Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 -- October 29th, 1200 MS funbucks/14.99 on PC

Bamelin

Just got this in my email. Anyone grabbing it?

LAUNCH DATE SET FOR EPISODE TWO OF PENNY ARCADE GAME

The Comedic RPG-Adventure Romp Turns Spooky In Time for Halloween


VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Oct. 22, 2008 - Grab your gardening tool and watch out for giant spiders, out-of-control asylum patients and wacko sanitarium administrators! Hothead Games announced today that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two will be available via Xbox LIVE Arcade and via the Greenhouse digital distribution platform (www.playgreenhouse.com) for Windows, Mac and Linux next Wednesday, October 29.

The madcap Penny Arcade experience continues in Episode Two of the RPG-Adventure romp! Rejoin Gabe and Tycho and go crazy in a whole new episode with more puzzles, areas to explore and levels to gain, all while moving ever closer to solving the sinister mystery hidden deep in the heart of New Arcadia. Players can jump right in with a fresh character and new customization options or carry over their looks and stats from Episode One. Plus, new difficulty settings allow gamers to play it safe or go insane, battling bigger and badder enemies than ever before.

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two will also boast music from The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, a Canadian rock band dedicated to promoting the literature of H. P. Lovecraft and a recent performer at the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo gaming festival. The song, entitled "Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know," will enhance the game's closing credits.

"This game is all about the strange and insane world of New Arcadia and the Penny Arcade-style humor to be found in it," said Hothead CEO Vlad Ceraldi. "With the cool gameplay additions we've made, including longer gameplay, completion tracking and difficulty settings; extra Lovecraftian overtones in the world and music; and the perfect time of the year, everything just came together."

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two is expected to offer players six to ten hours of gameplay, and is priced at $14.95 for the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions on Greenhouse and at 1200 Microsoft points via Xbox LIVE Arcade. The game has been rated "M" for Mature by the Entertainment Software Rating Board for all platforms.

Captain K

I'll certainly get it eventually. Maybe not right at release--there's so many games coming out this season and I've only got so much time and money!

But I'll buy this one at some point, for sure. 15 bucks is a much more appropriate price than the 20 they charged for the first episode.

subedii

This reminds me, I deleted my runthrough of the first episode when I reformatted my PC. Guess I ought to make a quick jaunt through the game again if I want to carry my character through.

Looking forward to it. The first one seemed to know a surprising amount about the kinds of pitfalls and flaws that other RPG's of this type tend to fall into. The combat was short and snappy, items had significant and noticeable effects, and the game didn't drag on but was generally well paced (providing you didn't get lost on what to do next, which I didn't really experience but I heard others did).

Bamelin

How many MS points was episode 1? I thought it was 1200 as well ...

Six

is the first one cheaper yet? I liked the demo but never got around to buying the full game.

Dehumanized

I'm waiting for the full set to come out, and a corresponding steam deal before jumping on it.

Bartholamue

Six wrote: »

is the first one cheaper yet? I liked the demo but never got around to buying the full game.

I just checked, it's still 1600 points.

Bamelin

Hmm they dropped the price by 400 points.

I can't help but wonder if there is still some experimentation going on as to what the optimal price point is for a marquee XBLA title.

Marikir

Doesn't 1600 MS = $20.00?

LockeCole

Bamelin wrote: »

Hmm they dropped the price by 400 points.

I can't help but wonder if there is still some experimentation going on as to what the optimal price point is for a marquee XBLA title.

That and development for this one was probably cheaper since they could reuse stuff done for the first one?

Santa Claustrophobia

Marikir wrote: »

Doesn't 1600 MS = $20.00?

Yes. And I believe Bamelin is referring to Ep. 2 being cheaper by 400 points ($5). Which it is.

A much more reasonable price to be sure, but I can't help but feel all the prices would've been better adjusted down by 400 points. Oh well... I liked the first one so I'll pick this up eventually.

Peewi

Why not have the real money price in the thread title?

I bought Episode One on Greenhouse as soon as it came out, only to see it being released on Steam with achievements a couple of weeks later, so I think I'll wait a bit before buying this one.

subedii

Peewi wrote: »

Why not have the real money price in the thread title?

I bought Episode One on Greenhouse as soon as it came out, only to see it being released on Steam with achievements a couple of weeks later, so I think I'll wait a bit before buying this one.

I don't really care about achievements, so Greenhouse is Go for me again. Plus, the more middlemen you cut out, the more the devs make, which is always a good thing if the game's good.

Willeth

The original is $14.99 on PC too now, so anyone who missed it can grab it for cheaper.

I'd be grabbing this if Zavvi would ship my goddamned MS points already.

Wordherder

Woah, this soon? Groovy.

I had a blast with the first one, though $20 stung a bit. $15 sounds exactly right.

Forar

As noted elsewhere, I'm waiting for this to be on Steam, but I'll be picking it up as soon as it's available there!

Canada_jezus

I've got 1200 ms points left that i don't know what to do with. So i'm eagerly awaiting this

RainbowDespair

$20 was just enough to push the first one off my radar. $15 is much better. Hopefully, they'll drop the price of the first game to $15 when they release the second one and then I'll go ahead and pick them both up. If not, maybe I'll just get the second game.

Sterica

The first one is already $15 now, unless they changed it back recently.

I've heard you can transfer your character between episodes. Should I stick to Greenhouse in that case or will it really make a difference where I buy it from?

Lightor216

The first one is also being released on the PSN at $15 this week.

One Thousand Cables

I'll probably buy this if Texas Flood doesn't come out for Rock Band this week. I am sick of waiting for that thing.

The price drop is good news, also.

Peewi

RainbowDespair wrote: »

$20 was just enough to push the first one off my radar. $15 is much better. Hopefully, they'll drop the price of the first game to $15 when they release the second one and then I'll go ahead and pick them both up. If not, maybe I'll just get the second game.

The first one actually is $15 right now on Greenhouse and Steam.

urahonky

I still haven't bought the first one. I'm ashamed of myself.

Shujaa

$14.99 is less than £10.

HELL YEAH!

Guibs

urahonky wrote: »

I still haven't bought the first one. I'm ashamed of myself.

Don't be. It was far from being great.

Not really sure I'll pick this was as I was desapointed by the first.

urahonky

I know, so I've heard. But man, I frequent this site more often than any other site on the net... I should at least give them some cash. :P

NailbunnyPD

Guibs wrote: »

urahonky wrote: »

I still haven't bought the first one. I'm ashamed of myself.

Don't be. It was far from being great.

Not really sure I'll pick this was as I was desapointed by the first.

I'm desapinted by your terrible spelling!

Day 1 purchase for me, but I'll need to finish the first before then. I'm not far from the end.

Gyral

SONOFABITCH! Could they pick a worse time of the year to launch this?

I'll be getting it because I enjoyed the hell out of the first one.

PatboyX

I played through the first half of the first one before getting bored. Then I tried again and it clicked much better for me. I enjoyed myself a lot during battles once I gave in to the pacing.
I will be excited to play this but may wait a bit to buy.

jefe414

DAMMIT now is not the TIME for this to come out! I just finished my FIRST play through Dead Space (AWESOME), Fable 2 just came in the mail yesterday, Fallout 3 next week then two more weeks until GoW2 then Call of Duty 5. This doesn't even include the fact that I have Star Wars FU sitting on the table unplayed (Gamefly rental) and Farcry 2 coming out now? Soon? Jesus I don't even know. Once my brother starts pestering me to get online and play some Left 4 Dead I'm just going to shoot myself.

Cantido

jefe414 wrote: »

DAMMIT now is not the TIME for this to come out!

I have Falling Out to do on Tuesday.

subedii

New trailers are out, which I'm actually going to studiously avoid since I plan on getting the game next week anyway. I post for those that wish to see and be AMAZED (or possibly disappointed):


But first, the earlier October 1st trailer (which I did watch):

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40687.html


New trailers:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41874.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41879.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41883.html

UnbreakableVow

If I had a 360, I would pick this up solely for the writing. The writing in the first game was incredible, and worth slogging through a less-than-mediocre game to get to.

RainbowDespair

Peewi wrote: »

RainbowDespair wrote: »

$20 was just enough to push the first one off my radar. $15 is much better. Hopefully, they'll drop the price of the first game to $15 when they release the second one and then I'll go ahead and pick them both up. If not, maybe I'll just get the second game.

The first one actually is $15 right now on Greenhouse and Steam.

Oh, I know, but I'd rather get them all on the 360. Achievements, but mostly because my 360 is in the bedroom and my PC is in the main room and there's no way on earth that I want my daughter watching a game based on Penny-Arcade.

subedii

RainbowDespair wrote: »

Peewi wrote: »

RainbowDespair wrote: »

$20 was just enough to push the first one off my radar. $15 is much better. Hopefully, they'll drop the price of the first game to $15 when they release the second one and then I'll go ahead and pick them both up. If not, maybe I'll just get the second game.

The first one actually is $15 right now on Greenhouse and Steam.

Oh, I know, but I'd rather get them all on the 360. Achievements, but mostly because my 360 is in the bedroom and my PC is in the main room and there's no way on earth that I want my daughter watching a game based on Penny-Arcade.

I bought the game from Greenhouse, but didn't the Steam version come with achievements as well? I thought it did?

Raiden333

I would get this on launch if not for FO3. Instead I'll probably be able to resist until the weekend.

Roshin

I'll get this on Steam. I liked the first one, but I thought the combat was way too fiddly with all the little items and shit you could use. Great writing, though, as mentioned.

Peewi

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

If I had a 360, I would pick this up solely for the writing. The writing in the first game was incredible, and worth slogging through a less-than-mediocre game to get to.

Why only if you had a 360? It's also coming for PC and PS3. The system requirements aren't particularly high and judging by your sig, you have a PS3.

subedii wrote: »

RainbowDespair wrote: »

Peewi wrote: »

RainbowDespair wrote: »

$20 was just enough to push the first one off my radar. $15 is much better. Hopefully, they'll drop the price of the first game to $15 when they release the second one and then I'll go ahead and pick them both up. If not, maybe I'll just get the second game.

The first one actually is $15 right now on Greenhouse and Steam.

Oh, I know, but I'd rather get them all on the 360. Achievements, but mostly because my 360 is in the bedroom and my PC is in the main room and there's no way on earth that I want my daughter watching a game based on Penny-Arcade.

I bought the game from Greenhouse, but didn't the Steam version come with achievements as well? I thought it did?

The Steam version of Episode 1 does indeed have achievements. I've read that the Greenhouse version of Episode 2 will also have an achievement system, but I doubt it will be tied to an online system.

LockeCole

Yarg - I need to pick this up now for the PC Do you get to import your character from the first game?

subedii

LockeCole wrote: »

Yarg - I need to pick this up now for the PC Do you get to import your character from the first game?

I haven't tried yet but I'm pretty certain that you do. Some items carry across, and you can only get the DivX "support" character that way.

UnbreakableVow

Peewi wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

If I had a 360, I would pick this up solely for the writing. The writing in the first game was incredible, and worth slogging through a less-than-mediocre game to get to.

Why only if you had a 360? It's also coming for PC and PS3. The system requirements aren't particularly high and judging by your sig, you have a PS3.

At time of posting, I was unaware.