On the Rain-Slicked Precipice of Darkness, Episode One

Fenna · Post by **Fenna** » May 21, 2008, 5:20 pm

Anyone going to download the Penny Arcade adventure game, "On the Rain-Slicked Precipice of Darkness: Episode One?" It's out today for PC and XBox Live. I'm going to grab it on my 360 tonight; I've been looking forward to it since it was announced. I'm a fan of PA, so I expect that I will enjoy it.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » May 21, 2008, 6:25 pm

I'll be checking it out. I'm a fan of PA but I'd have Ron Gilbert's baby.

Aardor · Post by **Aardor** » May 21, 2008, 6:32 pm

Plan to check it out. I really enjoy PA's humor, and especially the name of the game.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » May 22, 2008, 2:06 am

I was impressed with what I saw of the demo. I'll probably DL the full version eventually. Any word on overall length of the full version?

Fenna · Post by **Fenna** » May 22, 2008, 9:51 am

I put in about 30 minutes last night, and it's what I expected. Good writing, excellent transition of Gabe's artistic style. I had 3 LOL moments in that time, which is more than I had in an entire episode of Sam & Max.

Oh, from what I hear it's about 6 hours in length.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » May 22, 2008, 10:00 am

Yeah, I chuckled a few times playing the demo. I'll probbaly go ahead and DL this then. Six hours seems like a good enough length to me. Besides, I'm really digging on the graphic style and simple RPG game play. The sound is great too.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » May 22, 2008, 10:01 am

I was going to get this on XBLA last night but then I started looking at pricing for points and realised that I would have to drop 25$ for what you guys are paying 20$. Given that my money is worth more than the US$ this morning, I'm not willing to pay an extra 17% to line MS's pockets cause they're too lazy to do a review of market values every 6 months or even yearly.

miir · Post by **miir** » May 22, 2008, 11:40 am

I just don't get PA.

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » May 22, 2008, 12:19 pm

its not FOR YOU

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » May 22, 2008, 2:28 pm

I thought the demo was pretty good, but I don't know that it was $20 good.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » May 22, 2008, 3:32 pm

Sabek wrote:I thought the demo was pretty good, but I don't know that it was $20 good.

Yeah, 20$ is pretty steep. I guess I didn't know the actual price. I'll have to think about it for a couple of weeks, then impulse buy it late at night. I predict my own future!

Fash · Post by **Fash** » May 22, 2008, 3:36 pm

What the fuck... is this CheapassVault?

My bad, maybe it's BrokeassVault.

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » May 22, 2008, 5:43 pm

Ill grab it for the PC this weekend i think.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » May 22, 2008, 6:06 pm

There were a whole lot of people here on VV that were willing to fork over 60 dollars for CoD 4 which was about an hour and a half long...

Don't think this game is my style though.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 22, 2008, 8:23 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:There were a whole lot of people here on VV that were willing to fork over 60 dollars for CoD 4 which was about an hour and a half long...

Don't think this game is my style though.

I still play CoD4 online...even after hitting the max rank of 55.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » May 22, 2008, 8:26 pm

Boogahz wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote:There were a whole lot of people here on VV that were willing to fork over 60 dollars for CoD 4 which was about an hour and a half long...

Don't think this game is my style though.
I still play CoD4 online...even after hitting the max rank of 55.

I know... I also know quite a few people like me played the campaign, a little online and called it shits.. errr - quits.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 22, 2008, 8:28 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:
Boogahz wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote:There were a whole lot of people here on VV that were willing to fork over 60 dollars for CoD 4 which was about an hour and a half long...

Don't think this game is my style though.
I still play CoD4 online...even after hitting the max rank of 55.
I know... I also know quite a few people like me played the campaign, a little online and called it shits.. errr - quits.

I played the 360 version for about an hour before returning it. The PC version rocks...you can lead to peak around corners! lol

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » May 22, 2008, 8:30 pm

Boogahz wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote:
Boogahz wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote:There were a whole lot of people here on VV that were willing to fork over 60 dollars for CoD 4 which was about an hour and a half long...

Don't think this game is my style though.
I still play CoD4 online...even after hitting the max rank of 55.
I know... I also know quite a few people like me played the campaign, a little online and called it shits.. errr - quits.
I played the 360 version for about an hour before returning it. The PC version rocks...you can lead to peak around corners! lol

Yeah, I'll upgrade my PC one of these years..

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » May 22, 2008, 8:41 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:There were a whole lot of people here on VV that were willing to fork over 60 dollars for CoD 4 which was about an hour and a half long...

Nice exaggeration. Hour and a half long indeed... And that doesn't even include online play. So try a new example please!

Post by **Xouqoa** » May 22, 2008, 9:36 pm

I got the full version, and I really enjoy it. The combat system is pretty neat so far, but I'm not that far into the game yet.

I go way back with Gabe and Tycho though, so this was a no-brainer for me to pick up. (We're like this *crosses fingers*)

noel · Post by **noel** » May 22, 2008, 11:15 pm

I'll definitely be picking this up, especially since it runs on my mac!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » May 24, 2008, 7:51 pm

Been playing this for the 360, great fun. It's a simple game, but it definitely has an old school feel to it which I love, and it's chock-full of PA humour, which I also love. The enemies and their attacks are fucking hilarious. The hobo that pulls out a sign that says "Will do damage for food" and hits the party for AE damage is brilliant, as is the mimes with their imaginary attacks. Good thing you get invisible boxes to trap them in!

Truant · Post by **Truant** » May 26, 2008, 6:31 pm

Really enjoying this game.

I'm a big fan of the old graphic adventure games, and this feels like a continuation in that long forgotten vein.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » May 26, 2008, 6:41 pm

I'm about 30 minutes into it and really enjoying the game so far. Lots of character. I'm glad I bought it.

Animale · Post by **Animale** » June 2, 2008, 3:28 pm

Finished this the other ay. I liked it quite a bit. Enjoyable combat (although my 3+year old mac laptop lagged a bit making it hard to hit the higher level specials) with a fun story. Nothing quite like bum-meat stew to warm your belly, hilarious.

Animale

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » June 8, 2008, 2:48 pm

gabe's specials fucking hurt the SHIT out of my arm

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » June 8, 2008, 3:30 pm

Downloaded it today, bought it, and keep getting "invalid licence code" error, hope to hear from the company tomorrow, so i can play it.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » June 29, 2012, 6:52 pm

Picked up episode 1+2 for a total of $3, on special until 3 July.

Episode 3 is also $5, having played #1 I might get it.

1 seems to have the best balance of combat I've seen in this kind game, there was actually a reason to use buff/debuff pots in your inventory all the time instead of most games where I "save them for a rainy day that never comes".

Also as some others said, funny as heck

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » June 29, 2012, 8:27 pm

I never beat the first or second episodes, but I watched my wife play through them! She was interested in playing a jrpg and I suggested the penny arcade games because they were the closest representation of old school jrpgs that I had handy. She played the second one first, then finished the first one afterward. (She started playing while I was at work and started the wrong one) She enjoyed them both. I told her about the 3rd episode and she is just too busy with other hobbies and things right now to play. I'll keep an eye out for an eventual sale and grab it for her.

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