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randytayler
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I've been anxious for PA Adventures to come out, giddy with anticipation. But the demo, while providing a few laughs, was not engaging to me. I'm not a big fan of turn-based combat in general, but the repeated battles while walking down one single street was... tedious.
I love PA, and the game was funny... it just wasn't fun. I uninstalled the demo before finishing it; I felt I'd given it enough time.
I hope that I'm alone in this, though -- I really want PA to succeed. I just wanted to share my honest opinion.
I love PA, and the game was funny... it just wasn't fun. I uninstalled the demo before finishing it; I felt I'd given it enough time.
I hope that I'm alone in this, though -- I really want PA to succeed. I just wanted to share my honest opinion.
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Overall though the adventure game aspect really is what makes me love this game. The story, and presentation is very funny. Unless you hate RPG's a lot I think this game does more then enough to make it engaging.
This game was great, however. The atmosphere, artwork, story, dialog and gameplay were all excellent. I was a bit worried and expected the game to be much shorter than it was.
I will admit, I was disappointed by the...
Did you at least get far enough to get Gabe and Tycho into your group? The first few combats are mostly waiting games meant to introduce you to the mechanics. It gets a lot more hectic once you have a full party. In most later fights there are almost no chances to rest.
Then, yes, it's not your type of game. Fair enough.
A crude broom stand.
I saw a trashcan full of cats and paid for it right then.
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I thought I was getting a more Monkey-Islandish game, knowing the creators. Once it was firmly established that my choices in the game were going to be limited to what attack to use next, or the occasional choice of dialogue, I quit.
(One other quick gripe -- the pathfinding seemed buggy. My guy couldn't find his way around mailboxes on occasion, and I had to guide him step-by-step.)
(Oh, and lastly -- was there some sort of training I missed? It never told me how to block -- I just stumbled onto it.)
That said, I'm glad to hear everybody here enjoyed it -- never been happier to be the odd man out.
I personally went into the game expecting a story told in true PA style and only that expectation, so to me the game was a pleasant surprise. The jRPG quasi turn based combat is fine for getting that out of the way (would personally prefer totally turnbased combat, but I am a sucker for turn based and I dislike most real time gaming). The describtion of random items makes exploring fun, the conversations makes getting and finishing quests fun and the atmosphere makes the rest fun.
The game could certainly be more advanced and it could be deeper, but given that it is an episode of a game and it cost $20 which is practically nothing (less then an hour pay for several hours of fun, sign me the fuck up) I really have no issues with it, especially as a medium for the story it told.
My problem was with the combat, more specifically the interface. Yes I know how to block attacks but as soon as I got Tycho and Gabe in my party I couldn't focus on doing it anymore.
The way the interface is setup I constantly have to look at the bottom of the screen to see if one of my party member is ready to attack, which means I'm not looking at the battlefield and I don't always see when enemies are about to attack. There needs to be some kind of popup telling you a party member is ready to attack again. In a Final Fantasy game when a party member is ready there's a very distinctive sound, you see the character's menu appear and the appropriate character is already selected. There's no such thing happening in this game.
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There is a sound that plays when a character's attack finishes recharging. It would help if there was some kind of flash or something though, I guess. I dunno, it was never a problem for me.
talked myself into purchasing the full game with the thought that Tycho and Gabe are gamers...and gamers wouldn't dare let other gamers down for fear of beyond biblical physical punishment and reputation damage galore.
So I bought the game. I poured myself a nice sized jager bomb, sat down, and started over from scratch. What I had missed in the demo was now coming to light. The scenery was beautiful, the plotline was comical and the gameplay started becoming familiar. Once I got used to the attack mechanism and timing (which to mean seemed like a mix between warioware for the wii and final fantasy), I found it challenging and fun. I ended up playing the game until the wee hours of the morning.
So I guess to sum up the story, give the mechanics a chance, because the gameplay and storyline are definately worth it.
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As long as I don't do, what I'm planning on doing, everything will work out perfectly.
Is there a gamepad cursor interface? By that I mean console-styled 'move left to select next enemy' type interface. That would be awesome for the PC version - it's just faster and less fiddly imo.
So yeah, from that demo, I want a slightly faster paced game.
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For a 1600 pointer DLC, it's been a ton of fun for me. I can't wait for Episode 2. The combat requires a lot more focus than most JRPG style combat engines though, as blocking isn't a "do it if you feel like it" kind of thing, it's really required if you don't want to die a lot.
I'm pretty sure you're the only person who thinks this. The narrator has gotten almost universal and abundant praise around here.
Because he's awesome.
Awesome doesn't even come close to describing him. He is Tycho's disembodied wit speaking in an awesome narrator voice.
Except he goes on and on and on and you can't really do much of anything until he's done speaking lest you miss something important.
Why would you want to do something other than listen to the narrator? Also, you can just read what he says, and hit skip if it bugs you that much.