the police section (the shield on the map). Talk to the officer at the desk about everything. Use the hand icon on the blue cup on the desk to borrow a pen, then enter the cell room and go to the last cell. Talk to Renzi. Ask about everything, and then go back to the hotel and ask Simon to research the crime scene address, the theater address, and Thomas Ryan (the dead priest). The Thomas Ryan search reveals the address of the church he worked at. Don't forget to talk to Simon about the demons too; you'll get an extra point. At the theater, talk to the Usher about everything and learn that in order to get in the dressing room, you need to prove her that you work with the police. Go to the crime scene and take the piece of paper (that seems to be a calling card for some detective) from the ground, right near the door. Look at the blood and chalk line if you want to, then go the hotel and give Simon the calling card. Welcome to the police force, detective Silvio! Go back to the theater and show the usher the fake card. Now you can enter the dressing room. For now all you can do here is take the tape recorder from the dressing stand near the window. When you exit the dressing room, you'll meet Professor Percival Jones.
There's still something to be done before ending the day: go to the "San Silvestro de Capite" church and talk to the priest. He denies knowing Thomas Ryan! Ask about everything to make sure you get two more points, and then return to the hotel. Someone knocks at the door - Alice finally arrived.

Rome - Day Two:
Talk to Alice about everything, and then go to the police station, enter the cell room and go to Renzi’s cell. Oh, no! Renzi hanged himself! Move Ben away and take the note from where he was initially standing. After looking at it in inventory, use the hand on it and find a symbol. Use the pencil on the symbol. Now go and talk to the officer at the desk. After reporting Renzi’s death, find out about the priest that visited him. Go to Percy’s hotel and show him the symbol. It belongs to the Knights of Saint Anthony. Remember to ask him about everything available. Next go to the San Silvestro de Capite church and ask the priest about the Knights of Saint Anthony. Ask about both Saint Anthony’s and leave. For another extra point, go and ask Simon to research the Knights of Saint Anthony and The Thomas Ryan murder. He won’t find anything, but at least you have a point. Go to the San Silvestro de Capite Church and talk to the priest about The Vatican (topic only available if you asked Simon to research the Thomas Ryan murder). He will tell you about Vincenzo Bianchi’s visit and how he was instructed not to tell anyone anything about the murder. Also, you’ll find out that he is the one who discovered the body. Go to the hotel and ask Simon to research Vincenzo Bianchi. Now go the Basilica di San Pietro. Talk to the Swiss Guard completely, and then enter the Basilica. Talk to the Cardinal Genovese about everything; Go further into the Basilica to find the Confessional. Place the tape recorder on the shelf (under the window), and then go and ask Cardinal Genovese about a confession. Click the hand icon on the tape recorder and press “Record”. Sit on the bench, click the exclamation mark on the window and confess anything you want to. After the confession ends, call the cardinal in again and press “Play” on the tape recorder and after that, leave the confessional and enter the door behind the red rope. Look at the name plate of the second door and then click on the door and find yourself in Bianchi’s office. Click the hand icon on the notepad and then use the symbol in inventory with the notepad, so that Ben can compare them. They match! Read the letter on the table (hand icon), and then look at the golden box on the desk. Finally, leave, as there’s nothing left to do here… yet. Go back to your hotel and ask Simon to research the address you found in the letter, and then ask Alice to come with you. Go to Bianchi’s apartment and talk to the man smoking near the door. Ask about everything, and find out they are waiting for a plumber. If you want to have some fun, call the buzzer for Bianchi’s apartment and say you are The Pope (wow, I didn’t know Super Mario was the new Pope!). The other options are not necessary to be said in order to finish the game. We need an outfit, so go to the theater and look through the costumes in the dressing room. Ben finds a plumber suit. Use the hand icon on the suit (in inventory), to find an opera glove. Go back to the hotel and ask Alice to come with you again, and then return to Bianchi’s apartment, use the buzzer and say you are the plumber. You and Alice will enter the apartment block, and then you have to use the suit on Ben. Nice outfit! Knock on Bianchi’s door. Go to the bathroom and then exit the apartment. Talk to Alice and ask her to distract Bianchi. Get back to the apartment. This time, instead of going to the bathroom, wait near Bianchi. When he goes to answer the door, quickly take the keys from the hook near the fridge, and when he comes back, exit the apartment. Back at the hotel, Simon asks you if you have evidence to incriminate Bianchi before you sneak in his apartment. Tell him that Bianchi is part of The Knights of Saint Anthony. Simon will come with you and make Bianchi leave. Now use your set of keys on the main door and then on Bianchi’s door. In the apartment, go to the room straight ahead and take a look at the box on the wardrobe. You need to press the following buttons: “The lost Galleon of The Salton Sea”, “The Ark of Convenant”, “The lost city of Atlantis” (the island in the middle of the Atlantic) and “The Fountain of Youth”. After you press the buttons, you have to click on the statue in the middle of the box. The box opens, letting Ben take the cross. But Bianchi appears too now. So put on your plumber suit and leave. Back at the hotel, Simon and Alice help him realize that the bottom of the cross is hexagonal, and all three of them are planning to sneak in the Basilica di San Pietro. So, here’s what to do about the guard: talk to Simon or Alice (it doesn’t matter), and ask them to put on a performance art. [If you want to have some fun, try out the other options too]. The guard covers his eyes, so Ben goes in. You know what to do now, don’t you? You got it! Bianchi’s office. Go there and place the cross in the golden box, and then click the hand icon on the cross. A passage opens. Enter the passage and find yourself in front of a shelf full of artifacts. Study the labels and you will realize that each object is from a place Ben has been in… except Smailholm! And there’s an empty shelf labeled “Exorcism Amulet, Vatican”. Bianchi arrives with a gun and you get to choose between defending your actions or insulting him. I wouldn’t recommend the second choice, so defend yourself. You are taken to the catacombs of Vatican, to recover the exorcism amulet. Go to the amulet room and click (hand icon) on the red curtain covering the inscription. It’s in Latin! Go back to Bianchi and ask him to translate the inscription. It says: “Do not touch the amulet with bare hands!” Good think you’re carrying the opera glove found in the plumber suit, right?! It’s obvious that you have to use it with the amulet… and then Bianchi arrives, and after Ben breaks the amulet, is sucked by the Demon. Later on, Ben and Alice are enjoying themselves, having a wonderful evening. But… in the middle of the night, someone enters the hotel room, kidnapping Ben and Simon, while Alice disappears.

The finale:
It turns out that Cardinal Genovese is the real leader of the Knights of Saint Anthony, and he wants to revenge Bianchi… by killing Simon! Yes, folks, Simon DIES in this game, killed by Cardinal Genovese’s man, Max. Ben is thrown in the wine cellar. You’re tied up and you need to escape. Move your mouse to the right of the barrel, where the loose ring is, and click the hand cursor on it. Yes! Our hero is free! Now start pouring wine out of the big barrel, until the floor is all wet and another trap door is shaped. Ben reads the book, in which all names of the members of the Knights of Saint Anthony are written… and finds out that Percival Quentin Jones is one of the Knights. Ben gets bumped in the head by Percy… and the game is over.
The game is free to download from http://www.grundislavgames.com/games/bj7.zip.

Temperance · Joined: 19 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

Actually, I think you may have gotten all 106 points. I played through the game, referencing your walkthrough at the few points I got stuck and when I was in the wine cellar at the end of the game, after I discovered the secret compartment I was at 105 points. However, when I picked up the book from the compartment and read it, I heard a bong (like big bells)- the bongs that let you know you have earned points. Because of that, I think the final point is earned by reading that book so we don't see the final 106/106 points score.

Vic · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 24 Location: Belgium

Yep, there is a bong at the end when picking the book and the 105 is changing in 106 when the screen is fading to black ;) It happens very fast.