Okay, now that I have played through the game and almost seen everything (I only lack two of the images and thus the "extra comic"), here is a (very short) comprehension:
The game is really well done. It worked without any problems at all on my ATI 3850 based system using fglrx 8.05 (on Gentoo x86 unstable). I had no single crash or anything like this. Gameplay is very linear but really funny at many places. It took me about 7 hours to get through completely and to see almost everything. I am only lacking two of the concept artworks. If I had seen those, too, I would be able to unlock some extra comic strip.
But the game is not really perfect, here comes the (not so good) stuff:
* Pathfinding is not done perfectly, sometimes the player character hangs at corners. But since there are no random encounters with enemies, this is no real problem.
* Combats are something like "semi turnbased" comparable to what you got eg in Final Fantasy VII and VIII. The problem with this is, that it sometimes gets rather hectical and it is really problematic to use the items in a perfect fashion.
* The game is completely linear. Where you think you got some choice of what to do, about two minutes later you realize that you have to take the other way...
* It is too short. Took me 7h to get through, not too much. But if you compare it with the price, it was really worth the 13.10€ I paid.
* Just one difficulty level. The game is rather easy though. I had no real problem getting through it and I am not a hardcore gamer anymore...
* Most dialogs are "read only". Only the narrator has voice over.
And to sum up the good about it:
* Native (!!!) Linux binary.
* Great humor.
* Good price (13.10€ / 19.99$ at the time of writing this).
* IMO well done graphics, they just work.
* Good choice for the voice of the narrator.
So in short: if you like the humor of penny arcade (really great comics!) and japanese style rpg games, you should consider having a look at least at the demo of this game. You might enjoy it.
The game is really well done. It worked without any problems at all on my ATI 3850 based system using fglrx 8.05 (on Gentoo x86 unstable). I had no single crash or anything like this. Gameplay is very linear but really funny at many places. It took me about 7 hours to get through completely and to see almost everything. I am only lacking two of the concept artworks. If I had seen those, too, I would be able to unlock some extra comic strip.
But the game is not really perfect, here comes the (not so good) stuff:
* Pathfinding is not done perfectly, sometimes the player character hangs at corners. But since there are no random encounters with enemies, this is no real problem.
* Combats are something like "semi turnbased" comparable to what you got eg in Final Fantasy VII and VIII. The problem with this is, that it sometimes gets rather hectical and it is really problematic to use the items in a perfect fashion.
* The game is completely linear. Where you think you got some choice of what to do, about two minutes later you realize that you have to take the other way...
* It is too short. Took me 7h to get through, not too much. But if you compare it with the price, it was really worth the 13.10€ I paid.
* Just one difficulty level. The game is rather easy though. I had no real problem getting through it and I am not a hardcore gamer anymore...
* Most dialogs are "read only". Only the narrator has voice over.
And to sum up the good about it:
* Native (!!!) Linux binary.
* Great humor.
* Good price (13.10€ / 19.99$ at the time of writing this).
* IMO well done graphics, they just work.
* Good choice for the voice of the narrator.
So in short: if you like the humor of penny arcade (really great comics!) and japanese style rpg games, you should consider having a look at least at the demo of this game. You might enjoy it.
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