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Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode One
Released On: May 21, 2008
76
7.6
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
76
68% Positive
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32% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
76
68% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
32% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
0% Negative
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Fantastic story, genuinely funny, great comic feel.
Twenty bucks is a perfectly reasonable sum when you consider how many retail Xbox 360 games offer the same quantity of content…and we'll bet you didn’t laugh half as much playing any of those as you will playing this.
While there could have been more variety in the enemies, and the sound definitely should have been better, I was left thoroughly pleased with the game. It may seem a bit expensive at 1,600 Microsoft points ($20), but if you are looking for a few good laughs and an interesting story line packed into a five- to eight-hour package, you really won't find anything better than this.
It's a smart, fun game that would have been truly great with a wider range of enemies and environments and a touch more depth to the gameplay.
If PAA had been able to construct a great adventure game around the fantastic humor, this would be a must-buy for everyone. But in its current form, it will satisfy only the specific niche of people who find PA funny and no one else.
If you don't like Penny Arcade, or the humor that their strip usually relies upon, the odds are good that you won't find much here to justify the price tag; Precipice's story does little to bring the player's character into the universe as more than just an observer or someone along for the ride.
Those gamers who check out Penny Arcade daily will be playing to see the reappearance of iconic characters and to laugh at the in-jokes dotted throughout the game. But even they would have a hard time swallowing the 1,600 MP price tag (around £15) for five hours of gameplay - gameplay that isn't heavy on replayability.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.6
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.6
60% Positive
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Summary Based on the popular comic strip Penny Arcade, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is an episodic RPG/Adventure where you join with Gabe and Tycho of the Startling Developments Detective Agency to solve strange mysteries lurking in New Arcadia. Set in the 1920s, the game places the familiar Penny Arcade protagonists in an alternate p...
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 3
- Xbox 360
Initial Release Date: May 21, 2008
Developer:
- Hothead Games
Publisher: Hothead Games
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