For any fan of penny-arcade.com, the first installment of the new episodic game staring Gabe and Tycho is a must-have.
The modestly priced downloadable title is brilliantly written with charmingly disturbed characters, bizarre steampunk environments and hilarious enemies such as mimes that hurl invisible boulders.
The character creation and development isn’t in-depth, but the timed defenses and quicktime event special attacks add an action element to the combat.
Every aspect of the game has a punch line written into it, so even the usual minutia of checking crates will elicit a laugh.
Pick it up on Xbox LIVE or at playgreenhouse.com.
‘Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness’
*****
