Quick Review of Penny Arcade Game 68
Now that it has been in general circulation for a while, Kotaku has a nice simple review of the good, the bad, and the ugly in the new Penny Arcade game, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. "When you've been making fun of the video game industry as long as Penny Arcade's Jerry 'Tycho' Holkins and Mike 'Gabe' Krahulik have been, deciding to create your own game is one ballsy move. You have to know that every review site you've ever trashed and every developer you've viciously sodomized with your barbed wit is watching your every move, desperate to see you stumble so they can get in a few licks."
The Game is Mediocre (At Best) (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:which to get (Score:2, Insightful)
On the other hand, you can't increase your Gamerscore or collect achievements with the PC version >:)
Re:The Review (Score:5, Insightful)
When you compare it to something like Monkey Island, or Grim Fandango, or even most of the Space Quest series, it didn't come up to anything like the same standard.
Re:which to get (Score:5, Insightful)
This 'gamerscore'... what is the point?
The higher your score the more of a joke your life is? I've always thought people who cared about gamerscores were like forum rats who cared about their post count... as if being on top was something to be proud of.
Or is there more to it? Can it actually get you anything?
Re:The Game is Mediocre (At Best) (Score:5, Insightful)
There's no reason to think that. Complaining is far easier than doing.
Re:which to get (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:which to get (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:which to get (Score:4, Insightful)
With Oblivion, for example, I can look back over all the guild rankings I got and what not. Or in Mass Effect I can look back and see what abilities I unlocked. Or with Gears of War I can remember how hard it was to beat the Berserker on hard (plus, it's got an awesome name: "My love for you is like a truck...")
They can also give you fun objectives to try for in games. There's a great one called "Pacifist" in Geometry Wars. You get it by surviving for 60 seconds without firing a shot...very hard, but also a lot of fun to try and get it. :D
So, while you may find the competitive aspect of it stupid, there's plenty of other reasons that some of us enjoy racking up Gamerscore points and the associated achievements.
Re:My Review (Score:3, Insightful)