Battles are mostly turn-based and, though you don't have a ton of different options to take down your dirty, silent, or mechanical foes, it's still entertaining. The combat and light puzzle-solving aspects provide the necessary button inputs to make this qualify as a full-fledged video game, but they exist more as another way to deliver PA's unique brand of humor than something that will lure action fiends searching for their next hardcore fix. The story is the real star of the show here, but there still has to be some action to string these events together. Or at least that's what Gabe and Tycho seem to think.Ī well-timed button press can block even this colorful attack. The underbelly waffles between smelling like hobo stew, urine, and dead crabs, but that's all in a day's work when you're dealing with fallen gods.
Controlling a customizable character decked out in the latest fashions from 1922, you join up with the duo to sniff out the dirty underbelly of this panic-stricken town. When your home is crushed by a giant robot (known as a Fruit Fornicator in polite company), and there are mimes overflowing the streets, who could a person in need possibly turn to? If you're living in New Arcadia, there is only one choice: Gabe and Tycho, founders of the Startling Developments detective agency. The Penny Arcade guys made a game just for their fans, and it's really darn good. The chance of it converting detractors of their traditional work is about as likely as that burlap sack containing something other than hobos, but that's to be expected. From the sometimes poetic but mostly vulgar humor to the vibrant art style that somehow drips with both blood and goofy joy, the guys at Penny Arcade have entered the format that they have spent so many years lampooning, and have delivered something that could withstand even their wicked barbs. This is not just some generic trash stamped with the Penny Arcade logo this is the long-running webcomic seamlessly realized in video game form. If the image of a fruit juicer having its way with a delectable-looking orange seems more offensive than funny, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness may not be for you.
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