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Busy Gamer's Gritskrieg reviews new
Penny Arcade game for Xbox 360.
Penny Arcade game for Xbox 360.
First Glance:
An RPG type game based on the humor of the infamous
Penny Arcade strip. Sounds line fun!
The Short Story:
The humor and dialogue is exactly what you’ve come to
expect from Penny Arcade and that’s a good thing. The
graphics also do a good job of capturing the art style of
the strip, another good thing. Aside from the narrator,
there’s very little voice acting to be had here but all in all,
it’s a solid game.
An RPG type game based on the humor of the infamous
Penny Arcade strip. Sounds line fun!
The Short Story:
The humor and dialogue is exactly what you’ve come to
expect from Penny Arcade and that’s a good thing. The
graphics also do a good job of capturing the art style of
the strip, another good thing. Aside from the narrator,
there’s very little voice acting to be had here but all in all,
it’s a solid game.
The Score:
Weighing in at a lean 5-8 total hours of play time for a single run through, one would think
there’s not a lot of meat to be had here. To a degree, it’s true. Replay value is a bit on the low
side since you’re limited to three characters in your party and four areas throughout the
game. But throw in the humor and artwork of one of the most popular comics on the web, a
solid storyline, and an overall well programmed game and you have the makings of a Busy
Gamer 5.
Body of review:
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a diehard Penny Arcade fan. I haven’t been around since the
strip began but from the first day I stumbled into the insanity of the strip, I’ve been a fan. I read
the strip (mostly faithfully) three times a week. This does not make me a raving “fanboi”,
however.
In fact, I was hesitant to download this offering from the twisted minds of Jerry "Tycho"
Holkins and Mike "Gabe" Krahulik, the creators of the Penny Arcade strip, from the X-Box Live
Marketplace to my 360. The first prohibitive hurdle was the price… It hit the streets with a
twenty dollar price tag. The next objection I had was that it was on X-Box Live Marketplace,
where one must purchase points in odd increments to purchase goods that leave one with
odd amounts of points useless for anything else but to collect dust. But that’s a topic for
another article unto itself.
But the previews I had seen looked good and the strip itself has never failed to amuse me,
so I took a chance… I’m glad I did.
While “On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness, Episode One” could technically be
classified as an RPG, there are other aspects to the game that keep it more action oriented.
You create your digital self within New Arcadia but you never manipulate stats. Your weapon
of choice is a rake (yes, you read that right, a rake) which you are allowed to upgrade a grand
total of three times, one of those times being necessary to beat the game. [read more]
Weighing in at a lean 5-8 total hours of play time for a single run through, one would think
there’s not a lot of meat to be had here. To a degree, it’s true. Replay value is a bit on the low
side since you’re limited to three characters in your party and four areas throughout the
game. But throw in the humor and artwork of one of the most popular comics on the web, a
solid storyline, and an overall well programmed game and you have the makings of a Busy
Gamer 5.
Body of review:
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a diehard Penny Arcade fan. I haven’t been around since the
strip began but from the first day I stumbled into the insanity of the strip, I’ve been a fan. I read
the strip (mostly faithfully) three times a week. This does not make me a raving “fanboi”,
however.
In fact, I was hesitant to download this offering from the twisted minds of Jerry "Tycho"
Holkins and Mike "Gabe" Krahulik, the creators of the Penny Arcade strip, from the X-Box Live
Marketplace to my 360. The first prohibitive hurdle was the price… It hit the streets with a
twenty dollar price tag. The next objection I had was that it was on X-Box Live Marketplace,
where one must purchase points in odd increments to purchase goods that leave one with
odd amounts of points useless for anything else but to collect dust. But that’s a topic for
another article unto itself.
But the previews I had seen looked good and the strip itself has never failed to amuse me,
so I took a chance… I’m glad I did.
While “On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness, Episode One” could technically be
classified as an RPG, there are other aspects to the game that keep it more action oriented.
You create your digital self within New Arcadia but you never manipulate stats. Your weapon
of choice is a rake (yes, you read that right, a rake) which you are allowed to upgrade a grand
total of three times, one of those times being necessary to beat the game. [read more]