But is it any good? Reviews have been middling, though word on the street says that if you're a fan of the webcomic, you'll probably enjoy the game. Jerry Holkins, writer of both the comic and the game, spoke with our sister site Joystiq about the grueling process of putting it together, and gameplay is basically a mix of old-school RPG, Call of Cthulu, and Sam & Max. Play, in other words, at your own risk.
Or just try the demo. The game itself is only $20, but it's the first of four episodes, all priced that way, so it might be pretty costly by the end. Still, especially if you're a Penny Arcade fan, it's worth a look. And any developer that goes multi-platform including OS X on day one, complete with demos, gets a TUAW salute from us.
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5-22-2008 @ 12:19PM
Allometry said...
I bought the game yesterday and have found it to be worth the price. It's a fun game, which requires absolutely no skill to get into. It's a time waster and a good change of pace if you're starting to burn out on some of the other high end titles like TF2.
I will say this; you've got to be a fan of PA otherwise none of the characters will make sense, or the cliches, or the style of writing, or F.F. taste for ripe fruit.
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5-22-2008 @ 1:06PM
Dakk said...
For mash-up of Sam&Max interactions with Final Fantasy-esque combat ... it just doesn't feel right. Granted, I'm running it on a 1Gen Intel iMac, but the cursor lagged too heavily to feel like I was doing anything but running an emulation of an emulation. This means it felt SLOW.
I really respect and am deeply impressed at the effort, but it is pretty much for "must have it all" the fans.
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5-22-2008 @ 1:09PM
paul said...
No PS3 version? Boo to that.
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5-22-2008 @ 1:16PM
Dale said...
*obligatory rival system fanboy comment here*
I'm guessing it's much easier to develop games of this scale for the Xbox 360, being based on more familiar hardware than the Cell.
If it sells, though, I'm sure it'll crop up on PSN too.
5-22-2008 @ 2:49PM
h said...
@Dale: it's just that the Torque engine doesn't support PS3. It will soon I believe.
5-22-2008 @ 1:19PM
Cloud said...
I'm playing the demo. With a dual-monitor setup, there's a bug: after quitting, osx keeps on detecting the screens. Don't know if it's related with fullscreen playing.
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5-22-2008 @ 10:19PM
Joshua said...
The game hangs on a plain grey screen whenever I run it. Awesome.
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5-23-2008 @ 11:30PM
dpk said...
I enjoy the game, but I do wish it had keyboard controls and relied on the mouse less. It can be hard quickly and precisely targeting enemies with a trackpad.
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