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After completing Stewie’s second level, you get to play as Brian, whose gameplay is even simpler. The father of Lois, Mr. Pewterschmidt, has accused Brian of once again impregnating his prized racing dog, Seabreeze, thus violating his restraining order. Brian is thrown in jail, and it is up to you to find the evidence to prove him innocent. Brian’s gameplay is considerably more simple than Stewie’s or Peter’s because the only objectives you ever have are to not be seen and to collect evidence. The entire game as Brian is always about stealth. Get caught, and you automatically restart from the latest checkpoint, but those occur every time you enter a new room, so don‘t fret.

Once again, the first level for Brian shows how the rest of the game plays out as him. Like the other characters, the first area acts a tutorial, and teaches you how to use shadows and timing to stay undetected. When you step into the shadows, the icon of Brian’s face in the top-left corner will turn green, informing you that you cannot be seen by anyone. Whenever possible, never stay out in the open, as characters rarely stay in one spot. Learning patterns is key, and just like in most stealth games, everyone has their own route they walk over and over, so staying hidden for a while and studying people’s patterns is vital to progressing through this game. You will probably have to restart areas frequently as Brian, as sometimes being caught is unavoidable while you are trying to discover patterns. But after a couple of tries, you should have that area mastered so you can easily breeze through it the next time around.



In the first level, you start out in front of prison cells, and you have to move past them into the shadows when the prisoners are distracted with something else. One prisoner will be digging a hole to escape, and every couple of seconds he will pop his head out and look around. When he goes back to digging, you run past his cell and into the dark. Then another prisoner will be on the toilet reading a newspaper, and he will look over it every couple of seconds also. Once he goes back to reading, you can run safely across into the shadows once again. Shortly, you reach the next room and find yourself in the showers, complete with naked men washing each other. This is when you get to play Brian’s first Non-Sequitur, which involves rapidly tapping two buttons over and over to bury a dirty film, starring Quagmire in “The Blair Fist Project”. After successfully completing it (and there is no reason you shouldn’t, unless you are playing with hooks for hands), you become temporarily invisible. This is true for completing all of Brian’s Non-Sequiturs, and is probably the most helpful bonus you get compared to the other characters. If you fail a Non-Sequitur for Stewie for example, you tend to not care as all you get are some ray gun components, which there are plenty of throughout his levels. But for Brian, if you fail you might be a little frustrated, as becoming invisible makes the progress through his somewhat tedious levels go far quicker. Keep in mind though that it is only temporarily, as you can easily put yourself in a bad position for when the effect wears off. Luckily if you ARE caught, you simply start at the beginning of the room, and you get to play through the Non-Sequitur again and earn the bonus. Remember that the button combinations may change on you though, such as instead of pressing B and A, you have to press B and Y.

To see what lies ahead of you, you can scroll the camera a little bit with the right analog stick. This helps you look for patterns without leaving yourself dangerously out in the open. This is especially helpful in the next room you enter. In the previous room, the men stayed still while they bathed each other, but in this room, they decide to chase each other naked in circles. Here, you want to scroll the camera to the right to watch for when the men are coming without exposing yourself. It is actually fairly simple, as once they run past, all you have to do is follow behind them. It is in the next room where it might be a little tricky for players. In this shower area, the game decides to combine mobile characters and those that are stationary who look around every once in a while. This is the first time you encounter a situation like this, and it will be the one that occurs throughout the rest of the game. This is also the first time you really need to study the patterns of everyone.



The next room lets you collect your first piece of evidence, which is now an objective you will need to complete the rest of the game. Instead of trying to just make it safely to the other side of a room, you now need to locate and collect all pieces of evidence in a room while remaining undetected, and you will not be able to exit until every piece has been gathered. You start out with only needing to find one piece of evidence, while the more difficult levels will make you find five or more. To aid your quest, sometimes there will be objects you have to activate to grab the attention of the other characters so you can sneak past them. This will include activating sprinklers, starting fires, or switching security cameras onto the women’s shower rooms (complete with porn music). Later on in Brian’s missions, you will also have to don disguises during those moments when you have no choice but to be out in the open. Your first disguise, a lamp shade, lets you stand still out of the shadows, but if you are seen moving or are touched by anyone, your disguise is blown and it‘s game over. Cops may be dumb, but they sure as hell know lamps can’t walk. Other disguises let you move about with no problem, but the issue with Brian being a dog is that when he gets nervous, he has to pee. Whenever you are wearing one of these disguises, a Bone Meter appears in the top-left corner of the screen. If you are in someone’s eyesight for too long and the bar fills up, Brian will rush to the nearest plant and urinate. This removes the disguise until Brian is done relieving himself, so you better hope no one sees you! These disguises are a welcome addition to the gameplay as Brian’s missions are rarely that different from each other.

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