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Penny Arcade Adventures To Appear On PS3

Posted by timothy on from the but-can-you-fling-nurses-in-it dept.

Relin writes "Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One started its run on the Xbox Live Arcade, and shortly after making its way to Steam, the development team at Hothead Games announced that it had begun work on a PS3 version of the game."

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  1. PS3 and Linux by Narpak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I really can't get over the fact that they are creating a PS3 version of a game that is already available for Linux. But which I mean, ports usually go Console - Windows - Mac (if you are lucky); going the other way seems like bizzaroworld. But then I guess that fits with the entire Penny Arcade franchise.

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    1. Re:PS3 and Linux by MBCook · · Score: 4, Informative

      The game was written for the Torque engine (IIRC). Torque has ports for Windows, Linux, Mac, and 360. There is no PS3 port. They are either building a Torque port or going to a different engine.

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  2. JUDASES!!! by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gabe and Tycho, beware the dark side. Once you go down the path to Sony, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will!

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    1. Re:JUDASES!!! by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, they've already been that route.

    2. Re:JUDASES!!! by iapetus · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Because they've always been entirely complimentary towards the 360 and Wii.

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  3. Wii? by AbsoluteXyro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where the hell is the Wii version? I was pretty sure these Penny Arcade guys liked money. Lots and lots of money.

  4. Four Gods wait on the windowsill... by Deathdonut · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The game borrows much in the way of mechanics from old standards. You run around picking up items that light up when you mouse over them. You pick from mostly unimportant dialog choices. Combat is mostly an action-point turn-based system in the Final Fantasy style. Despite all this, the game is evolutionary in many ways: 1) The writing and concept is funny as hell. If you don't find this evolutionary, what games have you played recently? 2) Action-point turn-based combat with decent options and quite a bit of twitch. 3) It is episodic in nature. $20 buys you 6+ hours of entertainment. 4) Cross platform release with simple options for all platform owners. 5) You get to kill hundreds of hobos and mimes. Nuff said. If you haven't checked it out and have some time to spare, pick up the demo for free and you'll probably drop the $20 afterwards like I did.

    1. Re:Four Gods wait on the windowsill... by antifoidulus · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I played the demo, but was upset that Tycho and Gabe don't seem to have any voice parts in it. I'm a huge fan of the comic(well, this year has kind of sucked but...) and was hoping to be able to hear them in game.....do you in the full version? Or is all you get that really annoying narrator dude?

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    2. Re:Four Gods wait on the windowsill... by _xeno_ · · Score: 5, Informative

      I was terrified that they'd give them voices. I was actually quite relieved to discover that they never did.

      It's based on a comic. You shouldn't hear their voices. You've presumably already got an idea of how they sound in your mind. So, no, they never do have any voice acting in the full version, thankfully.

      Another good reason not to do any voice acting is that your character is supposed to represent you. Either your character would have no voice acting or it wouldn't really be "you."

      You're supposed to be playing through the comic. I was rather glad to discover that there is no voice acting in the game. I think it works better that way.

      So that's a no, there is no voice acting in the full version.

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  5. Glad things are working out by Cathoderoytube · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's a fair trade. Xbox 360 gets Final Fantasy XIII, and the PS3 gets Penny Arcade.

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    1. Re:Glad things are working out by oahazmatt · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think it's a fair trade. Xbox 360 gets Final Fantasy XIII, and the PS3 gets Penny Arcade.

      Why do I get the feeling the popularity of both will lead to "Final Arcade I: The Last Beginning"?

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  6. I want episode 2! by forgoil · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nuff said!