{"id":872,"date":"2008-06-13T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=872"},"modified":"2008-06-13T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T20:33:00","slug":"juicy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"Juicy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
When I heard Penny Arcade<\/span><\/a> was going to step out of the critic’s bubble and release an actual game, I expected a goofy title containing a surfeit of dick jokes, oblique Lovecraft references, and general oddity. Upon downloading On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One<\/span><\/a>, I was pleased to find that not only were the aforementioned qualities to be found in abundance, but that the game happens to be one of the most enjoyable I have ever played. Buy it right away.<\/p>\n

The real key is the battle system. Rainslick <\/span>uses a combo turn-based and real-time approach (like FFX-2 or FFXII) and features limit breaks, summons, and a quick-twitch block ability which cuts down on the unavoidable finger-drumming time. Much, much better than I expected from a $20 game.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the art is going to be a major part of a title based on a webcomic. I would almost compare the experience to Okami<\/span>, in that the sense of playing the comic comes through very well.<\/p>\n

In addition, Rainslick <\/span>seems tailor-made to avoid my pet peeves and tickle my pet fancies. For example, you can save anywhere. Screw that ‘save-point’ bullshit. There’s stuff to unlock, stuff to find, stuff to upgrade. All kinds of stuff.<\/p>\n

One note: many reviews describe the game as steampunk. This is not true. Zero steampunk. #1 – It’s set in the 20’s. #2 – None of the playable characters are scientists. #3 – No brass. #4 – Too many mimes.<\/p>\n

And how does one not love a game that features the Fruit Fucker 2000?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I heard Penny Arcade was going to step out of the critic’s bubble and release an actual game, I expected a goofy title containing a surfeit of dick jokes, oblique Lovecraft references, and general oddity. Upon downloading On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One, I was pleased to find that not only were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}