Gamertell Review: Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice for Xbox Live

Title: Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice (Episode 1)Price: 1,600 Microsoft Points ($19.95)System(s): Xbox Live (PC, Mac, Linux)Release Date: May 21, 2008Publisher (Developer): Hothead Games (Hothead Games )ESRB Rating: “Mature” for language and sexual humorPros: Signature Penny-Arcade art style and sense of humor, you can make your own Penny-Arcade style avatar and it at least tries to be more than your average arcade-style Xbox Live game.Cons: Super small icons, poorly timed opponents, awkward controls, pace-cutting cuts and crappy camera angles. A bit too pricey.Overall Score: One thumb sideways, one down; 63/100; D; * 1/2 out of five

The game is wrought with the limitations of an Xbox Live game (though it strives to be much more) made for an HD TV: Text is too small to read and be thoroughly soak in the humor, icons are too small to be helpful during combat, the camera angle/perspective is so wonky it’ll make you scream and the combination live-action/tune-based game play is poorly executed. The best game-related thing it has going for it is that…

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