Last March Bryan and interviewed a gentleman from Hot Head Games who were about to release a new game that was coming out for all platforms, with first class Linux support. Of course we were very excited and could not wait to play. After what seemed like almost forever, the game shipped and we got our hands on it for a full review.
We all liked Episode one of On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness quite a bit. I especially like the episodic nature of the game, as a casual game player I prefer something perhaps a bit shorter that gets refreshed every so often with new levels, adventures, and challenges.
Episode 2 of the Penny Arcade game continues the dry wit and humor, combined with the familiar characters placed in a steam-punk 1920s robot butt kicking world!
Today episode two is being released for all major platforms, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and on the Xbox 360 arcade with the exception of the PS3 for now.
I think the fact that Linux is being targeted at release for a commerical game like this is a great step for desktop Linux. While this game may not put the demand on your system that something like Crysis might, it is by all means a modern game with great graphics and sound. Releasing for four platforms on launch day is really impressive, and something we talked about in our interview with Hot Head games last March.
Bryan and I put togther our first episode of The Big Story a quick video about Episode 2, and include some screen shots and video from the game:
October 29th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Hey Chris, I have yet to read this review, but I just wanted to let you know that the title of your index page states “bin-flase” instead of bin-false..
October 29th, 2008 at 9:21 am
[...] you can find Chris’ thoughts on the game here (and, if you feel like dropping a digg to it… feel free). Share this post… [...]
October 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Hey @joan
Do you know how to fix that in WordPress? I must have typoed it at install, now I can’t find where to fix it.. hehe, awesome.
-Chris
October 29th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I think you need to change “Blog Title” under “Settings” (right under where it says your name, “log out” , “help”, “forums” etc.. look to the right.
All this in the administrative panel of your Wordpress. Damn those things are tough to explain like this. Hope you find it!
October 31st, 2008 at 8:47 am
I’ve enjoyed Ep1 so I got the Ep2 right away. Works great on the new ‘buntu version
October 31st, 2008 at 9:14 am
[...] our full review here. You can watch the video with screenshots and video of gameplay, or download the audio version [...]