Penny Arcade Adventures

posted by Jaitu at 08:12

Last night I finished my first play through of Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. If I'm honest I wasn't convinced by the demo when I played it. The game looks great and particularly so if, like me, you're a fan of the Penny Arcade web comic. The problem I had with it was that it seems quite slow to get going and a lot of your time will be spent hitting inanimate objects with a rake in order to find inventory items. The combat is a kind of simultaneous turn-based affair which will no doubt be familiar to players of this style of game. I am not normally a player of this style of game but at the end of the demo and despite not being totally happy with the experience I decided to buy the full game. Unfortunatley I then had to play through everything I'd just completed in the demo (I don't know whether this is just the way it is or if it was because I failed to do something). I said I completed my first play through as I found the game grew on me as it went on and I will quite happily play through again to try and get those remaining achievements. I suspect however that the one for completing the game without losing anyone during the combat sequences will forever be out of my reach. This is also only the first episode in a series which should see new parts released every three or four months. Bring it.