On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One
Game:
- Verdict: luscious
- Fun Rating: Really Fun
- ESRB: M
- Players/Mode: Single-player/Campaign
- Game Duration: about 7-8 hours
- System: PC, Xbox 360
- Developer: Hothead Games
- Website: http://www.rainslick.com/
- Cost:
- In a Nutshell: This is an action/adventure meets RPG, third-person perspective game with turn-based combat about evil gods, robots that ravage tree-based produce, and those that would stop the nefarious ways of both.
(from the game’s website)
“On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is an episodic RPG-Adventure game set in a deranged comic-book-meets-pulp-horror universe. Armed with unconventional weaponry, you join forces with the Startling Developments Detective Agency to make war on bizarre enemies and solve the mysteries hidden deep in the sinister heart of New Arcadia.”
$19.95 over at greenhouse (and available on XBLA for 1600 points)
Brain:
| Yes | No | |
|---|---|---|
| Would I play this again? | X | |
| Would I recommend this game? | X | |
| Was the story good? | X | |
| Was the music good? | X | |
| Were the graphics good? | X | |
| Was this game difficult? | X | |
| Was this game frustrating? | X | |
| Was this game worth your time/money? | X |
Spew:
What the game gets right
In general, this was a really well-told adventure. The story was engaging, the script was hilarious and witty, and the graphics and sounds were the chocolate coating on the creamy center.
The controls were nice and simple. There’s a lot of clicking in this game but the wit makes you want to click. On everything.
The turn-based combat took a couple of encounters to get used to but then it just made sense. Using mini-games for the special attacks kept the adrenaline and anxiety going through the entire fight (which is good if, like me on occasion, you enjoy feeling like that).
Other nice bits for this game include: MC Frontalot song on the closing credits, being able to access all unlocked content after finishing the game.
What the game gets wrong
I think the only complaint I can come up with for this game is that I wished there had been a quicker way to see my inventory. Going to “the Agency” and back doesn’t feel very natural when you’re walking down the street with an encounter in sight.
Sum it up
I’ve only played a couple of turn-based combat video games before so this was a nice change of pace. I’ve been a big fan of the Penny-Arcade for a while now and this game didn’t disappoint and Hothead did a bang-up job translating Tycho and Gabe into a game.
If you haven’t at least tried the demo, head over to the greenhouse site and give it a go and come back and tell me how much fun you had, or didn’t have, playing it.
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May 30th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I played the demo off xboxlive twas pretty fun. Reminded me of the old Sam and Max style humor but w/ RPG elements.